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What is the Spirit saying to you through the word today?

Psalm 26:1-3
Vindicate me, Lord, for I have led a blameless life; I have trusted in the Lord and have not faltered. Test me, Lord, and try me, examine my heart and my mind; for I have always been mindful of your unfailing love and have lived in reliance on your faithfulness.

Jeremiah 7:2b-3, 9-11
\u201c\u2018Hear the word of the LORD, all you people of Judah who come through these gates to worship the LORD. This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Reform your ways and your actions, and I will let you live in this place. \u2026 Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal and follow other gods you have not known, and then come and stand before me in this house, which bears my Name, and say, \u201cWe are safe\u201d\u2014safe to do all these detestable things? Has this house, which bears my Name, become a den of robbers to you? But I have been watching! declares the Lord.

Galatians 6:1-5, 9-10
Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted. Carry each other\u2019s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. If anyone thinks they are something when they are not, they deceive themselves. Each one should test their own actions. Then they can take pride in themselves alone, without comparing themselves to someone else, for each one should carry their own load. \u2026 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.

John 6:28-35
Then they asked him, \u201cWhat must we do to do the works God requires?\u201d Jesus answered, \u201cThe work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.\u201d So they asked him, \u201cWhat sign then will you give that we may see it and believe you? What will you do? Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written: \u2018He gave them bread from heaven to eat.\u2019\u201d Jesus said to them, \u201cVery truly I tell you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.\u201d \u201cSir,\u201d they said, \u201calways give us this bread.\u201d Then Jesus declared, \u201cI am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.\xa0

Prayer
Dear Heavenly Father, we confess that our desires and appetites lead us to consume many empty calories and processed-food experiences that cannot give us the life we seek. \xa0Our idols and sins are many: porn and white lies, aggressive thoughts and greedy behaviors. \xa0Forgive us again, enable us to reform our ways and actions and to turn our desires and appetites to Jesus\u2014your gift of living bread and water\u2014so that we might not merely be satisfied, but truly live.\xa0