Today’s Reflection
When we surrender our lives to Christ, we have a new guide who leads us in the way of love. We enter a life of giving away the rich gifts that come to us instead of trying to hoard and control them.
—J. David Muyskens, Forty Days to a Closer Walk with God: The Practice of Centering Prayer
(Upper Room Books, 2006)
Today’s Question
What “rich gifts” have you given away for the sake of following Christ? Are there any you should give away now? Join the conversation.
Today’s Scripture
You have stripped off the old self with its practices and have clothed yourselves with the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of its creator.
—Colossians 3:9–10 (NRSVUE)
Prayer for the Week
Spirit of God, I long for you alone. Fill me with your gifts of love, joy, and peace so that I will be empty of the things of this world and full of your presence. Amen.
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Something More
Lectionary Readings
- 1 Samuel 16:1-13
- Psalm 23
- Ephesians 5:8-14
- John 9:1-41
Read the lectionary texts courtesy of Vanderbilt Divinity Library here.
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