There is still room for you! for Thursday, 2 March 2017 of The Upper Room in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
The Upper Room invites you to connect, learn, and grow in a special way through the season of Lent.
Join us online for Worship in Light of the Cross, a six-week study with author John Indermark. There is still room for you!
Your eCourse includes:
- A live webinar on Monday, March 6
- Weekly introductions and audio recordings of scripture
- Daily emails offering a thought for the day and an image for reflection
- All essential content from the book Worship in Light of the Cross
- Questions for personal and group reflection
Individual participant registration: $19. Group rates are also available.
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“Make Me All Like Thee” for Wednesday, 1 March 2017 of The United Methodist Church
UMC Prays in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
ASH WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 2017
A Word from John Wesley
This is the glorious privilege of every Christian, yea, though he be but a babe in Christ. But it is only of grown Christians it can be affirmed they are in such a sense perfect, as secondly, to be freed from evil thoughts and evil tempers. First, from evil or sinful thoughts. Indeed, whence should they spring? “out of the heart of man,” if at all, “proceed evil thoughts.” If, therefore, the heart be no longer evil, then evil thoughts no longer proceed out of it. For, “a good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit.”[John Wesley, A Plain Account of Christian Perfection, 1777, ¶ 12.2]
A Hymn from Charles Wesley
1. I will not let thee go, unless
Thou tell thy name to me;
With all thy great salvation bless,
And make me all like thee.
2. Then let me on the mountain top
Behold thy open face,
Where faith in sight is swallowed up,
And prayer in endless praise.(Collection-1781, #288: 5 & 6)
Questions for Reflection:
- John and Charles Wesley believed that a person who had given his or her heart to God had “the glorious privilege” of being filled and guided by the love of God. Is there anything in this statement that challenges or offends you?
- What do you think Charles Wesley is saying in these stanzas of his hymn?
- Do you desire and pray for God to do in you the transforming work of full salvation and perfect love? Do we dare ask Jesus to do this: “With all thy great salvation bless,/And make me all like thee.”?
- How can you put this message from Charles Wesley into practice today?
- How would it impact the work of the Commission to Find a Way Forward if we all had the mind of Christ and the heart of Christ?
Holy God, mighty and immortal, you are beyond our knowing, yet we see your glory in the face of Jesus Christ, whose compassion illumines the world. Transform us into the likeness of the love of Christ, who renewed our humanity so that we may share in his divinity, the same Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Need some help explaining the meaning of Lent? Use the article Lent 101, prepared by The Upper Room, as a helpful way to talk about ashes, prayer and fasting, and about preparing for Easter Sunday. The article also includes 10 ideas for spiritual practices that offer promise for experiencing a meaningful Lenten season. Get Lent 101 at www.upperroom.org/lent101.
Excerpts from the book A Disciple’s Journal—2017: A Guide for Daily Prayer, Bible Reading, and Discipleship, by Steven W. Manskar. Copyright © 2017 Discipleship Resources, Nashville, Tennessee. All rights reserved. Used by permission. The prayer is reprinted with permission from Revised Common Lectionary Prayers, copyright © 2002, Consultation on Common Texts.
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