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TODAY’S WORD…

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“Speak, Lord, Your servant is listening.”

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– 1 Samuel 3:10 (TJB)

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REFLECTION…

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Those moments where we let go of control,

where we let go of power,

are the ones where God visits us.

He comes to heal us.

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It might not be a physical healing (though it might very well be!)

but it could also be the healing and comfort of knowing we’re in His powerful hands,

and that we are loved.

Or He might visit us to empower us and give us a mission, a vocation.

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So consider your own situation today.

Consider God visiting you when you are most vulnerable:

when you feel weak, sick, tired, or depressed.

Perhaps when you feel you’ve lost control of the situation,

when things don’t happen as you plan,

when your projects are not bearing fruit.

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Consider the fact that God is healing you,

calling you,

sending you.

And then get up and serve him.

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Be healed, get up, and serve the Lord!

[Today’s reflection has been lifted from Fr. Brendan Gatt’s letter to the Christ the King Prayer Group, entitled “God at the bedside” sent today, the 15^th Jan 2014]

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QUOTE…

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I waited, I waited for the Lord
and He stooped down to me;

He heard my cry.

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– Psalm 40:1 (Grail – Ps 39:2)

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PRAYER…

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Lord Jesus,

how I wish I could “let go”

and trust in You more

and let You lead me

– not to where I want to go

but to wherever You wish to take me.

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How I wish I would listen out more for Your voice,

and always follow Your tender prompting and advice.

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How much I need to realise

that by pushing You away from my side, I am weak.

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Fill me with determination

to stop listening only to myself

or to the voice of deception.

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Grant me the holy patience

to wait and wait till I hear You calling me,

and give me the grace that I need

to entrust myself totally to You, O Lord,

as I utter with all my heart and soul,

“Speak, Lord, Your servant is listening.”

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Amen.

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REPETITIVE PRAYER FOR TODAY…

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Speak, Lord, Your servant is listening..