Thy Kingdom Come Prayer Journal

Day 10 - Empowers

Reflection

Then Mary said, ‘Here am I, the servant of the Lord;

let it be with me according to your word.’

Luke 1: 38 (NRSV)

When Mary shares her joy at being trusted

by God to bear Jesus in her very body

and to bring him to birth, she does so in

a way we can all share and be a part of.

Her joyful expression and appreciation

of a God who trusts her, accepts her

offering, her 'Yes' signals to all of us that

each of us too are wanted and needed as

part of God’s plan. God gladly takes the

ordinariness of our lives and our very

selves. God then blesses what we give and

through grace works in us, and our lives,

something extraordinary.

When we say ‘Yes’ to God, we are lifted

up in and through our relationship

with God, not kept in our place. God

empowers us to be the people God always

intended us to be when God made us. In

Christ we are redeemed and transformed.

The old labels of loser and winner, success

and failure, powerful and insignificant

no longer apply or have any validity. We

are, as the people of God, called to be the

friends of God. We are called to be those

who know they belong, because we are

known by name and loved generously.

We are seen clearly and valued immensely

by God who empowers and lifts us up.

With this knowledge comes a gracious

invitation to us as the friends of God to

be those who nurture others, especially to

see those who are ignored and neglected

by society. We are to pay attention to the

world in the same loving way God pays

attention to us.

Pause and pray

Take time to pray and

journal for your five

people. Pray that they will

experience God’s life[1]transforming love and be

empowered to be all God

has created them to be.

"Living The Kingdom"Action

Each day, pay attention to

the people who provide

services for us (however

routine or ordinary), and

thank them by name.