Scripture Reading:  Exodus 17:8-16 - NIV

⁸ The Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim. ⁹ Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hands.”

¹⁰ So Joshua fought the Amalekites as Moses had ordered, and Moses, Aaron and Hur went to the top of the hill. ¹¹ As long as Moses held up his hands, the Israelites were winning, but whenever he lowered his hands, the Amalekites were winning. ¹² When Moses’ hands grew tired, they took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held his hands up—one on one side, one on the other—so that his hands remained steady till sunset. ¹³ So Joshua overcame the Amalekite army with the sword.

¹⁴ Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as something to be remembered and make sure that Joshua hears it, because I will completely blot out the name of Amalek from under heaven.”

¹⁵ Moses built an altar and called it The Lord is my Banner. ¹⁶ He said, “Because hands were lifted up against the throne of the Lord, the Lord will be at war against the Amalekites from generation to generation.”

Psalm Reading:  Psalm 121:1-8 - NIV                

¹I lift up my eyes to the mountains— where does my help come from? 

²My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. 

³He will not let your foot slip— he who watches over you will not slumber; 

⁴indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. 

⁵The Lord watches over you— the Lord is your shade at your right hand; 

⁶the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night. 

⁷The Lord will keep you from all harm — he will watch over your life; 

⁸the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.

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Note: All Scriptures are New International Version (NIV) unless otherwise noted