Are you experiencing a season of grief or loss? Is there some sadness in your life that you are holding onto? You are invited through our reading to turn to the God of all comfort and see what He has for you today.
Isaiah 61:2c-3 NASB
“To comfort all who mourn, to grant those who mourn in Zion, giving them a garland instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the mantle of praise instead of a spirit of fainting. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.”
Comfort
Lectio Four
Isaiah 61:2–3
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Trust in the Lord
Psalm 37:3–7
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God is My Refuge
Psalm 32:6–7
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Seek His Face
Psalm 27:4, Psalm 27:7–9
In Jeremiah 31 God promises that if we seek Him with all of our heart, He will be found by us. We have His word on this. So today, Lord, we ask you for undivided hearts as we seek your face through your Living Word. Psalm 27:4, 7-9a NASB “One thing I have asked from the Lord, that I shall seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord. All the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord and to meditate in His temple. Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice, and be gracious to me and answer me. When You said, “Seek My face,” my heart said to You, “Your face, O Lord, I shall seek. Do not hide Your face from me.”