May 16, 2025
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Praise:
As we noted last week, God demands that we live holy lives. And although that is not possible for us to do by our own efforts, yet throughout His Word He states that He is the one who sanctifies us.
You shall sanctify him [the priest], for he offers the bread of your God. He shall be holy unto you, for I YHWH, who sanctifies you, am holy.
(Lev. 21:8; see also 21:15, 23; 22:9, 18)-
Lord God, we praise You that the reason why You brought Israel out of Egypt and brought us out of sin, is made clear in Shabbat's Torah reading: so that You could be our God (Lev. 22:33).
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We thank You that, as we are a kingdom of priests unto You like Israel was, You have implied in the prophetic portion that You Yourself are our inheritance and our possession (Ezek. 44:28).
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We bless You for gracing us to work out in our lives what You are working in us (Phil. 2:12b-13).
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Thank You for telling us that You will finish that which You began in us (Psa. 138:8; Phil. 1:6).
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