Called to Freedom

Sunday, August 6 Called to Freedom Galatians 5:13-26 For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for self-indulgence, but through love become slaves to one another.  Galatians 5:13 NRSV Love is a freeing action....

God’s Spirit and Words Remain

Friday, August 4 God’s Spirit and Words Remain Isaiah 59:1-8; 16-21 And as for me, this is my covenant with them, says the Lord: my spirit that is upon you, and my words that I have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of your mouth, or out of the mouths of your...

God Sweeps Away Our Sins

Thursday, August 3 God Sweeps Away Our Sins Isaiah 44:21-28 NRSV I have swept away your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like mist; return to me, for I have redeemed you.  Isaiah 44:22 NRSV Prayer: God, thank you for a fresh start. Thank you for sweeping...

Take Up Your Cross

Wednesday, August 2 Take Up Your Cross Matthew 16:21-28 “For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it.” Matthew 16:25 NRSV While some ridicule the cross or any vestige of it, Christ is moved by our desire...

God Loves the World

Tuesday, August 1 God Loves the World John 3:10-21 And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil.  John 3:19 NRSV God’s acts of lovingkindness shine with a luster different...
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