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 February 2021

Thursday 25 February +++ Thirsty souls

 

Psalm42Jeremiah 6.9-21Galatians 5.2-15John 6.1-15

Psaumes 42| Jérémie 6.9-21| Galates 5.2-15| Jean 6.1-15

 

Thirsty souls

 


These 40 days of Lent give us the opportunity to contemplate on what Jesus really did for us on the Cross. What it cost Him, so we could be redeemed and reunited with Him.  As we observe these days of Lent, we can anticipate an invitation to experience deeper intimacy with the Him.

 

'Thirsty deer at Kanha Tiger Reserve'

By Minku2016 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=49538556

May the first words of Psalm 42 describe the depth and intensity of our hearts during these days…” As the deer pants for the water brooks, So my soul pants for You, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God; when shall I come before the presence of God?”

 

As we explore our own souls, we can ask, how desperate are we for His presence?  How can we live, without experiencing His presence? Let’s ask the Holy Spirit to help us pour out our souls before Him.

 

Psalm 42 is the honest expression of the anguish of a soul wrestling before God…“Why are you so full of heaviness, O my soul, and why are you so disquieted within me?” As we pour out our souls, the Holy Spirit will help us remember, who the Lord is, all He has done for us, and His unfailing love… “therefore I will remember You…” 

 

This day let’s thirst for His presence and meditate on the One, who loved us all the way to the Cross.  So we too, will say to our souls… “put your trust in God; for I will yet give Him thanks…”

 

Kay Zahasky

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