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 March 2019

Friday 22 March - Trust in Him


Jeremiah10.1–16 Psalm 41   Hebrews 3.7-19   John 7.14-24
Jérémie 10.1-16   Psaume 41  Hébreux 3.7-19  Jean 7.14-24

This seems to me a very strong warning from Jeremiah to urge God's people to turn away from their sins and return to Him.

They look to the stars for answers about their lives which to me does not seem so very different from horoscopes today.  Life would be so much easier if we could see into the future but we are clearly urged not to become involved.  Anything that takes the place of God is a sin. He knows our future but will not reveal it to us; His promise is to walk with us as our future unfolds.

Again, it could be simple to feel remote from those people worshiping outwardly beautiful inanimate objects.  But what about the idols we create to give us advice and help in our lives?   How frustrated God must be when he sees us turning to self-help books, retirement funds, insurance.

Perhaps this passage speaks as much for us today as it did to the people of Israel.


It reminds us how powerless we are when we use our own resources rather than asking for God's help.   It calls us to keep steadfast in our dependence on, and trust in Him who is everything to those who just believe .

Susan Hudson

God as Architect/Builder/Geometer/Craftsman

From Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=55539 [retrieved March 1, 2019]. Original source: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:God_the_Geometer.jpg.

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