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 !

12 March 2011

Our Choice


Saturday 12th March


Jeremiah 4.1–18

Psalm 71

Galatians 3.15–22

John 4.43–end

Jeremiah 4.1–18

“If you will return , O Israel, return to me,” declares the Lord, If you put your detestable idols out of my sight and no longer go astray, and if in a truthful, just and righteous way you swear, as sure as the Lord lives, then the nations will be blessed by him and in him they will glory.”

I was reminded recently to think deeply about what I put my trust in and what my idols are. Do I trust in God, and ask him to support my needs or do I look to other things for validation and security? It is easy to say that I should focus on money or work or other things but the truth is that that is not what God wants. God wants us to focus on Him. He wants us to return to him and not put our faith in other things, things that are not of God but rather of the world we have created ourselves. The world we have created is one full of pain, of sorrow, of war and anger. We have created this world for our own ends, not God’s and until we return to God we cannot experience His full glory, His full peace, His full majesty.

During Lent, it is a time to examine where our hearts lie and what our idols are. Is it with God? Are we ready to give up the fabricated idols we have – money, power, ambition and return to Him? Are we ready to do our best to live in the way God asks us to or will we be like the Israel of Jeremiah, a land that was not seeing God’s full glory because they had turned away from God? We have a choice, and we have God to support us and love us and help us live in the good way.

Heather Roy

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