daily reading 26.1 (Zechariah 8:1–5)

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

Our opening prayer for this week:

My soul falls, and I stick to dust;
Lord, give me life divine.
From vain desires and every lust
Avert these eyes of mine.
I need the vigor of your grace
To speed me in your way,
So I don’t stumble in my race,
Or turn my feet astray.

When sore afflictions press me down,
I need enlivening powers;
Your word that I have rested on
Will help my heaviest hours.
Can anyone your might repeal?
Aren’t you the faithful God?
Will you not grant me warmer zeal
To run the heavenly road?

My Savior, I your precepts love.
I long to see your face.
And yet how slow my feelings move
Without enlivening grace!
I will esteem your gospel more,
And not neglect your word,
When I have felt its quickening power
To draw me to my Lord. Amen.

Zechariah 8:1–5

  • The word of the LORD of Armies came: 2 The LORD of Armies says this: "I am extremely jealous for Zion; I am jealous for her with great wrath."
  • 3 The LORD says this: "I will return to Zion and live in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the Faithful City; the mountain of the LORD of Armies will be called the Holy Mountain."
  • 4 The LORD of Armies says this: "Old men and women will again sit along the streets of Jerusalem, each with a staff in hand because of advanced age. 5 The streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing in them."
Helpful notes on Zechariah 8:1–5







For yourself pray:

  • That God in Christ shows his jealousy for you

For others pray:

  • That God unites in your congregation old men and women who love Jesus with playful boys and girls

A psalm to listen to, as time allows:

 




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