daily reading 29.4 (Zechariah 13:7–9)

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

Our opening prayer for this week:

Faith and truth and life bestowing
Are your Scriptures, Father, God,
Seed to life eternal sowing 
Scattered on the wind abroad.
Let not hearts, your word receiving,
Like a barren field be found,
Choked with thorns and unbelieving,
Shallow earth or stony ground.

May the Spirit’s power unceasing
Bring to life the hidden grain,
Daily in our hearts increasing,
Bearing fruit that shall remain.
So in Scripture, song and story,
Savior, may your voice be heard.
Till our eyes behold your glory
Give us ears to hear your word. Amen.
 

Zechariah 13:7–9    

  • "Sword, awake against my shepherd, against the man who is my associate—this is the declaration of the LORD of Armies. Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; I will turn my hand against the little ones.
  • 8 In the whole land—this is the LORD's declaration—two-thirds will be cut off and die, but a third will be left in it.
  • 9 I will put this third through the fire; I will refine them as silver is refined and test them as gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will answer them. I will say: They are my people, and they will say: The LORD is our God."
Helpful notes on Zechariah 13:7–9




For yourself pray:

  • That through Jesus, the man (!) who is God's Associate, you too may be close to God forever

For others pray:

  • That God glorifies his holy name by spreading the good news of the kingdom of his Son in Yemen

A psalm to listen to, as time allows:

  • Psalm 89 (YouTube, soloist with guitar)

 

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