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 !

25 December 2018

Tuesday December 25 ~~ In the news…

Christmas Day
Isaiah52.7-10    Psalm98   Hebrews1.1-12   John1.1-14
Esaie 52.7-10    Psaumes 98  Hébreux 1.1-12   Jean 1.1-14
Jesaja 52.7-10    Psalmen 98  Hebreeen 1.1-12  Johannes 1.1-14
                                   

So much of the news is depressing. Mindless violence, shootings, murder, political strife, dare I say ….Brexit. It is no wonder that life coaches advise to stay away from the news for at least the first few hours of one’s day lest we start the day on a ‘downer’. News organisations know this. Hence the news is modestly sprinkled with ‘good news stories’. Small items of ‘good news’ on acts of kindness, or quaint coincidences that worked for ‘good’. Happy tales to offset the bad and the ugly. When we read such stories we smile, but its goodness hardly outweighs the bad. Can good news ever overcome the bad?

Yes it can! Consider God’s story: The Lord bared his holy arm before the eyes of all the nations; and all the end of the earth shall see the salvation of our God (Isaiah 52:7-10). What a headline! The story of Good….that one day will swallow all the bad. The news-bringer ‘who announces peace, who announced good news , who announces salvation’, Christmas a climactic event in God’s Good News broadcast. The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. Jesus, our Lord and King, born in frailty, will conquer all in perfect love. Now we see in glimpses….then we will see Him face to face!

So we will sing a new song, and all of Creation with us….everything will break out in music and celebration….and all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God (Psalm 98:4). Are you ready to join that song?

Wishing you and your loved ones a Blessed Christmas!

Paul Vrolijk

Zing een nieuw lied voor de Here.
Hij heeft zoveel wonderen gedaan.
Hij overwint altijd, want Hij is machtig en sterk. (Psalm 98.1, Het Boek)

Chantez à l’Eternel un cantique nouveau!
Car il a fait des prodiges.
Sa droite et son bras saint lui sont venus en aide. (Psaume 98.1, NEG 1979)
Attribution:

The Nativity, Gerard David (Netherlandish, Oudewater ca. 1455–1523 Bruges), The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Friedsam Collection, Bequest of Michael Friedsam, 1931, www.metmuseum.org.
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