Opening Prayer: Thank you, O Sovereign Lord, for always being
at work in our lives—even in the midst things that might seem to have no
redeeming value. Thank you that you are
a God who is mysteriously and covertly always working for our good, regardless
of how things might appear. And thank
you that nothing can ever separate us from your unfailing love that is in
Christ Jesus. Amen.
Scripture: Romans 8:28-39
Journal: Howe is God at work in your life these days? How is that a part of the process of
conforming you to the image of his Son?
What confidence or hope does it give you to know that nothing can ever
separate you from his love?
Reflection:
When you lose touch with your chosenness, you
expose yourself to the temptation of self-rejection, and that temptation
undermines the possibility of ever growing as the Beloved….When we claim and
constantly reclaim the truth of being chosen ones, we soon discover within ourselves
a deep desire to reveal to others their own chosenness. (Life of the
Beloved by Henri J. M. Nouwen)
Prayers
Closing Prayer: Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and
knowledge of God! How unsearchable
his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out!
“Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?”
“Who has ever given to God, that God
should repay them?”
For from him and through
him and for him are all things. To him
be the glory forever! Amen. (Romans 11:33-36)
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