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 !

04 March 2021

Thursday 04 March +++ Taste and see

Psalm34Jeremiah 9.12-24Hebrews 3.1-6John 7.1-13

Psaumes 34 | Jérémie 9.12-24 | Hébreux 3.1-6 | Jean 7.1-13

 

Taste and see

 

Do we have enough courage to completely let God take control of our lives? Are we holding back from what could be a wonderful world and life? I often find that we only come to God when we are desperate and then we can always count on Him to be there. 

We need to have the courage to shout God’s name from the rooftops and magnify Him day and night. I personally find this quite hard to do seeing as I work in a secular hospital and university were most people are non-religious. My workplace does give everybody the freedom to worship their own religion. This of course is not the case worldwide. So what can we do about this situation, how can we get the whole world to exalt His name all together? I would say by prayer.

 


'Anointed' by Lauren Wright Pittman, 2018

From Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=57085 [retrieved February 12, 2021]. Original source: http://www.lewpstudio.com - copyright by Lauren Wright Pittman. 

There are two songs that I listened to that you also might find helpful to mull over during the day. The first one is the more traditional ‘Through all the changing scenes of life’ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVJxhapcj6o). We sometimes sing this hymn in the morning service, so try and imagine singing this all together with our HTB family. The second song is a worship song from Shane & Shane called ‘Taste and See’ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOzf0VrDNGU). So let’s have the courage to taste and see the Lord because our life will be much better for it. 

Jenny Freeman

 

(Artist’s notes: This is the posture that Jesus calls all of us into; a profoundly uncomfortable, shockingly reverent position; coming face to face, intimately engaging with the residue of Christ’s footsteps to smell and almost taste the journey of Christ.)

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