awake, sunday

Sunday, May 4 (Third Sunday of Easter)

Come to Stillness: Take a few minutes to allow your mind and heart to be still before God.

Opening Prayer: Lord, awaken me, you whose love burns beyond the stars; light the flame of my lantern that I may always burn with love. (A Traveler Toward the Dawn by John Eagan)

Scripture Reading for the Day: Genesis 28:10-22

Reading for Reflection:

We may ignore, but we can nowhere evade the presence of God.  The world is crowded with Him.  He walks everywhere incognito.  And the incognito is not always hard to penetrate.  The real labour is to attend.  In fact, to come awake.  Still more, to remain awake. (Letters to Malcom by C. S. Lewis)

Reflection and Listening: silent and written

Prayer: for the church, for others, for myself

                                           
Closing Prayer: O God and Father, I repent of my sinful preoccupation with visible things.  The world has been too much with me.  You have been here and I knew it not.  I have been blind to Your presence.  Open my eyes that I may behold You in and around me.  For Christ’s sake, Amen. (The Pursuit of God by A. W. Tozer)