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 !

13 March 2014

Thursday 13th March

John 6.1–15 

Jesus’ call 

The people pursue Jesus for what he can do for them:  they want him to give them  food, they want him to make them better, they want him to lead them by the hand.  Jesus does not neglect to provide for their physical needs.  He asks Philip how the crowd can be fed. Philip's immediate reaction is to think of the financial cost involved.  Then Andrew looks at what they have to hand...but fails to grasp the possibilities.
Jesus says get organized, see what you already have,  give thanks to the Father, have faith, go ahead , share it, and see what God will do!  And don't waste any!  Be responsible with God's
provision.

 Jesus also perceives that the crowd even want him as king, want to coerce him into complying.  They are so earth-bound.  And so are we;  so slow to look beyond, deeper than our immediate material needs and desires.  Jesus calls us to greater things.
“Lord, by your grace and the help of your Holy Spirit, help us to take the time to be with you, to share something of your perspective on life;  on the life which you gave up in order to rise to an infinitely greater life with our heavenly Father forever.  Amen.”

Susie Martin
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