This week, we’re focussing on prayer. Many of this week’s readings touch upon Jesus’ example, his commandments to us, and the way he calls us to follow him. This is something we need help with every day, and so rather than spend time expounding on these passages, we’ll pray through a verse or a portion of them, and then I encourage you to go and read them yourself. This week’s readings are primarily from the book of John, or the book of Exodus, but keep in mind while you read that these are both from God. The commandments in the Old Testament may not be binding on us, but they are informative and important. As Paul once wrote to his disciple Timothy:
“All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.”
— 2 Timothy 3:16–17
“Jesus wept.”
— John 11:35
Let’s Pray
Praying Through Scripture
Lord Jesus,
I have wept,
How many times have I wept,
For my sin, and for those committed against me,
In grief and in anguish, and for lessons learned too late.
Your tears inspire joy in the midst of my sorrows,
That you have cried, pouring out the most pure form of raw emotion,
Is yet another example of the image to which we are being conformed.
Help us today, help me today, to weep more readily,
To rejoice more readily, to give both to you, your providence, your timings,
and trust the saviour who wept for a lost friend, whom he would shortly see again.
Amen
Today’s Readings
John 11, Psalm 30, Exodus 24-26, 1 Chronicles 4:6-10
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