You made it to the final week.


Reader,

This is it.

Psalms 97–100 are waiting for you — and I want you to open them slowly this week. Not because they're difficult. But because they deserve the same unhurried attention you gave Psalm 51 on the first morning of June.

You began this journey on the floor with David — reaching for God from the wreckage of his choices, asking for something that didn't yet exist in him. And this week, you arrive at a crescendo. Every thread this summer has carried — repentance, refuge, worship, lament, remembrance, sovereignty, nearness, the Lord reigns — rises together in these four Psalms into one sustained declaration of praise.

"Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise. Give thanks to him; bless his name. For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations." — Psalm 100:4–5

That is not just a closing verse. It is the posture this entire journey has been building in you — one Psalm, one morning, one act of intentional faithfulness at a time.

Before this week is over, I want you to do one thing. Open your journal and write a letter to the version of yourself who opened Psalm 51 on June 1. Tell her what you know now that she didn't know then. Tell her where God met you. Tell her what shifted.

Don't let the finish line pass without marking what God has done in you this summer.

Watch this week's first teaching video before you open Psalm 97.

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Read, watch, listen, write. Let the weekend be your time to linger over the whole journey — not just this week, but all of it. Let Sunday be genuine rest and gratitude before Day 60 arrives.


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In the Word with you,
Rachel G. Scott
Founder, Word & Seed Ministries
Bible Teacher | YouVersion Partner | Christian YouTuber

P.S. If someone in your life is asking what's next for their own walk with God — point them to the beginning: wordandseed.com/summer. This journey is always worth starting.

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