2Samuel 12; 2Corinthians 5; Ezekiel 19; Psalms 64, 65

prayer arising:

Lord, You are the first to act, You call me to answer. You are my strength and in Your strength I will answer.....

Why is it so hard to pray this morning? Thank You for the glory of 2Corinthians 5. I feel both out of my mind for You and the need to work at being in my right mind for others. Your love compels me, Jesus, to see no-one except through the eyes of faith in Your work of the cross - forgive me when I fail at this. Father, thank you for the wonder of Your reconciliation to us in Christ, making me new, making others new. Your love compels me to speak of reconciliation as an act of faith in Your new creation in us. Let me be a reconciler, in my own life and in others, in Your ministry and purposes. I am David, the sinner - help me also to be Nathan, acting upon Your voice to bring this word to people who know their own condemnation - "the Lord has taken away your sin".

Your love compels me, through faith, to see a new creation - help me today to see Your new creation in myself and those around me and to let Your ministry of reconciliation through Christ flow, as an act of Your Spirit, in me and through me today to others.

Amen.