Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Watchword for the Week — Jesus says, “The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.” John 6:63
Sunday, August 26 — Joshua 24:1–2a,14–18; Psalm 34:15–22
Ephesians 6:10–20; John 6:56–69
The ways of the Lord are right, and the upright walk in them, but transgressors stumble in them. Hosea 14:9
And let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good deeds. Hebrews 10:24
Jesus, we ask that you keep our backs strong as we encounter conflict, that you help our fronts stay soft as we hope to embrace others with grace and love, and create in us a fierce courage to stand up for you! In your name we pray. Amen.