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: 1 Thessalonians 4:1-9
Reading for Reflection:
So be open to the
ministry of Jesus, and allow Him to strip self-love of every adornment, until
it stands barren and exposed. Then you
may renounce self and receive the robe whitened by the blood of the Lamb, which
is the purity of Jesus. And happy is the
soul that no longer possesses anything of its own, not even anything borrowed,
and abandons itself to Jesus, desiring no glory but His. A soul, purified in this manner, is like a
bride about to be married. How beautiful
she is when she lays everything aside, and comes to the marriage alter bringing
nothing but herself. And, oh, Holy
Bride, how beautiful are you when you come to Jesus with nothing of your
own. The Bridegroom will be more than
pleased with you when he sees you clothed in His beauty. There will be no limit to His love for you,
because you are clothed in His holiness. (Let Go—The Spiritual Letters
by Francois Fenelon)
Reflection and Listening: silent and written
Prayer: for the church, for others, for myself
Prayer: for the church, for others, for myself
Closing Prayer: Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty; heaven
and earth are full of Thy glory; glory be to Thee, O Lord most high. (A
Diary of Private Prayer by John Baillie)
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