PAY ATTENTION

The 20th Sunday after Pentecost

PSALM 50:16-17 (MSG)
Next, God calls up the wicked:
   “What are you up to, quoting my laws,
   talking like we are good friends?
   You never answer the door when I call;
   you treat my words like garbage.

JAMES 1:25 (MSG)
But whoever catches a glimpse of the revealed counsel of God—the free life!—even out of the corner of his eye, and sticks with it, is no distracted scatterbrain but a man or woman of action. That person will find delight and affirmation in the action.

SUMMARY SENTENCE
Don't let your focus drift from doing what God has said to do.

PRAYER
Thank you, God, for so clearly spelling out your expectations of us. Forgive us for playing with your words so that they no longer mean what you said. Help me to pay closer attention to you and your message. I'm going to stay focused on living the way that you want me to live. Amen.

THE LORD’S PRAYER
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your Name, your Kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Save us from the time of trial and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours now and forever. Amen.