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 !

04 March 2020

Day 8 of Lent +++ For FREEDOM Christ has set us free

Galatians 4.21–5.1    Galates 4.21-5.1   Galaten 4.21-5.1

Psalm 6    Genesis 42.6-17   John 5.30-47
Psaumes 6   Genèse 42.6-17  Jean 5.30-47
Psalmen 6   Genesis 42.6-17  Johannes 5.30-47


For FREEDOM Christ has set us free

God's will for us is to live in freedom. In fact, it is God's unqualified command: stand fast in freedom and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. It is for our freedom that Christ came, died, rose and sent us his Spirit. And He wants his children to enjoy freedom!
Question is whether his children live in freedom indeed. There was one rule in the garden: 10 rules on a stone tablet. Jewish Pharisees made hundreds of rules. The Jewish people became enslaved to rules and even became blinded by the same. What about Christians nowadays? What about you and me.....? As a child of Christ do you feel free? Or has legalism enslaved us? Which rules master over us?
It will be good to pause here and think for a moment what keeps you going all day. We may even be driven by rules we are not fully aware of. Also consider the motives and purposes behind our rules. Are they a result of wanting control or are they there to enrich our lives?
And let's not forget (subtle) habits, thoughts, worries, selfish needs.... which can control, frustrate, oppress and restrict us and can result in much physical and spiritual suffering.
To experience the freedom Christ has created for us, we first of all must dig deep within ourselves and get to know ourselves better. And then empty and clean ourselves from everything that is not of God and have our minds transformed by the Spirit. This process may not come naturally to most of us; much diligence in prayer (including thanksgiving), study and other spiritual disciplines is likely to be required, but with God on our side it won't be a burden. Everything we do in step with the Spirit does not frustrate nor irritate, but liberates!
We will experience freedom; become freed to love! Not by rule(!), but automatically as an overflow of the Spirit in us.
Where there is love, there is no need for rules. Freedom!
Prayer. Lord, thank you for the freedom you have created for us. Forgive me for not enjoying it to the fullest. As I want to surrender fully to you, point out to me all that still masters over me. Please help me to throw away this yoke, joyfully rely on Christ and FREELY love and live in Him.
Janine Vrolijk
Banishment of Hagar, Jan Victor, 1619-1676, Budapest, Hungary.
From Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=49609 [retrieved February 24, 2020]. Original source: http://www.yorckproject.de.
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