Come to Stillness: Take a few minutes to allow your mind and heart to
be still before God.
Opening Prayer: Gracious and loving God, you know the deep
inner patterns of my life that keep me from being totally yours. You know the misformed structures of my being
that hold me in bondage to something less than your high purpose for my
life. You also know my reluctance to let
you have your way with me in these areas.
Hear the deeper cry of my heart for wholeness and by your grace enable
me to open to your transforming presence in this time. Lord, have mercy. (Invitation to a Journey
by Robert Mulholland Jr.)
Scripture Reading for the Day: Isaiah 61:10-11
Reading for Reflection:
In holiness and righteousness: these are characteristics of God’s covenant
people. The righteous are those who
stand in right relationship with God, trusting him above every created thing
(above parents, spouses, one’s own abilities, money) and performing with joy
the requirements that come with this particular covenant (loving one another as
Jesus loved us). The holy, likewise, are
those whose relationship with God separates them (even as God is separate) from
the godless world. They neither serve
the world nor take their identity from the world’s standards, judgments,
opinions, delights, behaviors. They are
strangers here. But they are also,
therefore, free and fearless! (Preparing for Jesus by Walter
Wangerin Jr.)
Reflection and Listening: silent and written
Prayer: for the church, for others, for myself
Prayer: for the church, for others, for myself
Closing Prayer: Thank you, O God, that you have robed me in the garments of salvation; and that apart from your grace and mercy I have no hope. Therefore, I greatly delight in you, O Lord, and my soul rejoices in you, O my God. All praise be to you! Amen.
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