daily reading 25.3 (Zechariah 7:4–7)

 5-days-a-week through Daniel and other late OT books in 2023

Our opening prayer for this Easter week:

I plead my innocence;
Give heed, Lord, to my cry
And listen to my prayer which comes
From lips that do not lie.

Lord, vindicate me soon,
That you may see the right;
I pray you, try and weigh my heart
And search my soul at night.

Melt down my soul and see
There is no wickedness;
I heed the words you speak, O Lord,
That I may not transgress.

I follow step by step
The way that you command,
And in the pathway that I walk
You guide me by your hand.

I call upon you, Lord,
For you will answer me;
I pray that you will hear my words,
Give ear, Lord, to my plea.

When enemies arise,
O Savior, let me see
Your loving-kindnesses again,
Preserve me, set me free.

My Savior, keep me as
The apple of your eye;
Beneath the shadow of your wings
In safety let me lie. Amen.

Zechariah 7:4–7

  • Then the word of the LORD of Armies came to me: 5"Ask all the people of the land and the priests: When you fasted and lamented in the fifth and in the seventh months for these seventy years, did you really fast for me?
  • 6 "When you eat and drink, don't you eat and drink simply for yourselves?
  • 7 "Aren't these the words that the LORD proclaimed through the earlier prophets when Jerusalem was inhabited and secure, along with its surrounding cities, and when the southern region and the Judean foothills were inhabited?"
Helpful notes on Zechariah 7:4–7



For yourself pray:

  • That God keeps you from being religious for your own sake

For others pray:

  • That any hollow worship in your congregation God in Christ turns into true worship by his Spirit

A psalm to listen to, as time allows:

 

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