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 !

19 February 2021

Friday 19 February +++ Come…see….hear

 

Psalm 3Jeremiah3.6-22Galatians 3.1-14John 4.27-42

Psaume 3|Jérémie 3.6-22|Galates 3.1-14|Jean 4.27-42

Come…see….hear

The Samaritan woman at the well has just had a life changing encounter with Jesus. She hasn’t got her theology completely sorted out but she’s heard enough to rush back to town, leaving her water jar behind – the very reason she was at the well. She wants to tell others - ‘Come, see a man who told me everything I’ve ever done. Could this be the Messiah?’ Her simple invitation spilled out from her own experience and Jesus did the rest. He spoke to others from the town and they believed, not just because of what she had said, but because they had heard for themselves and knew that Jesus really is the Saviour of the world. 


''Christ and the Samaritan Woman' by Sébastien Bourdon, 1616-1671, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
By Attributed to Domenico Ghirlandaio - Web Gallery of Art:   Image  Info about artwork, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4539476

In today’s passage in the letter to the Galatians Paul asks twice whether they have received the Spirit by works of the law or by believing what they heard. 

Whether we are highly trained theologians, or brand new followers of Jesus, or somewhere in between, we can all invite others to come and see and hear. Maybe it’s a bit easier at the moment when we don’t even have to ask them to leave their homes to come to church or a homegroup or an online event!  

Who can I invite to come, see and hear?

                                                                                                                

Susie Wilkinson


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