Opening Prayer: Free me, O God, from the need to impress and achieve and perform. Free me from the need for applause and affirmation and response. Free me to love and serve, rather than to demand and manipulate. Help me to live my life from a place of love, rather than a place of need. Amen.
Scripture: Psalm 23:1
Journal: Where are you trying to give out of a place of need? What has been the result? What would it look like to have your needs met in Christ, so that you can give out of a place of love?
Reflection: “God, my shepherd! I don’t need a thing.” (Psalm 23:1, MSG)
If our deepest needs for love and impact are not being met in Jesus, we will try to have them met elsewhere. And when we need the very people we are called to love and serve, it’s a recipe for disaster. Only prayer can free us from the need to be needed.
Prayer
Closing Prayer: Lord Jesus, help me to live freely and to love freely. Help me to truly be a loving, healing, non-anxious presence in this world. Amen
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