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 April 2011

Hope 


      Tuesday 19th April
Lamentations 3.1-18
Psalm 27
       
    
                   
   
    Galatians 6.11-18 
Luke 22.24-53




As I reflect on this passage, I am brought back to a cathartic song that I always delight in listening to:

I’ve been through the fire

And I've been through the flood

I've been broken into pieces
Seen lightnin' flashin' from above

But through it all I remember

That He loves me

And He cares
And He'll never put more on me

Than I can bear

Yes, Indeed, He will never put more on us than we can bear. The author of the passage (Prophet Jeremiah) laments that he is chastised and ‘besieged’ with ‘bitterness and hardship.’ And although he also laments that he ‘dwells in darkness’ and his ‘paths are crooked’, he remembers one very vital thing- the Lord blesses those who put their hope in him.

Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail.
They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.

Lamentations (3:22-23)

During those times when we are faced with difficulties and adversity, we may find ourselves lamenting and falling into that proverbial hole of hopelessness and despair. However, just like iron is cast in fire to become steel, we must see those difficult times as a refining process and continue to prevail.

Do not lose hope because ‘the city will be rebuilt upon its ruins’ (Jeremiah 30:18) and ‘the glory of the latter house will be greater than the former’ (Haggai 2:9)

My hope cometh from the Lord,

Ijeoma Umelo

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