Come to Stillness: Take a few minutes to allow your mind and heart to
be still before God.
Opening Prayer: Speak, O Lord, as we come to You, to receive
the food of Your holy word. Take Your
truth, plant it deep in us; shape and fashion us in Your likeness, that the
light of Christ might be seen today, in our acts of love and our deeds of
faith. Speak, O Lord, and fulfill in us
all your purposes, for Your glory. (Speak O Lord by Stuart
Townend, Keith Getty)
Scripture Reading for the Day: 2 Chronicles 7:11-22
Reading for Reflection:
I believe that we know
much more about God than we admit that we know, than perhaps we altogether know
that we know. God speaks to us, I would
say, much more often than we realize or than we choose to realize. Before the sun sets every evening, he speaks
to each one of us in an intensely personal and unmistakable way. His message is not written out in starlight,
which in the long run would make no difference; rather it is written out for
each of us in the humdrum, helter-skelter events of each day; it is a message
that in the long run might just make all the difference.
Who
knows what he will say to me today or to you today or into the midst of what
kind of unlikely moment he will choose to say it. Not knowing is what makes today a holy mystery.
(The Magnificent Defeat by Frederick Buechner)
Reflection and Listening: silent and written
Prayer: for the church, for others, for myself
Prayer: for the church, for others, for myself
Closing Prayer: Bless with your presence my life and ministry
all this day long and when night comes grant your servant rest and peace. Amen. (A Guide to Prayer for Ministers
and Other Servants)
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