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Prologue

Come, Holy Spirit, immerse us again in the waters of repentance. We receive your invitation to return, and to rest and to be saved. Return us to Christ, our first love, and teach us to abide in the vine. Produce within us the good fruit of repentance. Renew our minds with your truth, and unify your church. Amen.


Week 1

Discussion Questions

1. At the start of this week, you were invited to prayerfully engage this devotional tool by beginning in prayer each day. How was that experience for you? Share with the group what you enjoyed and what felt challenging. 

2. On day one, we were invited into an assessment of “godly grief that leads to repentance.” What did you discover in assessing your giving, praying, and fasting? To whom are you generous? For whom do you pray? For what do you need to grieve? 

3. On day three, we discussed the Three-Fifths Compromise and the temptation to treat people as resources rather than as image bearers of God. How might you be tempted to treat people as sources of support for your interests? Are there systems you participate in, even unwillingly, that treat people as tools to advance others’ interest? Discuss any insights or questions that emerged from considering these things.

4. In what ways might your grief over these things produce the fruit of repentance, a change of mind and actions? Share your thoughts with the group.

5. How can the group best pray for you this week?


Week 2

Lord Jesus, I draw near to you today. Through the noise of the crowd, through the tyranny of my task lists, I press in to touch the hem of your garment. By the power of your Holy Spirit, transform me. Renew my mind with your truth. Open my eyes to see where I am still bound in my thinking and actions, and come set me free. I want to walk in alignment with you. Make me attentive to the leading of your Spirit in my every step today. Amen.


Week 3

Here I am, Lord. With this breath that you’ve given me, I lift my voice to you. As the deer pants for water so my soul longs for you. My whole being thirsts for you. You are my shelter and sustenance. You are the word made flesh that dwells among us. I want to feast on your truth today. Come, fill me afresh. Let the wellspring of my heart pour out more of your goodness, your compassion, and your justice. Amen.


Week 4

O Lord, my God, come with the breath of Your Spirit and revive me again. Amen.


Week 5

Holy Spirit, thank you for your abiding presence. Increase my awareness of your presence leading, guiding, and compelling me to walk in the good works that you prepared for me ahead of time. You are faithful. Amen.


Week 6

Lord, you are the only one who is holy. You are the set apart one. Thank you for shining the light of your presence on me today. I yield to the work of your Spirit in me today. Thank you for your promise to transform me, conforming me to the image and likeness of your Son. Amen.


Week 7

Father, we turn our hearts to you. We rest in you. We find our strength in you alone. Any work we do apart from you will be fruitless. It will amount to nothing. But we come to you and ask, by the power of your Holy Spirit, to produce the fruit of repentance within us. In the perfect and redeeming name of Jesus, we pray. Amen.


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