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 !

21 December 2013

Saturday 21st December The Parable of the Unmerciful Servant


Matthew 18:21-35




The amount of debt the king cancels (and likewise the amount the servant doesn’t cancel) has a challenge for any Bible translator. Use a specific monetary conversion and it will soon go out of date. Each version tries a different approach. The King James’ “ten thousand talents” is of course the most literal, but who today knows what a talent is? The NIV tries “ten thousand bags of gold” and covers all bases with the footnote “Greek ten thousand talents; a talent was worth about 20 years of a day laborer’s wages”. The GNB tries “millions of dollars”.
Imagine for a moment that you were landed with a debt of millions of Euros. Could you pay it?
We come before God as those who have a debt of sin so great, that we are completely unable to pay.
But God so loved us, so loved you, so loved me, that he gave his only Son, that all who believe in him, might have this sin forgiven. Truly love comes down at Christmas time.

Hugh Prior 
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