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 !

07 April 2011


Thursday 7th April

Jeremiah 19.1–13
Ps 53, 86
Hebrews 10.19–25
John 10.22–end

Hebrews 10 v.19–25

This passage is a wonderful summary of what Jesus has done for us in enabling us to draw near to God!

The sub-heading in my bible reads “A call to persevere”. This could sound like hard work - and isn’t Lent supposed to be hard work after all? But a verse that stands out for me is verse 24 “Let us consider how we may spur one another on towards love and good deeds”. We all have enormous potential to start domino effects of love and good deeds. I read a lovely example of this in a novel recently. The setting is a Starbucks café. One morning a woman in line for no apparent reason pays for the coffee of the person behind, and then he turns round and pays for the customer behind him. And then he pays for the woman behind him, and this goes on for about 45 minutes until there is a lull and a quiet period of no customers breaks the chain. The novelist describes this as “a piece of magic while it lasted”. We simply call it love.

Sally Steel

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