Opening Prayer: O
Lord, allow your word this day to open us up to whatever you long to do within
us. Let it cut us to the heart
and make us more into the people you desire us to be. Amen.
Scripture: Acts 2:37-41
Journal: What has cut you to the heart lately? Why and how?
Did it bring you to the point of repentance? What did that look like?
Reflection:
Repentance is not an emotion. It is not feeling sorry for your sins. It is a decision. It is deciding that you have been
wrong in supposing that you could manage your own life and be your own god; it
is deciding that you were wrong in thinking that you had, or could get, the
strength, education and training to make it on your own; it is deciding that
you have been told a pack of lies about yourself and your neighbors and your
world. And it is deciding that God, in
Jesus Christ, is telling you the truth. Repentance
is a realization that what God wants from you and what you want from God are
not going to be achieved by doing the same old things, thinking the same old
thoughts. Repentance is a decision to
follow Jesus Christ and become his pilgrim in the path of peace. (A Long
Obedience in the Same Direction by Eugene Peterson)
Prayers
Closing Prayer: Lord Jesus, give us the strength and the
courage to follow you more closely—whatever that may look like—from this day
forward. Amen.
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