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 !

14 December 2011

Wednesday 14th December


2 Thessalonians 1 & end of Psalm 96

2Thessaloniciens 1et le fin de Psaume 96

Ultimate Judgement ~ L’Ultime Jugement

Judgement may be an unwelcome subject for many but it is a theme that runs right through Scripture and no-one approaching the season of Advent with eyes and mind wide open can avoid it. Any belief-set grounded in the surprisingly widespread idea that God as our Father will forgive us solely because He is merciful and loves us fatally sidesteps the central fact that above all He is HOLY, and that the only ground on which He can forgive us at all is the unimaginable violence suffered by the Holy Trinity at Calvary, as evidenced by Jesus’s agonised cry of separation from His Father on the Cross. No true view of the Fatherhood of God is valid if it marginalises His Redemptive act and the Atonement. And small wonder that Scripture leaves us in no doubt that rejection of Jesus and rebellion against the promptings of the Holy Spirit invite fearful judgement; sobering, yes, but - when we reflect that all the evil around us and our own afflictions will disappear in the fires of judgement - comforting, too, if our Faith is four-square and we remain true to it to the end.

Simon Robins
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