PRAYER PAUSE
Monday 18 April
2016
THIS
SATISFIED THEM
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “This account satisfied them … ‘God
can evidently grant even the pagans the repentance that leads to life’.” (Acts
11:1-18)
Reflection. At this point in The Acts Peter has been challenged why he was consorting with
gentiles. He gives the Jewish Christian leaders in Jerusalem a full explanation
of how he was called to the house of Cornelius and they recognised it was the
work of the Spirit and were satisfied. They “knew the voice” even if it was
quite a rupture in their way of thinking. It is sometimes hard to recognise the
positive values in some events today, events that at first unsettle us;
migrants coming to our country, widespread acceptance of same sex marriages.
Prayer. Lord, help us to be open, as well as
critically sharp, in our attitudes to developments in our time. Amen
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