Heavenly Father
give us grace to faithfully care for those we need to watch out for today.9 All you animals of the field, come to devour,
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all you animals in the forest.
10 His watchmen are blind. They are all without knowledge.
They are all mute dogs. They can’t bark — dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
11 Yes, the dogs are greedy. They can never have enough.
They are shepherds who can’t understand.
…Heavenly Father
give us grace today to see the futility of everything which is outside the kingdom of God.1 The righteous perish, and no one lays it to heart.
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4 Aren’t you children of disobedience
and offspring of falsehood,
5 you who inflame yourselves among the oaks; [giving worship to someone/thing that isn’t God]
who kill the children in the valleys [sacrificing precious people/…Heavenly Father
give us grace today to be contrite and humble14 He will say, “Build up, build up, prepare the way!
Remove the stumbling-block out of the way of my people.”
15 For the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity,
whose name is Holy, says:
“I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit,
to revive the spirit of the humble,
and to revive the heart of the contrite…Heavenly Father
give us grace today to know when to let go of our anger, as you let go of yours.16 For I will not contend forever, neither will I always be angry;
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for the spirit would faint before me,
and the souls whom I have made.
17 I was angry because of the iniquity of his covetousness and struck him.
I hid myself and was angry;
and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.
…Heavenly Father
give us grace today to have a contrite and humble spirit so that we may have peace in our hearts, and may be a channel of peace to those who are far off, and to those who are near.18 I have seen his ways, and will heal him. [who is of a contrite and humble spirit, from verse 15]
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I will lead him also,
and restore comforts to him and to his mourners.
19 I create the fruit of the lips:
Peace, peace, to him who is far off…Heavenly Father
give us grace today to be humble and become aware of any disobedience in ourselves so that our sin may be burnt away and become like ash.1 “Cry aloud! Don’t spare!
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Lift up your voice like a trumpet!
Declare to my people their disobedience,
and to the house of Jacob their sins.
2 Yet they seek me daily,
and delight to know my ways.
As a nation that did righteousness,
…Heavenly Father
give us grace today to give to those in need and to work towards freeing the oppressed6 “Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen:
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to release the bonds of wickedness,
to undo the straps of the yoke,
to let the oppressed go free,
and that you break every yoke?
7 Isn’t it to distribute your bread to the hungry,
and that you bring the poor who are cast out to…Heavenly Father
give us grace today to turn away from looking down on others, and put our hearts into caring for others9 “If you take away from among you the yoke,
finger pointing, and speaking wickedly;
10 and if you pour out your soul to the hungry,
and satisfy the afflicted soul,
then your light will rise in darkness,
and your obscurity will be as the noonday;Heavenly Father
give us grace today to pour out our souls to those in need10 if you pour out your soul to the hungry,
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and satisfy the afflicted soul,
11 Yahweh will guide you continually,
satisfy your soul in dry places,
and make your bones strong.
You will be like a watered garden,
and like a spring of water
whose waters don’t fail.
12 Those who will be of you will build the old…Heavenly Father
give us grace this weekend to delight in you as we take our rest13 “If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath,
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from doing your pleasure on my holy day;
and call the Sabbath a delight,
and the holy of Yahweh honourable;
and honour it,
not doing your own ways,
nor finding your own pleasure,
nor speaking your own words,
14 then you will delight…
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