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Take time to pause and reflect on these scriptures. What is the Spirit saying to you today?

Psalm 51:7-13

Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice. Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquity.

Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.

Then I will teach transgressors your ways, so that sinners will turn back to you.

Isaiah 58:5-7

Is this the kind of fast I have chosen, only a day for people to humble themselves? Is it only for bowing one\u2019s head like a reed and for lying in sackcloth and ashes? Is that what you call a fast, a day acceptable to the Lord?

\u201cIs not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter\u2014when you see the naked, to clothe them, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?

Galatians 3:10-14

For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse, as it is written: \u201cCursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.\u201d Clearly no one who relies on the law is justified before God, because \u201cthe righteous will live by faith.\u201d The law is not based on faith; on the contrary, it says, \u201cThe person who does these things will live by them.\u201d Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: \u201cCursed is everyone who is hung on a pole.\u201d He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.

John 4:27-42

Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people, \u201cCome, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Messiah?\u201d They came out of the town and made their way toward him\u2026

Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman\u2019s testimony, \u201cHe told me everything I ever did.\u201d So, when the Samaritans came to him, they urged him to stay with them, and he stayed two days. And because of his words many more became believers. They said to the woman, \u201cWe no longer believe just because of what you said; now we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man really is the Savior of the world.\u201d

Prayer

Almighty and everlasting God, I confess that I have neglected your commands. In pursuit of my selfish ways, I have ignored the chains that bind many, unwilling to soil my hands to remove the yoke that burdens. In pride, I have followed my own path, believing you would be impressed with my acts of piety. Redeem me from all wickedness, purify me and make me your very own, eager to do what is good for your glory, not for mine. Amen!