Come to Stillness: Take a few minutes to allow your mind and heart to be still before God.
Opening Prayer: O God, our Heavenly Father, who created us
beautifully and wonderfully, may we always look to You for our value and worth,
remembering that we are a unique expression of your infinite love, care, and
creativity. Help us, O Lord, to see
ourselves as you see us in Christ—objects of your extravagant love and tender
affection. Amen.
Scripture Reading for the Day: John 15:1-11
Reading for Reflection:
What kind of relationship
do you think Jesus wants with you? The
first words that pop into my head are words like: obedient, reverent, and
submissive—all of which are true. But
here, in the upper room, the night before he is going to die on the cross,
Jesus gives us a much different picture.
It is a very intimate picture. He
gives us the image of a vine and its branches.
Almost as if to say, “I know you have certain ideas floating around
in your heads about what I want this relationship between you and me to be, but
let me tell you, you can never imagine how deep and close and intimate I really
want it to be. I want us to be closer
than a vine and its branches. (Being with Jesus by Jim Branch)
Reflection and Listening: silent and written
Prayer: for the church, for others, for myself
Prayer: for the church, for others, for myself
Closing Prayer: Eternal Father of my soul, let my first
thought today be of Thee, let my first impulse be to worship Thee, let my first
speech be thy name, let my first action be to kneel before Thee in prayer.
Amen. (A Diary of Private Prayer by John Baillie)
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