Scripture Reading
Romans 13:11-12
And do this, understanding the present time: The hour has already come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.
Reflection
Paul writes with a sense of cosmic dawn approaching — the night is nearly over, the day almost here. This eschatological urgency is not anxiety but motivation: knowing where history is heading gives meaning to how we live today. The deeds of darkness belong to a night that is ending; it makes no sense to keep the habits of a night that is about to break into everlasting day. Wake up, put on light, and live as citizens of the coming dawn.
Prayer for Today
Loving Lord and Heavenly Father, it is with deep sadness that I come to Your throne of grace today, to find strength and grace to help in this of deepest need. Father, the precious daughter that You saw fit to add to our family is moving further away from You and I am grieved that she does not know the Lord Jesus as her personal Saviour and Lord, and seems to have dismissed all that we taught her in her early years.
Look down on our dear daughter in pity and mercy I pray, and draw her back to Yourself with cords of love and grace. Convict her of her foolish choices she is making and convince her of her need to return into Your arms of loving forgiveness.
Bring into her life godly friends and wise councillors and remove any rebellious leanings she has towards the things of God. Give me the right words to say when appropriate and endow me with the wisdom to keep silent at other times, and in Your grace bring her into a saving knowledge of Jesus and renew a right spirit within her I pray. In Jesus' name,
Amen.
Look down on our dear daughter in pity and mercy I pray, and draw her back to Yourself with cords of love and grace. Convict her of her foolish choices she is making and convince her of her need to return into Your arms of loving forgiveness.
Bring into her life godly friends and wise councillors and remove any rebellious leanings she has towards the things of God. Give me the right words to say when appropriate and endow me with the wisdom to keep silent at other times, and in Your grace bring her into a saving knowledge of Jesus and renew a right spirit within her I pray. In Jesus' name,
Amen.
Amen.