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 !

19 December 2019

Day 19 of Advent +++ Praise!


Psalm 146  Psaumes 146   Psalmen 146
Matthew 17.22-27   Matthieu 17.22-27   Mattheüs 17.22-27

Zephaniah 1.1-2.3   2 Thessalonians 2
Sophonie 1.1-2.3    2 Thessaloniciens 2
Zefanja 1.1-2.3      2 Thessalonicenzen 2

Praise!




Praise the Lord! That's how today's psalm begins and ends. Praise the Lord! Why would the writer of this psalm be in such jubilation? Is life treating him well; has he got everything under control; or has God just answered his prayers? Why does he want to sing praises to his Lord? The answers are not given. And it is not important. This psalm is all about the Lord who deserves our praise. This song is about who He is, and when the psalm writer thinks about Him he just wants to sing and worship! He does not look at himself, but rather to God - something I, and maybe you too, ought to do more.

The psalm gives us a beautiful picture of the Lord our God who is worthy of our praise. Our 2nd reading also sheds light on Jesus' (and thus the Father's) greatness:

We enter into a conversation between Jesus and Peter concerning a Jewish tax for the upkeep of the temple (not a Roman tax!). We see that
-        our Lord is omnipresent
-        Jesus has authority over all and everything
-        Jesus provides in unexpected ways
-        Peter is not to sit back and await quietly; he has to take action to see Jesus' promise become reality and then everything happens just as Jesus had said
-        even as there is no obligation, but just so to offend no-one, Jesus pays the price acting in freedom and love
-        the sons (His children, all who have put their trust in Him (Rom 8:16,17)) are exempt, with other words, GO FREE.

We are sinners, we don't deserve to find a coin in a fish's mouth; we are under the curse of the law - unless we accept the Son of man who gave himself freely as a substitute for us on the cross and purchased for us forgiveness from all sin. That is what Jesus came for.....!! That is what we need to believe, embrace and ponder afresh this Advent time.

Out of his great love for us, He has come and prepared the way for us. He has paid the price, so His children go free. Let's celebrate and worship every day. Bring praise to His name. Our God is like no one or nothing else. Praise Him! Praise Him!

Janine Vrolijk
The Tribute Money (this drawing on tracing paper represents Jesus telling Peter he will find money for the temple tax in a fish’s mouth).
By Eugène Delacroix (French, Charenton-Saint-Maurice 1798–1863 Paris), 1843. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift from the Karen B. Cohen Collection of Eugène Delacroix, in memory of Frank Anderson Trapp, 2013. www.metmuseum.org.

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