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 !

14 March 2020

Day 18 of Lent +++ Do we rest?


Hebrews 4.1-13   Hébreux 4.1-13   Hebreeën 4.1-13

Psalm 25      Genesis 46.1-7, 28-34   John 7.25-36
Psaumes 25  Genèse 46.1-7, 28-34    Jean 7.25-36
Psalmen 25  Genesis 46.1-7, 28-34   Johannes 7.25-36

Do we rest?

When you’ll be reading this mediation, I’ll be very busy preparing for our annual concert by finishing the decorations of the hall and making sure everything will run smoothly for the concert in the evening. The next day will also be a very frantic day as we need to try and empty the hall and clean it by midday.


But do we take time in our busy lives to rest? I don’t think so. Today there’s always a shop open somewhere each day of the year. Sometimes you don’t even realise that you’re actually living in a Christian country.


Christopher Idle has written a hymn based on vs 12-13: How sure the Scriptures are1. Which is definitely worth a looking up if you have time. I really like the last line: For God speaks still – His word is clear, so let us hear and do His will! But are we capable of hearing God in this busy world of ours and do we actually do His will or more realistically do we just do our will?


So we’ve got a challenge ahead of us that we need to take time to rest and listen out for God and do His will.

Jenny Freeman

1Editors’ note: A recoding can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bo4JGD0OTHE

Pilgrim bound by staff and faith, rest thy bones, Harrietsham, UK.
From Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=54922 [retrieved February 22, 2020]. Original source: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wooden_pilgrim_-_geograph.org.uk_-_778390.jpg.

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