Come to Stillness: Take a few minutes to allow your mind and heart to
be still before God.
Opening Prayer: O God, I have tasted Thy goodness, and it has
both satisfied me and made me thirsty for more.
I am painfully conscious of my need for further grace. I am ashamed of my lack of desire. O God, the Triune God, I want to want Thee; I
long to be filled with longing; I thirst to be made more thirsty still. (The
Pursuit of God by A. W. Tozer)
Scripture Reading for the Day: Proverbs 13:12, 19
Reading for Reflection:
The books or the music in
which we thought the beauty was located will betray us if we trust to them; it
was not in them, it only came through them, and what came through them was
longing. These things—the beauty, the memory of our own past—are good images of
what we really desire; but if they are mistaken for the thing itself they turn
into dumb idols, breaking the hearts of their worshippers. For they are not the
thing itself; they are only the scent of a flower we have not found, the echo
of a tune we have not heard, news from a country we have never yet visited. (Weight
of Glory by C. S. Lewis)
Reflection and Listening: silent and written
Prayer: for the church, for others, for myself
Prayer: for the church, for others, for myself
Closing Prayer: Because your love is better than life, O
God, my lips will glorify you. I will
praise you as long as I live and in your name I will lift up my hands. My soul will be satisfied as with the richest
of foods and with singing lips my mouth will praise you. (Psalm 63:3-5)
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