(The beginning of Lent)
PSALM 119:41 (MSG)
Let your love, God, shape my life
with salvation, exactly as you promised...
LUKE 4:36 (NLT)
Amazed, the people exclaimed, “What authority and power this man’s words possess! Even evil spirits obey him, and they flee at his command!”
PSALM 119:41 (MSG)
Let your love, God, shape my life
with salvation, exactly as you promised...
LUKE 4:36 (NLT)
Amazed, the people exclaimed, “What authority and power this man’s words possess! Even evil spirits obey him, and they flee at his command!”
THE ESSENCE
God's loving words are powerful enough to reshape lives.
DAILY FODDER
Identify one obvious and one not-so-obvious way that God's loving and powerful words have shaped your life.
PRAYER
Thank you, Lord, for all the ways that you shape and reshape my life. Forgive me for getting discouraged by my seeming lack of progress. Help me to trust that your love and your power will get the job done. I am available to you and your life-shaping words. Amen.
THE LORD’S PRAYER (ABP)
Our Father in Heaven,
we hold your name in the highest regard.
Please come and establish your reign here on earth
so that everything that happens here will align
with what is happening in heaven.
Our Father in Heaven,
we hold your name in the highest regard.
Please come and establish your reign here on earth
so that everything that happens here will align
with what is happening in heaven.
Give us enough food for today.
Forgive us our wrongdoing,
and we’ll forgive those who have wronged us.
Shield us from the trials and temptations that come our way.
Lastly, we pray that you will protect us from all forms of evil. Amen.
and we’ll forgive those who have wronged us.
Shield us from the trials and temptations that come our way.
Lastly, we pray that you will protect us from all forms of evil. Amen.
