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Prayer from Psalm 102: Ashes for Food

This entry is part 102 of 158 in the series Prayers from the Psalms

Lord, my heart was filled with wrong. Now you are filled with wrath. You are angry with me. Frustrated. Disappointed. How I mourn and long to mend our marred relationship! I eat ashes for food. I consume tears for drink. Yet even in my failure, I have faith in our future. For your compassion is even [...]

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Prayer from Psalm 101: My Vow

This entry is part 101 of 158 in the series Prayers from the Psalms

Lord, because you are full of love and justice, I make this vow: I will be blameless. I will expel evil from my life. I will rescue my neighbor from injustice. I will remedy whatever is wrong in my home, my city, and my land. [image]

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Renew You: Repent (Col. 3:5-11)

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Renew You

In the wake of the sexual abuse scandal at Penn State University, New York Times writer David Brooks wrote an article entitled, “Let’s All Feel Superior.” [1] Brooks commented on our tendency to ignore our own sins but notice the sins of others. Brooks writes that many commentators have contemptuously asked of the Penn State [...]

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