Saturday, August 25, 2018

The path

THE 14th SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

God’s paths get you where you want to go. Right-living people walk them easily; wrong-living people are always tripping and stumbling. ~ Hosea 14:9b (MSG)

Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works. ~ Hebrews 10:24 (NLT)

KEY IDEA:
We need to help each other stay on the right path.
PRAYER:
Great God -- pioneering God, you have cut a good path for us upon which you want us to walk. Thank you for the gift of that path. But I am careless about staying on the trail. I'm inclined to think that the signs are meant for others and that it won't do any harm if I wander off -- only a little. Help me to take your pathway seriously -- and to look out for other wanderers who might be setting themselves up to trip and fall. Perhaps by helping others stay on course I'll be doing the same for myself. Amen.