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New every morning is your love, great God of light, and all day long you are working for good in the world. Stir up in us desire to serve you, to live peacefully with our neighbors and all your creation, and to devote each day to your Son, our Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.

"A Liturgy for Morning Prayer," Upper Room Worshipbook

Used by permission from the Book of Common Worship, © 2018 Westminster John Knox Press. All rights reserved. This prayer appears in “A Liturgy for Morning Prayer” in Upper Room Worshipbook.

 

Today’s Reflection

Reflect for a moment on the condition of your heart. How real is your love for God? Is your heart one of stone or of flesh? Allow Jesus, the great searcher of hearts, to search you within. What matters most to God is not our religiosity but whether our hearts are alive and responding in love to God and to others, beginning with those closest to us. I find myself asking the Holy Spirit to keep changing my heart. After all, conversion is a journey that continues throughout our lives.

—Trevor Hudson, Holy Spirit Here and Now (Upper Room Books, 2013)

Today’s Question

How real is your love for God today? [question adapted from Holy Spirit Here and Now]
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Today’s Scripture

[Jesus said,] “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.”
—Matthew 22:37 (NRSVUE)

Prayer for the Week

New every morning is your love, great God of light, and all day long you are working for good in the world. Stir up in us desire to serve you, to live peacefully with our neighbors and all your creation, and to devote each day to your Son, our Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.
“A Liturgy for Morning Prayer,” Upper Room Worshipbook
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1 Comment

  • robert moeller Posted May 17, 2024 5:32 am

    I’m in agreement that ” conversion is a journey that continues throughout our lives.” At almost 77 I’m still trying to help my son who is 45. We are making progress financially based on his business background. The past few days taking care of his cat, Pearl, has our attention, a car repair s on the horizon. Thankfully there are resources to cover these expenses. Warmer weather is not his favorite so dealing with that is also an issue. He says he doesn’t believe, that’s the worst of it all.
    Thank You, Lord, for always being with me.

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