Ok, so heres the deal for the morning
1. You pray the Sign of the Cross
2. You offer God your day
This just means that you tell Him everything thats coming up that you know
of, then you say "take all that I think, do, and say and I unite it all with
the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass" So this way your small sacrifices are being
united to His all-powerful and saving sacrifice on Calvary.
3. You read the Bible Passage. Then pause for like a minute or two.
4. Ask yourself 2 Questions:
a. What is the keyword or theme of this passage?
b. What does this have to do with me?
1 Kings 18: 30-40
Then Elijah said to all the people, "Come near to me." So all the people
came near to him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD which had been torn
down.
Elijah took twelve stones according to the number of the tribes of the
sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come, saying, "Israel shall
be your name."
So with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD, and he made
a trench around the altar, large enough to hold two measures of seed.
Then he arranged the wood and cut the ox in pieces and laid it on the
wood.
And he said, "Fill four pitchers with water and pour it on the burnt
offering and on the wood." And he said, "Do it a second time," and they did
it a second time. And he said, "Do it a third time," and they did it a third
time.
The water flowed around the altar and he also filled the trench with
water.
At the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet
came near and said, "O LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, today let
it be known that You are God in Israel and that I am Your servant and I have
done all these things at Your word.
"Answer me, O LORD, answer me, that this people may know that You, O
LORD, are God, and that You have turned their heart back again."
Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the burnt offering and the
wood and the stones and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the
trench.
When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces; and they said, "The
LORD, He is God; the LORD, He is God."
At the end of the day, before you go to bed
Ask yourself 2 Questions:
1. How did God love me today?
2. How did I love God today?
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
2 comments:
Ok, this is one of my favorite stories in the whole Bible.
This is a great example of faith i think. It's easy enough to say I believe in God if i live a comfortable life. But Elijah sets this scene in such a way that if there was no God, his actions and his very life would've been wasted.
That's faith.
i wish i was cool like that.
In my small group on Sunday, we were talking about miracles. In moments of doubt or confusion, we can look back and remember the times God has answered our prayers in very big ways... a.k.a. miraculously!
If you've never experienced God answering your prayer in a big way, I would just encourage you to ask him something. He wants to show you that He is real, and He will answer you. Ask him for something and then keep your eyes and ears open for a response. He answers us, sometimes in very unusual ways. :)
Even if we drench the wood in water, God can still set it on fire! :D
Post a Comment