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Lost Favor & Unity

(Zec 11:15-17)

PRAYING FOR FAMILY, FRIENDS, CHURCH & NATION: 

May we turn and follow Jesus, the Good Shepherd (Zec 11:15-17).  #FollowTheGoodShepherd #ChooseFavorAndUnity 

MORNING WATCH NOTES:

HEAR THE PROPHET ZECHARIAH, when he draws a contrast between two shepherds (leaders): the good shepherd who bestows favor and unity upon and between his sheep (vv7–9).

The other is a worthless shepherd that looks like a shepherd, is equipped like one, but he cares little about the sheep (vv15-17). 

When a person or nation ignores or point blank rejects the good shepherd-leader, they lose favor and unity (vv10,14). What the people get instead is what they ask for: selfish, greedy and careless shepherds to lead them. The sheep suffer and the worthless shepherds will be sorely judged.

Lord, may I (we in America and in the nations of the world) open our eyes to the lost favor and the disunity among people today. May we turn and follow the Good Shepherd, God our Father, and regain his favor and our unity.

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Life Song

PRAYING FOR FAMILY, FRIENDS, CHURCH & NATION:  

May God’s word be your life song (Psm 119:49-56).  #LoveGodsWord #LiveGodsWord #GodsWordMySong  

MORNING WATCH NOTES:

God‘s word provides gracious refreshing. In the midst of hardship and struggle, it brings hope, revives my spirit. God‘s word comforts me in my early morning rising and in my night watches. 

God‘s word is the theme song of my life – it orders my days in whatever circumstances I find myself. Others may reject God’s word, hold me in contempt, but I do not turn away from God’s word. Lord, the theme of my life, the song of my life, is ordered and harmonized by your word.