First Thursday of Advent
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– You can pray on the words of Scripture. For methods of praying with scripture click button below.
– You can follow the suggestions in the daily ‘Reflection’.
– You can listen to the music
Today’s Scripture
Matthew 7:21, 24-27 ESV
At that time: Jesus said to his disciples: ‘Not everyone who says to me, “Lord, Lord”, will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. ‘Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.’
Reflection
Wisdom, Jesus tells us, is not so much about what we say, but about how we act and live. Do we listen to God’s words to us and then act upon them, live by them? Over the past days we have heard different aspects of the hope of Advent, of Jesus’ return, of the fulfilment of God’s kingdom. Are they simply nice, soothing words? Or do we allow them to make their home in our hearts and direct our day to day living?
How is God inviting you to ‘do the will of the Father’? To live in the light of the kingdom which is coming and is already here?
Today’s Music
The Kingdom of Jesus · The Porter’s Gate · Jon Guerra · Sandra McCracken