Verse for March 18th
Numbers 21.9
So Moses made a serpent of bronze, and put it upon a pole; and whenever a serpent bit someone, that person would look at the serpent of bronze and live.
Sunday, 18 March
5: Transforming Gift
Life
A verse from today’s Old Testament reading which sets the theme for the week—Transforming Gift.
The snake, the instrument of death, becomes a sign of God’s gift of life and healing.
The gift is received as the people stop and look up.
(A snake in a back yard in Belize.)
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Pause
- Take time today ... to stop and look. What is the sign for you of God’s gift of life?
- Transforming Life … thank God for the ways in which his free gift brings healing and restoration to your life.
Act
- Make time today … how might you be a sign of God’s liberating and healing gift to others today?
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