Justice before worship

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Amos 5:21-24

Prayer for the day:
Make me thirst for justice, Loving God. Amen

Question for reflection:
Amos and other Old Testament prophets waste no words in letting us know God wants more than our empty words and self-serving actions. “If you really want to live, you must stop doing wrong and start doing right. I, the Lord God All-Powerful, will then be on your side, just as you claim I am.Choose good instead of evil! See that justice is done. Maybe I, the Lord All-Powerful, will be kind to what’s left of your people” (Amos 5:14-15 CEV). God wants us to put God first in our lives. How? The Message says this: “Do you know what I want? I want justice—oceans of it. I want fairness—rivers of it. That’s what I want. That’s all I want” (Amos 5:24). How did you live out God’s justice and fairness today?

~ Kim Ebersole, Director of Family Life and Older Adult Ministries

Congregational Life Ministries of the Church of the Brethren is offering these simple prayers and questions in connection to this year’s Lenten Devotional written by Duane Grady, pastor of Cedar Lake Church of the Brethren (Available from Brethren Press in print and E-Book formats). Join us as we look and listen for the coming of the Word through the reading of scripture, Duane’s reflections, times of prayer, and conversations on this blog.