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 !

17 December 2016

Stand firm

Jude   Jude (fr)

Whistle-blowers are not always well-received.....many of us choose to show  tolerance or simply turn a blind eye to things that we sense are wrong.....but Jude is made of sterner stuff!

In his short letter (so how long did it take you to find it?) he is writing to those who are ‘loved by God the Father and kept by Jesus Christ’ and he makes an impassioned plea to the believers to hold firm to their faith, trusting in God’s saving grace and forgiveness, and not using it as an excuse to carry on sinning. You may remember Paul making a similar plea in Romans 6.1. Godless men were around, ‘who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit’ and Jude needed to warn against them.

Test your knowledge of the Old Testament and the Apocrypha as you read vs 5-11 where Jude gives us examples from Israel’s history of the battle between good and evil.

Admire the poetic imagery of vs 12–13....condemning those who seek to deceive and divide the believers.

Jude’s message to beware of such people and movements is still relevant for us today as surely we are living in ‘the last times’ (v 18). However his letter is written also to encourage us to build ourselves up and stand firm in our faith, in the sure knowledge that God can keep us from falling.

Read again that wonderful doxology in vs 24-25 and thank God for his love!

Catherine Roberts
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