PrayerBits for Monday

PrayerBits

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

Monday

Scripture lesson:Isaiah 41:17-20 God will take care of the poor

Time to reflect: But how? Suddenly making a forest in a desert? Or by expecting and inspiring God's people to reach out and take care of them? Historically, it seems the latter system is the preferred one. We have a job to do....

Moving Through The Day: How well are we taking care of our calling to care for the poor and needy?

Scripture:

"The poor and needy search for water,
       but there is none;
       their tongues are parched with thirst.
       But I the LORD will answer them;
       I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

  I will make rivers flow on barren heights,
       and springs within the valleys.
       I will turn the desert into pools of water,
       and the parched ground into springs.

  I will put in the desert
       the cedar and the acacia, the myrtle and the olive.
       I will set pines in the wasteland,
       the fir and the cypress together,

  so that people may see and know,
       may consider and understand,
       that the hand of the LORD has done this,
       that the Holy One of Israel has created it.