The Sovereign Love of God

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T he S eason after P entecost

Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost August 29 - September 4, 2021 • Proper 17 As Lord of the harvest, Jesus has commissioned his Church during this age to go and make disciples of all nations. During this season after Pentecost, let us obey Christ’s command and share the Gospel to the ends of the earth, gathering in the harvest of souls so ripe for reaping. As Christ’s hands and feet in the world, let us both show and tell of his salvation to a dying and hurting world. This is a season of harvest. Through the Holy Spirit, the Father has adopted us into his family. We are his own dear children. He invites into the kid of intimacy where we call him “Abba.” This adoption gives us the place of sons making us co-heirs with Christ, God’s only Son. We receive the blessing that he earned rather than what our sin deserves. We join the great company of saints who we can now call brothers and sisters. Our adoption means an end to the slavery of sin and death, and entrance into the freedom of God’s Spirit. THIS WEEK’S THEME Come, Holy Spirit: Life Giver: Adoption, Romans 8.15-17

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Daily Devotional Guide

Preparing Our Hearts

Invocation: Our Prayer of Acclamation Father, fill us with your Holy Spirit. We who believe in your Son have not received a spirit of slavery, leading us to fear of rejection from God again, but rather we have received a spirit of adoption as your very own children, and we cry, “Abba,