Tag Archive for ‘gratitude’
Sunday 18 March
2 Chronicles 36:14-16, 19-23 or 1Samuel 16:1.6-7, 10-13,Ps. 137 or 23Eph. 2:4-10 or Eph. 5:8-14John 3: 14-21 Light Turn off the lights tonight. Become aware of the darkness. Strike a match. Light a candle. Choose a short mantra or phrase eg Jesus light of the world or Jesus come. Pray in gratitude for what you […]
Friday 4 November
Romans 15: 14-21, Ps. 98, Luke 16: 1-8 What is truly commendable? This rogue manager protects himself against impending redundancy by writing down the debts of his master’s creditors. He gains both their gratitude and the opportunity to blackmail the creditors, who are now involved in his misdeeds. Then, Jesus tells us, the master praises […]
Please don’t thank me… Oh, all right
DO YOU ever wonder why God is so slow in answering what seems a very worthwhile prayer? I have long requested that I might be less desiring of another’s gratitude, appreciation or affirmation. So deaf does God sometimes seem to be, it’s as if he wants me to keep that hunger. But that makes no […]