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Hope Springs Forth
Throughout the year, we have continued to celebrate the 90th anniversary of The Upper Room daily Read More
Nadiyka Gerbish (Ukraine) | Read Psalm 137:1-9
As I write, the critical power infrastructure of my country has just endured the first enemy shelling of the fall season. The winter is coming, and the war of attrition is grinding on. Even though millions of our people have become refugees overseas, there are still many others coming from...
Dear Lord, help us always be the eager workers in your field, moving forward in our continued work for the kingdom. Amen.
Lamentations opens with a description of the plight of the people of Judah, the southern kingdom. The people have been taken into exile as part of God’s judgment for their idolatry. The psalmist struggles to sing the songs of the Lord. In fact, those who overthrew Jerusalem have forced them to sing for their amusement, so the joy is gone. The psalmist prays that one day God will repay the invaders. In Second Timothy, Paul praises God for Timothy’s faith and for the legacy of faith that comes through his family. He charges him to preach boldly and without hesitation the gospel of Christ. In the Gospel reading, Jesus challenges the disciples to show greater faith and to understand that we are all servants in God’s kingdom.
• Read Lamentations 1:1-6 and 3:19-26. Where do you find hope in the midst of pain and suffering?
• Read Psalm 137. How do you remember your spiritual traditions and sacred places? How do you look for God’s work in new and challenging circumstances?
• Read 2 Timothy 1:1-14. What spiritual practices help you to “guard the good treasure entrusted to you”?
• Read Luke 17:5-10. How might a posture of cyclical servanthood to and with all creation transform or increase your faith?
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