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Sunday’s theme is “Light”.
This is another of those themes which recurs throughout Scripture, from start to end. God is the source of Light, dispelling the darkness to create the universe. God chooses unlikely heroes (priests, judges, kings, prophets) by their openness to His Light. The Light is promised and foretold as coming to break through the darkness of people’s hearts and shine for all to see. Jesus brought Light into the lives of unlikely people (dodgy disciples, Samaritans, women(!!), Romans, Greeks, passing strangers) by unlikely means – not just formal teaching/preaching/nagging.
The Apostle Paul knew the power of this Light – it shone on him on the road to Damascus and utterly changed his life. It showed him Jesus, the Messiah. The Christ who his studies had taught him to expect, yet who he had missed by focussing on minutiae and legalities taught to him by tradition and conventional wisdom. He stepped from darkness into light.
Without light we cannot see. Without light all remains hidden and uncertain. Without light we stumble around unaware of others or the direction we should take.
Our Lent journey needs light, the Light of the World, Jesus Himself shining into our lives day by day.
Join us to seek the Light-giver and to see for yourself.
God Bless,
REV Mark RS Smith
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WEEKLY PRAYER
Creator God, I bring before You,
all that I have faced,
all that I have overcome,
all that I need to hold on to
and all that I need to release.
Faithful God, I bring before You,
the times when I make wrong decisions,
the times when I covet what others have,
the times when I am not satisfied and want more
and the times when I try to deal with things in my own strength.
Eternal God, I thank You,
for Your understanding of my weakness,
for the generosity of Your forgiveness
and the support of others through testing times.
Infinite God,
I pledge to look to Jesus for guidance and follow in His footsteps
and to support others going through testing times;
I ask You to give me the courage, grace, gifts, strength and faith I need.
Prayer theme: Bring God into your journey at every step, as you re-focus on all He gives to you.
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