Tuesday, August 13, 2019
Focus Church: Missouri (Columbia)
Pastor: Fred E Leist and spouse Linda
Pastor: Charity L Goodwin
Mozambique Church: Malhangalene
Assoc Pastor: Mercia Jose Mondlane
Prayers are requested for Reverends Mark and Mary Harvey and family on the death of Mark’s father, Dr. Charles M. Harvey, August 13th in Oklahoma City. A memorial service will be in September. Notes of concern may be sent to 761 Harvard Ave, University City, MO 63130-3135
Scripture - Isaiah 5:1-7
Song of the vineyard
5 Let me sing for my loved one
a love song for his vineyard.
My loved one had a vineyard on a fertile hillside.
2 He dug it,
cleared away its stones,
planted it with excellent vines,
built a tower inside it,
and dug out a wine vat in it.
He expected it to grow good grapes—
but it grew rotten grapes.
3 So now, you who live in Jerusalem, you people of Judah,
judge between me and my vineyard:
4 What more was there to do for my vineyard
that I haven’t done for it?
When I expected it to grow good grapes,
why did it grow rotten grapes?
5 Now let me tell you what I’m doing to my vineyard.
I’m removing its hedge,
so it will be destroyed.
I’m breaking down its walls,
so it will be trampled.
6 I’ll turn it into a ruin;
it won’t be pruned or hoed,
and thorns and thistles will grow up.
I will command the clouds not to rain on it.
7 The vineyard of the Lord of heavenly forces is the house of Israel,
and the people of Judah are the plantings in which God delighted.
God expected justice, but there was bloodshed;
righteousness, but there was a cry of distress!
