Suggestion for Daily Use

Follow the ‘Daily Prayer’ at the side+++Suivez le ‘Prière Quotidienne’. Read the bible passages and then the meditation. Pray, tell God how you felt about the reading and share the concerns of your life with him. Maybe you will continue the habit after Lent. Lisez les passages bible et après la méditation. Priez, dites à Dieu que vous avez ressenti à propos de la lecture et de partager les préoccupations de votre vie avec lui. Peut-être que vous allez continuer l'habitude après le Carême. Daily Prayer Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. Luke 4.1-2 Now is the healing time decreed For sins of heart, of word or deed, When we in humble fear record The wrong that we have done the Lord. (Latin, before 12th century) Read: Read the Bible passage. Read the meditation Pray: Talk to God about what you have just read. Tell him your concerns - for yourself, your family, our church family, our world. Praise him. Pray the collect for the week – see next pages. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. Prière Quotidienne Jésus, rempli de l'Esprit Saint, revint du Jourdain et le Saint-Esprit le conduisit dans le désert où il fut tenté par le diable durant quarante jours. Luc 4.1-2 Maintenant le temps de la guérison est décrété Pour les péchés du cœur, de la parole et des actes, Lorsque nous nous souvenons avec humilité Le mal que nous avons fait au Seigneur. Lire : Lisez le passage de la Bible. Lisez la méditation. Prier : Parlez avec le Seigneur de ce que vous avez lu. Parlez-lui de vos préoccupations pour vous-même, votre famille, notre famille de l’église, notre monde. Louez-le. Priez la collecte pour la semaine. Voyez les pages suivantes Mon âme, bénis le Seigneur ! Que tout qui est en moi bénisse son saint nom. Mon âme, bénis le Seigneur, et n’oublie aucun de ses bienfaits !

14 April 2011

Following Jesus 


Thursday 14th April
Jeremiah 23.9-32
Ps 40, 125
Hebrews 12.14-end
John 12.12-19
 
 

 
 
John 12.12-19

Reading this Bible passage over and over again, I cannot stop but think how appropriate it is and how similar the situation is to what is happening in the Middle-East today. But I am also truly fascinated by Jesus.

Young, daring, bold, a born leader, he should be with his friends, family and mates, going out, watching games, having fun and yet he chooses not to.

On that day, six days before Passover, entering Jerusalem on his donkey, he knows, he really knows that each step his colt takes brings him one step closer to the cross, one step closer to death. I wonder why, why should anyone in his mid-thirties want to do such a thing?

I believe that Jesus realizing that for his new, young and burgeoning movement to survive and stand the test of time, something extraordinary has to be done and so for me, personally, the only answer to the why is love, love for his family, love for his friends, love for you, love for me, love for all of us.

So today my thoughts, my love and my prayers go to all those whom in this modern technological, bureaucratic day and age, is it by circumstances, is it by choice, or by love, to their own peril, decide to, willingly, knowingly, peacefully, stand up and transgress customs, rules, regulations for the common good of mankind as Jesus, our saviour did.

Peter Gysen

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