Matthew 13:44-53 Prayer for the day: Mysterious God, don’t let us settle for anything less than the true treasure of your kingdom. Keep the fire lit within us to continue the search for your truth. Question for reflection: Have you given up on the search for the kingdom of heaven? Where can you continue
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Misunderstanding Jesus
Isaiah 9:1- 7 Prayer for the day: Lord of peace, we too often confuse your kingdom with the ways of coercion and force. Along with the generations who have awaited your reign, we confess that our imaginations fail us and we assume that you will come in the might of violence rather than the embrace of love.
Barrenness
Luke 1:5-7 Prayer for the day: God, help us to have eyes to see those places in our lives where your Kingdom is breaking in, and let those glimpses fill us with joy and hope, even as we wait for the Kingdom to come in all its fullness. Amen. Question for reflection: In what