Tuesday, 17 December 2013

THE DAYS ARE COMING

PRAYER MOMENT


Wednesday 18 December 2013


 THE DAYS ARE COMING


Pause. Be still in the presence of God..


Reading. “See, the days are coming – it is the Lord who speaks – when I will raise a virtuous Branch for David.” (Jer. 23:5-8)


Reflection.  Jeremiah wrote when Jerusalem was under threat from invasion and destruction and yet he gives this message of hope. In the gospel for today (Matt1:18-24) Joseph is filled with anxiety as he sees Mary is pregnant. He too receives a message of assurance and hope. And this is our inheritance too. We are surrounded by anxieties on a personal and a global level. Yet our life is laced through with an underlying hope in our God who works together with us to bring about his reign, the fulfilment of all. This may sound rather up in the air but each of us is assured of a breakthrough in our own lives and all of us as God’s  people will see this too on a global scale.


Prayer. Lord, in this week we receive messages of hope and assurance. Help us to translate them into our own situation that we may live each day with solid trust in you.  Amen.





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