ASLC Devotions - Monday

Deuteronomy 6:20-21 When your children ask you in time to come, ‘What is the meaning of the decrees and the statutes and the ordinances that the Lord our God has commanded you?’ then you shall say to your children, ‘We were Pharaoh’s slaves in Egypt, but the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.'

Do you have a memory of God acting for you? Do you have a memory that you can fall back on when God seems distant or quiet or absent? Do you have a memory that continues to fuel your faith?

Moses spoke to the Israelites and admonished them never to forget. Never forget that you were slaves in Egypt and the Lord brought you to freedom. I think that the times when we act without faith or the times when faith seems distant or irrelevant are really about forgetfulness. We've forgotten that we were once slaves. We were once slaves to sin and, in our baptism, we've been made free. We were once slaves to the power of death and, in our baptism, we've been made free. Reminders are important. I pray that today you will be reminded of your freedom in Christ: your freedom to live and breathe as a forgiven child of God.

In Christ,
Pastor Seth

This Sunday's worship is about remembering the freedom we have been given in the gospel: it's Reformation Sunday. Worship at 8:30 and 11 with Education Hour at 9:45.