Saturday, March 18, 2023

We enter your sacred prayer space throwing off our exteriors, these barriers that are full of deceitful and pious behaviours. We long to be genuine, to return to our true selves, the way you created us to be. We have learned how to put on a good show for others. But these are the ways of darkness. We seek a new path. We seek your path of life.

Today, we invite you to reread, rest and reflect on the prayers of the past week.

Lectionary Readings for Today:
Psalm 121:1-8
Isaiah 51:4-8
Luke 7:1-10

With the same hand that crushes our sins and burdens, you touch us with infinite gentleness. Your wisdom lights our way to the next leg of our journey along your Ancient Path. We step forward together in faith that your direction is perfect.

We pause and selah together with you, O LORD. We encourage each other to keep our eyes on you. We know that only by keeping our focus on you will we be able to do your work. Give us strength and courage to always worship you, even when we are tempted to worship our work instead.

Be the light in our hearts and on our journeys. Bless the fields where we are and where we will find selah. Bless the land of our sojourn so we will plant and harvest honourably. We will place faith-markers here, as reminders through the generations of your unending light and salvation.

Today, we invite you to reread, rest and reflect on the prayers of the past week.

Lectionary Readings for Today:
Psalm 130:1-8
Ezekiel 36:8-15
Luke 24:44-53