26th.October. 2021. Daily Devotion.
25 ‘Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable
33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. Matthew 6:25-26;33-34
There are several accounts of Christ sending out the first disciples to spread the Good News, and in all of them the disciples are told pretty much what this verse tells us. They hit the road with no money, no food, not even a spare set of sandals; they put their lives completely into God’s hands. We are not told how they fared, but we know the apostles all returned alive, and we might suppose if any other disciples died, we would have known of it.
Think about it. You believe that God gave you your life. You believe that God can give or take away anything and everything in your life. He has promised that, if you serve Him, He will take care of your daily needs. Do you think He’s incapable of doing it? Do you think He’s lying? God is going to do whatever is best for you, and the more you seek His kingdom, the more control of your life you turn over to His will, the more fully He will fill you with the abundance of His joy.
Lord, I pray that my complete faith in you will grow every day. Amen.
Prayer of St. Denis
You are wisdom, uncreated and eternal, the supreme first cause, above all being,
sovereign Godhead, sovereign goodness, watching unseen the God-inspired wisdom of Christian people. Raise us, we pray, that we may totally respond to the supreme, unknown, ultimate, and splendid height of your words, mysterious and inspired. There all Your secret matters lie covered and hidden under darkness both profound and brilliant, silent and wise. You make what is ultimate and beyond brightness secretly to shine in all that is most dark. In your way, ever unseen and intangible, You fill to the full with most beautiful splendour those souls who close their eyes that they may see. And I, please, with love that goes on beyond mind to all that is beyond mind, seek to gain such for myself through this prayer. Amen.
Prayer for personal healing
O God, the source of all health: So fill my heart with faith in your love, that with calm expectancy I may make room for your power to possess me, and gracefully accept your healing; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Loving God, I long for a place where all are welcome regardless of gender, ethnicity, status, ability and sexuality. A place where it doesn’t matter if I am on my own, or my upbringing is different, or my politics and views are not the same as others near me. I long to see a smile, and Christians willing to be accepting of everyone, prepared to welcome just as Jesus did. Amen.