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Day 40 or February the 9th. We all need reminders.

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Our thoughts today are rooted in Leviticus chapter 23 verses 1 and 2. The Lord said to

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Moses, Speak to the Israelites and say to them, These are my appointed festivals, the

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appointed festivals of the Lord, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies.

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What's the big picture surrounding these verses? There are seven feasts recorded in the book

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of Leviticus, and they are all in one chapter. Their main purpose was to remind God's people

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how faithful their God always is, and how He has cared for them in the past. The best

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known one to non-Jews is the Jewish Sabbath day, which is Saturday. Christians have replaced

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this with the Lord's Day, the day when Jesus rose from the dead. The Lord's Day became

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a day of rest and is commonly known as the Christian Sabbath. There's also the Passover

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followed by Pentecost. Jesus died and rose again at Easter, roughly the same time as

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the Passover, and the church was born at Pentecost, fifty days later. All of these festivals were

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designed to act as memory joggers, to remind folk of what God has done, and how faithful

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He has been, and will continue to be.

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And now our action step for today. The church in the UK is divided into two groups when

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it comes to celebrating the church calendar. Many ignore it altogether, but I find it very

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helpful to remind me of events that may otherwise slip to the back of my mind. I keep an online

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diary which offers the addition of all religious festivals if you want, and I want. Of course,

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Jesus told us to remember Him whenever we celebrate Communion or the Eucharist. The

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Bible specifically tells us in 1 Corinthians chapter 11 verse 24, Do this to remember Me.

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Even memory joggers are alarms, screen savers, wallpaper and to-do lists on computers and

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mobile phones. It doesn't matter which method you use, the important thing is that you remember

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God's goodness and give thanks for the way He impacts your life. Do something now so

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that you will be reminded of how good God is later today.