Here are Wednesday’s morning prayers and Bible meditations. They are designed to be read in 5 to 10 minutes.
The theme for this week’s readings is that when we trust in Jesus and turn from our old lives, God brings us into his family and gives us his love.
Opening Prayer: Heavenly King, Comforter, the Spirit of Truth,
present in all places and filling all things,
the treasury of blessings and Giver of life:
come and abide in me.
Lord’s Prayer: Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
Your kingdom come,
Your will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one.
For yours is the kingdom, the power and the glory, forever and ever.
Amen
Text: We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives, so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light. For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. (Colossians 1:9-14)
Explanation: When St Paul prays for the young Christians in the church at Colossae he focuses on asking that they would know God and what he wants for them. Paul’s argument is easier to understand if we rearrange it. Before we know Jesus we live in spiritual darkness under the power of the devil. When we turn to Jesus, God takes us out from the devil’s power and puts us under Christ’s instead. That move buys back our souls from sin and brings us into God’s love; the same love he has for Christ is now ours.
Knowing this should change us. It should provoke us to know more of what God wants, to become more patient, to seek more power, and to give him more praise. Ultimately living in this way leads us to joy.
Questions: Take a moment and give thanks for all that Jesus has done for you over the last day. Then ask: 1. What changes did you notice in your life after starting to follow Jesus? 2. Where have you sensed God leading you and speaking to you recently? If you struggle to identify anything, why not start to ask that he would ‘fill you with the knowledge of his will’ and then make time to be quiet and write down what comes to mind?
Prayer: Father thank you for Jesus. Fill me with the knowledge of what you have done for me. Make me know what you want for me now. Grant that my life my bear good fruit, fill me with your power, and lead me to a place of joy and peace in you. Amen.
Prayer for the Day: Lord, grant me to greet the coming day in peace.
Help me in all things to rely upon Your holy will.
In every hour of the day reveal Your will to me.
Bless my dealings with all who surround me.
Teach me to treat all that come to me throughout the day with peace of soul and with firm conviction that Your will governs all.
In all my deeds and words guide my thoughts and feelings.
In unforeseen events let me not forget that all things are under Your care.
Teach me to act firmly and wisely, without embittering and embarrassing others.
Give me strength to bear the fatigue of the coming day with all that it shall bring.
Direct my will, teach me to pray, pray Yourself in me. Amen.
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