Prayer Request
Feast of Apostles Simon and Jude
Ephesians 2: 19-22; Psalm 19; Luke 6: 12-19
Is there any deeper longing in the human heart than a desire to belong? The author of Ephesians assures us that we are “no longer strangers and aliens.” We are part of the living dwelling place, the living, growing Body of Christ. The night before Jesus makes any major decision, in Luke’s theology, Jesus spends time in prayer. Today he chooses the Twelve, and perhaps more importantly, as he stands at the foot of the mountain “multitudes from all Judea, Jerusalem, and the coast of Tyre and Sidon” join him. They mob Jesus, but there is no discrimination here about the Gentiles from the coast. “Power came out from him and healed all of them.”
Chances are that you too pray before and during each major decision. Shall you focus on the way the Body of Christ in which you are deeply embedded grows? How?
Shall you focus on the openness of Jesus to all nationalities and races and religions?
How can he continue that open welcome through you?
Let power come from you, saving Jesus, to flood our hurting earth and all its peoples. Heal creation. Heal all the people of the world, and let us share your work.