WORD OF THE WEEK - SEPTEMBER 9/2/2024

Definition: The name September comes from the Latin Septem, meaning seven, since it was the seventh month of the Roman calendar and is the ninth month of the Gregorian calendar. 
Scriptures:Hosea 10:12“Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the Lord, that he may come and rain righteousness upon you.”
Leviticus 23:24 - “In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall observe a day of solemn rest, a memorial proclaimed with blast of trumpets, a holy convocation.”
Micah 6:8 - “He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?” 

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Definition: The name September comes from the Latin Septem, meaning seven, since it was the seventh month of the Roman calendar and is the ninth month of the Gregorian calendar. 
Scriptures:Hosea 10:12“Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the Lord, that he may come and rain righteousness upon you.”
Leviticus 23:24 - “In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall observe a day of solemn rest, a memorial proclaimed with blast of trumpets, a holy convocation.”
Micah 6:8 - “He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?”
THOUGHT

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September has always been my favorite month of the year. It marks the return to school after the summer break. I welcomed the refreshing change from the long, hot days when I had to find ways to occupy my time. As the only girl my age on my end of the street, I had grown tired of the boys in my neighborhood. My grandfather would plant his fall crop in his small garden, and I felt renewed.
The Mission from church would resume their home meetings, and the women emphasized that we were no longer to wear white, straw hats, or patent leather shoes to church. The band, football players, cheerleaders, and drill teams were preparing for the start of football season and the fall festivals. Everyone became busy, organizing and making life more manageable.
Today, as we look forward, the message of love is permeating the air. Words like hopefulness, renewal, and joy are becoming the battle cries of this political season, as the people of this nation prepare to elect those who will represent its citizens during the 47th term of the President of the United States.
In Leviticus 23:24, when Moses established Rosh Hashanah as a day of solemn rest on the first day of the seventh month, he did not foresee the Roman calendar being replaced. The creation of the Gregorian Calendar changed the seventh month to the ninth month and renamed it September. Although human calendars have changed, the seasons of God remain the same. Then, as now, summer is over, and it is time to prepare for fall.
Yes, this summer we spent time with God, but our attention was also on more recreational, fun activities. We had cookouts, pool parties, and time with family and friends during the extended hours of sunlight. Our time was less restrictive. For many of us, our ground was allowed to rest.
In preparation for the next harvest, September is the time for Christians to “break up our fallow ground.” Fallow ground is land that has been impregnated with the waste of previous seasons. The ground has been left alone to allow nutrients from the waste to make it fertile enough to receive new seed and become productive.
Now begins a time for sowing new seed, first into us, and then into others. As we sow into ourselves, we are to pray, reflect on our relationship with God, recommit to the study of God’s word, and recommit to our purpose and service to God. This prepares us to “break up the fallow ground of others,” into which we will sow the seeds of righteousness by word, deed, and example.
The ground of those who do not know God may have stones of despair and stubbornness, thistles of loneliness and isolation, and thorns of jealousy and hopelessness. But through love, patience, and endurance, we are to prepare the ground to receive God’s seeds of righteousness.
That is why, as we, the children of God, celebrate this day of rest known as Labor Day, we should be preparing for the labor of love to which God has tasked us:Bringing others to Christ!
HAPPY  LABOR  DAY!!