Daily Worship

Blessed are the merciful

ian gilmour September 23, 2016 0 0

Matthew 5: 6-7

Jesus said, “Blessed are the merciful”

Martin Luther King said, "An individual has not started living until they can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity."

 

The prophet Micah puts it this way,

 

What the Lord requires is this...

You have already been told what is right.

and what the Lord desires of you.

Only this, to do what is right,

to love loyalty

and to walk humbly with your God.

 

Martin Luther King said, "Courage faces fear and thereby masters it....We must constantly build dykes of courage to hold back the flood of fear."

 

Prayer

Source of Forgiveness,

We come to you aware of our weakness and failures,

You come to us as the remover of guilt,

The one who can banish fear from our stomachs

And tension from our brows

Offer us your comforting presence.

Reinvigorate our flagging spirits

That we may be truly yours in word, deed and thought. Amen