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16 Saturday Apr 2022
Posted Faith, HOPE, Lenten Devotion, LOVE, Morning Prayer
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12 Tuesday Apr 2022
Posted Faith, HOPE, Lenten Devotion, LOVE, Morning Prayer, Scripture, Today's Update
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10 Sunday Apr 2022
Posted Evening Prayer, Lenten Devotion
in05 Tuesday Apr 2022
Posted Evening Prayer, Lenten Devotion, LOVE, Reflections, Scripture, Today's Update
inBE COMPASSIONATE, NOT COMPETITIVE
Let us not allow competitiveness to enter into our togetherness with others, because in the center of this, we end up loosing our compassion for others Being compassionate can be frightening to our ability to cross over dividing lines and giving up our differences. We become afraid. Afraid we might loose ourselves in this process and loose our identity…..who we are.
Mark 10: 41-44
When the ten heard this, they began to become angry with James and John. So Jesus called to them and said to them….Whoever wishes to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wishes to he first amount you must be lovers of all.
Prayer
God my protector, my own competitiveness can sometimes keep me separate from others. I can become a lone soul rather than a companion and a human being in complete unity with others, especially those I love. Help me to live my life where I can set differences by the side, and help me to become a compassionate lover of all….rather than a lover of myself.
03 Sunday Apr 2022
Posted Faith, Lenten Devotion, Morning Prayer, Today's Update
inSPEAK GOD’S WORD BOLDLY
I sometimes need to put a distance between myself and the world as it is. I have to give myself a “time out.” Help me to speak to others about You.
Prayer
My Holy God….give me strength and courage to think clearly, and to speak in complete freedom. Please give me the character to act with determined words in service to You. Help me to voice The Good News…in my own bold way with complete assurance. Thank you Father for your love and thank you for giving me the strength I need to remain solid in my walk…..while I spread the news of your goodness.
*AMEN*
29 Tuesday Mar 2022
Posted Faith, Lenten Devotion, Morning Prayer, Reflections, Today's Update
inCLAIM YOUR BLESSINGS
Good Morning my Holy God…..help me to recognize your glory in every blessing you have graciously given me. Help me notice your blessings especially in others, no matter what they may be going through. I want to notice the light of the Moon, the growing flowers, fruits and vegetables, the clear blue sky and puffy clouds. Slow me down and give me gratitude for all your many blessings. May I show you gratitude for all your gifts. I want to savor every moment you have given me. I wish to make my home in your generous spirit today.
Thank you my Father God for a new day.
•AMEN•
27 Sunday Mar 2022
Posted Faith, HOPE, Lenten Devotion, LOVE, Morning Prayer, Reflections, Scripture, Today's Update
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LIVE THE PLAN
Today I reflect on my wounds. Am I living them for Christ or just thinking of them inside of me?
Jesus set an example for us; it is better to feel your wounds deep in your soul than to talk about them. In silence you absorb them into your heart. You can write about them, talk to yourself about them, and try to figure them out and “why.” This will not give you any true healing. You need to let your wounds go down into your innermost heart. Then you can “live through them” and you will see that they will not destroy you.
1 Peter 2:21
If you endure (being beaten) when you do right and suffer for it, you have God’s approval. For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered wounds for you, leaving you an example, so that you should follow in his steps.
Prayer
My God of healing. I am afraid of pain, suffering and hurt. Help me to avoid accepting my wounds. I ask that you help me to graciously accept your mercy to help me heal my wounds; your mercy to help me live through the pain, and journey with me as I receive your JOY on the other side.
•AMEN•
26 Saturday Mar 2022
Posted Lenten Devotion, Reflections, Today's Update
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TRUE LISTENING
Often I am surrounded by so much noise that I don’t truly hear God when he is speaking to me. If I tune out and don’t truly listen, I miss the direction that he is calling me to. I have become deaf. I need to develop a discipline for listening, or I may wonder off track and miss what He is telling me. He is always with me and speaking to me, but I don’t always hear. If I truly listen, I develop an obedience and I listen.
PRAYER
Dear Holy God….I believe that you have given my soul your grace. When I don’t hear your voice I feel alone. Help me to always listen for your voice…..in the silence of my own soul. Lord I am here to listen. Come to me soon. I am present and I am listening. AMEN
24 Thursday Mar 2022
Posted Evening Prayer, Lenten Devotion, LOVE, Reflections
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God loves me not because of anything I have done to earn it, but because in total freedom He has decided to love me. It is difficult to comprehend getting something for nothing.
Prayer
My Most High God, please take me into your love, the love that I can never earn. I confess that I fail…..and I do not deserve your forgiveness. My human self believes that this love is something I earn. I believe that others will only love me if I act as if I love them. Your love for me has no bounds, and cannot be withdrawn. I am in awe. My Father God….. grant me the grace to accept this gift from You. AMEN
23 Wednesday Mar 2022
Posted Faith, HOPE, Lenten Devotion, LOVE, Morning Prayer, Reflections, Scripture, Today's Update
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Jesus spoke to the disciples. “Here is where you belong.”
“In my Father’s house there are many places to live in….I am going now to prepare a place for you” (John 14:2) became very real. The Risen Jesus who dwells with the Father welcomes me home after a long journey.
Do i have a deep desire to be with Jesus? This scripture brings my whole life together and holds me lovingly in the arms of His Love. This is my true homecoming. This scripture is my true return to the womb of my God.
Prayer
My Holy Father….. you know me even before I was formed in my Mother’s womb. You know my thoughts even before I form them. You welcome me home into the warmth of your love, even when I do not know that I am lost. I know myself little and yet you know me so well. I cannot imagine my future. Give me your Grace to accept the present in your heart, which is the place where I belong. Thank you my Father God for my loving home with You. Amen.