“In (active) waiting, you are shifting the outcome to God – where it belongs. Then, when God gives you specific guidance, He will do more through you in days and weeks than you could ever accomplish in years of labor.”
– EXPERIENCING GOD book
God
Morning Leaders – Grace
Morning Leaders. “The grace of God means something like: Here is your life. You might never have been, but you are because the party wouldn’t have been complete without you.”
– Frederick Buechner
#Baaam
Day 28 – The Prayer Cafe “31 Day Challenge”
Day 28
You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions. – James 4:2-3
“If you ask for things from life instead of from God, “you ask amiss”; that is, you ask out of your desire for self-fulfillment. The more you fulfill yourself the less you will seek God. “…seek, and you will find….” Get to work— narrow your focus and interests to this one thing. Have you ever sought God with your whole heart, or have you simply given Him a feeble cry after some emotionally painful experience? “…seek, [focus,] and you will find….”” – Oswald Chambers
Let us pray:
Lord I am struck at the phrase “The more you fulfill yourself the less you will seek God.” Have I done that? Am I blindly doing things for my fulfillment, which keeps me from a prayerful life? Am I seeking you wholeheartedly?
Help me with understanding and clarity. I want to live a life that is pleasing in your sight. Help me to learn the things I cannot even see about my character and way of being. Help me to grow in you.
This is my prayer.
#Seek #Find #Understanding #Growth
Day 27 – The Prayer Cafe “31 Day Challenge”
Day 27
I cried out to him with my mouth;
his praise was on my tongue.
– Psalm 66:17
Prayer for Self Knowledge
Lord Jesus, let me know myself and know You, and desire nothing save only You.
Let me hate myself and love You.
Let me do everything for the sake of You.
Let me humble myself and exalt You.
Let me think of nothing except You.
Let me die to myself and live in You.
Let me accept whatever happens as from You.
Let me banish self and follow You, and ever desire to follow You.
Let me fly from myself and take refuge in You,
That I may deserve to be defended by You.
Let me fear for myself.
Let me fear You, and let me be among those who are chosen by You.
Let me distrust myself and put my trust in You.
Let me be willing to obey for the sake of You.
Let me cling to nothing save only to You,
And let me be poor because of You.
Look upon me, that I may love You.
Call me that I may see You, and for ever enjoy You. Amen.
– Saint Augustine
Let us pray:
Lord, hear our prayers.
#SelfKnowledge #Desire #Dependency
Morning Leaders – Trust
Morning Leaders. “Although the life of a person is in a land full of thorns and weeds, there is always a space in which the good seed can grow. You have to trust God.” – Pope Francis
#Trust
Morning Leaders – Grace
Morning Leaders. “What gives me the most hope every day is God’s grace; knowing that his grace is going to give me the strength for whatever I face, knowing that nothing is a surprise to God.” – Rick Warren
Morning Leaders – What Then?
Morning Leaders. “What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?” – Romans 8:31
#Selah
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Morning Leaders – Saint Augustine
Morning Leaders. “To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement.” – Saint Augustine
#Selah
Morning Leaders – My Trust
Morning Leaders. “My trust in God flows out of the experience of his loving me, day in and day out, whether the day is stormy or fair, whether I’m sick or in good health, whether I’m in a state of grace or disgrace. He comes to me where I live and loves me as I am.” – Brennan Manning
#Grace