My brother posted on facebook today and quoted C.S.Lewis:How glibly I can pray something like "Make me an instrument of Your peace"; how spiritual I can sound to my friends. But I confess here and now that I am no such instrument, and in my most spiritually astute moments I rather doubt I really want to be one."I am mercenary and self-seeking through and through"--C S … [Read more...] about Prayer Journal: week 3, day 2
Archives for January 2011
Prayer journal: week 2, day 1
"Those who wait for the Lord, shall renew their strength.They shall mount up with wings like eagles.They shall run and not be weary.They shall walk and not faint."Isaiah 40: 31I was thinking about the "waiting for the Lord " part. What does it mean? Sometimes scripture talks about waiting "on" the Lord too. I would have to do some digging around in Hebrew to see if there is … [Read more...] about Prayer journal: week 2, day 1
Prayer journal: week 1, day 5
Baptism makes partners....[B]e of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility regard others as better than yourselves. Let each of you look not to your own interests, but to the interests of others." Philippians 2: 2-3This is the scripture for the prayer journal today, which is partly … [Read more...] about Prayer journal: week 1, day 5
Prayer journal: week 1, day 4
Today the "Unbinding the Gospel" prayer journal invited us to notice how much Jesus was on the go walking from one place to the next. It was suggested that we go walking for our prayer today.Now I love walking, but by the time I get home on a Sunday afternoon I am a bit of a zombie. I usually want to curl up with a book until I quickly fall asleep. But because the … [Read more...] about Prayer journal: week 1, day 4
Prayer journal: week 1, day 3
Today in the "unbinding the Gospel" prayer journal, after reading about a weary Jesus' compassion for the crowds (Mark 6:30-44), we were invited to check out the news and pray for someone we read or heard about. So I prayed for the 13-year old boy in Australia swept away in the flood when he told rescuers to take his younger brother first. And I pray for the younger brother … [Read more...] about Prayer journal: week 1, day 3