Proverbs 1:20-33 Question for reflection: Where in your life are you resisting God through complacency? What change might you initiate to proactively mend and make amends, with God and with those around you? Prayer for the day: Give me ears to hear your direction, God, and then grant me courage to live beyond my complacency.
change
Out of the mouths of (mothers of ) babes
1 Samuel 2:1-10; Luke 1:46-55 (1 Samuel 2:1) (Luke 1:46-48a) Question for reflection: In what ways would your life change if you express gratitude for one or two acts of God’s love noticed each day? Prayer for the day: God our rock, grant us the boldness to persist in prayer, confident in your abiding presence
Holy Saturday
Leviticus 19:9-18 Question for reflection: What is going on in your life that would benefit from a change in perspective? What “tapes” play over and over in your mind that you might suspend on this Holy Saturday, in order to be open to a new story? Prayer for the day: [Take a deep breath. Spend
Calmly present
Psalm 46 Prayer for the day: You are my refuge and my strength, O God, yet I am still fearful when things change. Forgive me my lack of faith, and remind me that I need only be still and know that you are God. Question for reflection: When, in a time of chaos and uncertainty
By another road
Matthew 2:12 Prayer for the day: The unfamiliar path is ahead –and I need courage to continue though it may be longer, steeper, and overgrown. You know how I fear being lost even though you have promised to leave all the 99 sheep to find the lost one. Soften my heart O, God, that