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 !

22 February 2016

The Road to Salvation

Psalm 32   Psaume 32

Genesis 43. 16- end    Hebrews 1     John 6. 41- 51
Genèse 43. 16- fin      Hébreux 1      Jean 6. 41- 51

I sometimes think that it's quite easy to do a meditation on a Psalm, because the Psalms lend themselves to this sort of exercise.

But not Psalm 32, I find! This Psalm is a special one for me, even so, as it meant a lot when I was going through a difficult time many years ago.

It begins in triumph, a good place to start: we are blessed when we can know the Lord's forgiveness! But then it plunges straight into the reality of not being right with God: the psalmist portrays this as a profoundly physical sensation of "bones wasting away" (weight loss?), sapped strength, and the sense of heavy heat. All this makes him physically groan.

He needs to stop thinking he's right and acknowledge his deviation from the straight-and-narrow. When he does this - just in time - he can confidently assert that he is protected by God.

We are warned to be malleable before God - capable of being changed - as then we are free to trust Him. And finally, the righteous heart can really rejoice!

Thanks be to God for providing the road to salvation!


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Même si c'est parfois difficile, merci a Dieu pour son pardon !

Sue Bird

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