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Monday, January 19, 2009
Hebrews 5:1-10, Psalm 110, Mark 2:18-22
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ON TIME
"People came to Jesus with the objection, 'Why do John's disciples and
those of the Pharisees fast while Yours do not?' " —Mark 2:18
The people in today's Gospel reading thought it was time to fast, although
it was time to feast. They had the right idea but the wrong time. You may
be doing something appropriate to the way things were twenty years ago but
inadequate for the present. For example, if you send your children to the
school you attended in your own youth, you may be making a big mistake.
That school had its time, but its time is not now, if you want your
children to be followers of Jesus.
If you talk to your children about sexual temptations as little as your
parents talked to you, you will find that what worked for your parents may
not work for you. Times have changed. If you pray with your children as
little as your parents prayed with you, your family may suffer much more
from its lack of prayer than the family you grew up in.
In our time, prayer has become more and more our only hope. "There is an
appointed time for everything, and a time for every affair under the
heavens" (Eccl 3:1). Are you on time or out of sync with God's present
unfolding of His plan of salvation?
Prayer: Jesus, be Lord of my time and timing.
Promise: "In the days when He was in the flesh, He offered prayers and
supplications with loud cries and tears to God, Who was able to save Him
from death, and He was heard because of His reverence." —Heb 5:7
Praise: From the Church-required minimum of fasting, Robert has now
practiced fasting two or three days a week and has seen an amazing growth
in his spiritual life.
(Order our tapes to help you increase your prayer life: "Daily Prayers "on
audio AV 62-3 or video V-62, "Liturgy of the Hours "on audio AV 89-3 or
video V-89, "Married Couples Praying Together", audio AV 116-1, video
V-116, "Family Prayer" on audio AV 59-1 or video V-59.)
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