Friday, 19 February 2010 13:29

Lent - Day 4

Into your hand I commit spirit; you have redeemed me, O LORD, faithful God. Psalm 31:5

 

MORNING READING - PSALM 32

 

1Happy are those whose transgression is forgiven,
whose sin is covered.
2Happy are those to whom the Lord imputes no iniquity,
and in whose spirit there is no deceit.


3While I kept silence, my body wasted away
through my groaning all day long.
4For day and night your hand was heavy upon me;
my strength was dried up* as by the heat of summer.
Selah


5Then I acknowledged my sin to you,
and I did not hide my iniquity;
I said, ‘I will confess my transgressions to the Lord’,
and you forgave the guilt of my sin.
Selah


6Therefore let all who are faithful
offer prayer to you;
at a time of distress,* the rush of mighty waters
shall not reach them.
7You are a hiding-place for me;
you preserve me from trouble;
you surround me with glad cries of deliverance.
Selah


8I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go;
I will counsel you with my eye upon you.
9Do not be like a horse or a mule, without understanding,
whose temper must be curbed with bit and bridle,
else it will not stay near you.


10Many are the torments of the wicked,
but steadfast love surrounds those who trust in the Lord.
11Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, O righteous,
and shout for joy, all you upright in heart.

 

MORNING REFLECTION

 

READY : Prepare today bybremembering the power of Christ for the forgiveness of sins. Remember how your transgressions are forgiven and your sins covered.

 

READ: Read through the passage twice. Focus on the heavy burden of guilt and sin.

 

REFLECT: Reflect on the sin and guilt that lays heavy upon you. Reflect on the words used to describe those that are forgiven.

 

REPENT: Repent of your sins. Name them out specifically as you repent of them. Allow the cleansing of Christ’s blood to wash over you.

 

REJOICE: Rejoice and claim the joy and happiness forgiveness brings.

 

EVENING READING JOHN 17:20-26

 

20 ‘I ask not only on behalf of these, but also on behalf of those who will believe in me through their word, 21 that they may all be one. As you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22 The glory that you have given me I have given them, so that they may be one, as we are one, 23 I in them and you in me, that they may become completely one, so that the world may know that you have sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. 24 Father, I desire that those also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory, which you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world. 25 ‘Righteous Father, the world does not know you, but I know you; and these know that you have sent me. 26 I made your name known to them, and I will make it known, so that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.’ .

EVENING REFLECTION

 

READY : Shed the cares of your day onto Christ. Let them fall away as you quiet yourself before Him

 

READ: Read through this passage twice focusing first on the love Christ has for you. Then focus on the unity He desires among His people.

 

REFLECT: Reflect on the relationship between Jesus and the Father. Then reflect on the intimacy Christ desires to have with you. Think about what that means for your relationship with other believers who share that same intimacy.

 

REPENT: Repent of the disunity you see in your own relationship with believers and the church.

 

REJOICE: Rejoice that Christ has united His Spirit with ours and is the unifier in our relationships as believers.

 

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