Post by Woody Williams on May 31, 2023 7:27:07 GMT -5
Text for the Day -- Genesis 11:1-9
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Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. And as they
migrated from the east, they came upon a plain in the land of Shinar
and settled there. And they said to one another, ‘Come, let us make
bricks, and burn them thoroughly.’ And they had brick for stone, and
bitumen for mortar. Then they said, ‘Come, let us build ourselves a
city, and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name
for ourselves; otherwise we shall be scattered abroad upon the face
of the whole earth.’
The LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which mortals had
built. And the LORD said, ‘Look, they are one people, and they have
all one language; and this is only the beginning of what they will
do; nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them.
Come, let us go down, and confuse their language there, so that they
will not understand one another’s speech.’ So the LORD scattered them
abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off
building the city. Therefore it was called Babel, because there the
LORD confused the language of all the earth; and from there the LORD
scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.
Devotional
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At the tower of Babel the people of the earth were separated by
language so that they could not conspire together against God. At
Pentecost all gathered heard preaching, no matter what language they
spoke or understood. What had been separated had been brought
together in Christ through the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit calls the
whole world to be of one heart and mind in God through the power of
the love that Jesus brought and gives.
Prayer
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May your Spirit draw us all together in your love and peace in
Christ, O God. Amen
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Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. And as they
migrated from the east, they came upon a plain in the land of Shinar
and settled there. And they said to one another, ‘Come, let us make
bricks, and burn them thoroughly.’ And they had brick for stone, and
bitumen for mortar. Then they said, ‘Come, let us build ourselves a
city, and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name
for ourselves; otherwise we shall be scattered abroad upon the face
of the whole earth.’
The LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which mortals had
built. And the LORD said, ‘Look, they are one people, and they have
all one language; and this is only the beginning of what they will
do; nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them.
Come, let us go down, and confuse their language there, so that they
will not understand one another’s speech.’ So the LORD scattered them
abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off
building the city. Therefore it was called Babel, because there the
LORD confused the language of all the earth; and from there the LORD
scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.
Devotional
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At the tower of Babel the people of the earth were separated by
language so that they could not conspire together against God. At
Pentecost all gathered heard preaching, no matter what language they
spoke or understood. What had been separated had been brought
together in Christ through the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit calls the
whole world to be of one heart and mind in God through the power of
the love that Jesus brought and gives.
Prayer
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May your Spirit draw us all together in your love and peace in
Christ, O God. Amen