PrayerBits for Tuesday

PrayerBits

A bite sized devotional program
produced by the West Side Presbyterian Church

Tuesday

Scripture lesson: Isaiah 58:6-8 This is the fast I choose...

Time to reflect: The OT prophets were often concerned that people were substituting ritual for faithfulness. In our day and age, “personal piety” is probably the current danger. The prophets were not opposed to ritual, only that people felt that that was enough. There is nothing wrong with “personal piety” as long as we don't stop there.

Moving through the day: Try to list any spiritual practices you might have and then list matching acts of service to others to go with each spiritual practice.

"Is 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—
       when you see the naked, to clothe him,
       and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?

 Then your light will break forth like the dawn,
       and your healing will quickly appear;
       then your righteousness will go before you,
       and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.