Dealing with Financial Guilt

 

Today’s Reflection

Guilt, like shame, seems to drain us, imprison us, and keep us away from any meaningful conversation with God. Why not try to bring your feelings of guilt to God?

—Wessel Bentley, Facing Financial Struggle: 28 Days of Prayer (Upper Room Books, 2010)

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Today’s Question

What do you feel guilty about? Take a moment to share those feelings with God. Join the conversation.

Today’s Scripture

The Lord will keep you from all evil;
he will keep your life.
The Lord will keep
your going out and your coming in
from this time on and forevermore.

—Psalm 121:7–8 (NRSVUE)

Prayer for the Week

God of abundance, you provide us with so many good things. Let us be good stewards of our resources so that we can not only have a taste of your abundance, but share it with others. Amen.
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Lectionary Readings

• Genesis 45:1-15
• Psalm 133
• Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32
• Matthew 15: (10-20), 21-28

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