8th. October. 2020. Daily Devotion
Proverbs 3:34-35
34 The Lord mocks proud mockers but shows favour to the humble and oppressed.
35 The wise inherit honour, but fools get only shame.
Dr. Charles Stanley wrote: “Humility in the life of the believer is the mark of greatness – not because you shine when you are humbled, but because when you submit to God’s will, He shines through you.”
Lord, remember your mercy and love that you have shown since long ago.
~ Psalm 25:6
A minister wrote: My daughter and I spent several days in the old city of Jerusalem … One afternoon, as we were exiting the Jaffa gate, we found ourselves behind an orthodox Jewish family — a father and his three small girls. One of the daughters, perhaps four or five years of age, fell a few steps behind and couldn’t see her father. “Abba!” she called to him. He spotted her and immediately extended his hand …
When the signal changed, he led her and her sisters through the intersection.
In the middle of the street, he reached down and swung her up into his arms and continued their journey.
Isn’t that what we all need?
An abba who will hear when we call?
Who will take our hand when we are weak?
Who will guide us through the hectic intersections of life?
Don’t we all need an abba who will swing us up into his arms and carry us home?
We all need a father.
from The Great House of God ~ M. Lucado
Prayer of Salvation
Most blessed Christ, I thank you that you have answered me and have become my salvation. No matter how weak or lowly I may feel, I will always remember your words: that those whom the earth despises — the stones that the builders rejected — have become the cornerstone of your church.
Let me be strong in faith and strong in your Spirit; for only by You, Lord Christ, may the gates of righteousness be opened to a sinner. I pray that I may be part of the foundation of your church on earth, and that by your grace, the gates of righteousness may be opened to me and to all who confess your holy name.
Amen.
A prayer remembering God is with us
Lord God, you are always with me.
You are with me in the day and in the night.
You are with me when I’m happy and when I’m sad.
You are with me when I’m healthy and when I am ill.
You are with me when I am peaceful and when I am worried.
Today I am feeling (name how you are feeling) because (reasons you are feeling this way).
Help me to remember that you love me and are with me in everything today.
Amen.
Merciful God,
we entrust to your tender care
those who are ill or in pain,
knowing that whenever danger threatens
your everlasting arms are there to hold them safe.
Comfort and heal them,
and restore them to health and strength;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Blessing
May God the Father bless us; may Christ take care of us; the Holy Ghost enlighten us all the days of our life. The Lord be our defender and keeper of body and soul, both now and for ever, to the ages of ages.
Amen.
by Æthelwold, Bishop of Winchester, 958 A.D.
