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Afflict Your Souls
The Day of Atonement holds so much meaning for us. It points to reconciliation to God and removal of Satan from this Earth. Within that meaning, and within the command observance of this day, we are told to afflict our souls – that is humble ourselves. On this day we fast, to physically humble ourselves. However, the goal is not to simply go hungry. What should we be striving for in our afflicting of our souls?
Devin Schulz is a pastor with the United Church of God. He and his wife, Tiffany, serve the congregations in Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, and Lansing, Michigan, and Elkhart, Indiana. They are blessed with a son, Malachi, who was born in 2016 and a son, Jeremiah, born in 2019.
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