I've been in the kitchen this week preparing a banquet for Sunday. No, not that kind of banquet—not the kind that fills the stomach, but the kind that satisfies the soul. As the LORD says in Isaiah 55, "Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. 2 Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food."

That is what I want for us on Sunday, and every Sunday. I long for us as a community of grace to delight ourselves in the rich fare of the gospel. Food for our souls. Life. Health. Strength. So would you pray that as I prepare, that I would crave the sweet and savory aromas of God's kindness to us in the person of Jesus, and that I would be enabled by grace to serve you well the banquet of the gospel?