Brothers and Sisters in Christ, as we learn to love God, not just on Sundays, but everyday, we will begin to see opportunities to show that same love to others. In the book of Numbers chapter 28 and verses 1 and 2 we learn that offerings had to be brought on a regular basis and presented according to prescribed rituals under the priests’ direction. Following these rituals took time, and this gave the people the opportunity to prepare their hearts for worship. Unless our hearts are ready, worship is worthless. By contrast, God is pleased, and we get more from it, when our hearts are prepared to come before him in a spirit of thankfulness.
Monday - Wash Day:
Lord, help me wash away all my selfishness and vanity so I may serve you with perfect humility through the week ahead.
Tuesday - Ironing Day:
Dear Lord, help me iron out all the wrinkles of prejudice I have collected through the years so that I may see the beauty in others.
Wednesday - Mending Day:
God, help me mend my ways so I will not set a bad example for others.
Thursday - Cleaning Day:
Lord, help me to dust out all the many faults I have been hiding in the secret corners of my heart.
Friday - Shopping Day:
O God, give me the grace to shop wisely so I may purchase eternal happiness for myself and all others in need of love.
Saturday - Cooking Day:
Help me, my Lord, to brew a big kettle of neighborly love and serve it with clean, sweet bread of human kindness.
Sunday - The Lord's Day:
O God, I have prepared my house for you. Please come into my heart as my honored guest so I may spend the day and the rest of my life in Your presence.
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, [2] Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, My offering, and my bread for my sacrifices made by fire, for a sweet savour unto me, shall ye observe to offer unto me in their due season. Numbers 28:1-2 (KJV)
Yours because of Calvary,
In service of the King,
Elder J. Andres Vazquez
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