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God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

The very concept of “the weekend” is unbiblical. It turns Sunday into a second Saturday. Home Depot may gain, but we lose. It turns Sunday into the day we catch up on the stuff we were too lazy or disorganized to do on Saturday. It also turns Sunday into a day to ramp up for work or school on Monday. It hollows out not only Sunday but our whole week, because it marginalizes God and church and sermons and all the other vital things that happen in our lives only when we make the vital things also the central things. If we accept the world’s concept of “the weekend,” we inevitably end up “fitting God in” rather than centering the practical reality of our every week around Him. We trivialize Him, even as we allow secondary things to hijack the sacred place of centrality, we live soul-exhausted lives, and then we wonder why God isn’t more real to us, why church isn’t “working” for us, why we’re grumpy, and so forth.
Ray Ortlund

Feasts

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FEAST of Pentecost

This entry is part 5 of 9 in the series Feasts

FEAST of Pentecost
FEAST of Pentecost, The

Held fiftieth day after offering first sheaf of barley harvest …

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FEASTS

This entry is part 1 of 9 in the series Feasts

FEASTS
FEASTS, The Anniversary

Instituted by God # Ex 23:14
Enumerated …

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FEAST of Tabernacles

This entry is part 7 of 9 in the series Feasts

FEAST of Tabernacles
FEAST of Tabernacles, The

Held after harvest and vintage …

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FEAST of Dedication

This entry is part 3 of 9 in the series Feasts

FEAST of Dedication
FEAST of Dedication, The

To commemorate the cleansing of the temple …

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FEASTS of Trumpets

This entry is part 2 of 9 in the series Feasts

FEASTS of Trumpets
FEASTS of Trumpets, The

Held the first day of seventh month …

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FEAST of the Passover

This entry is part 9 of 9 in the series Feasts

FEAST of the Passover
FEAST of the Passover, The

Ordained by God …

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FEAST of the New Moon

This entry is part 8 of 9 in the series Feasts

FEAST of the New Moon
FEAST of the New Moon, The

Held first day of the month …

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FEAST of Jubilee

This entry is part 4 of 9 in the series Feasts

FEAST of Jubilee
FEAST of Jubilee, The

Held every fiftieth year # …

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FEAST of Sabbatical Year

This entry is part 6 of 9 in the series Feasts

FEAST of Sabbatical Year
FEAST of Sabbatical Year, The

A sabbath for the land …