Week 3 Lenten Devotions
Lent Day 14: Thursday March 4
Theme for the Week: The Apostles’ Creed as a Statement of our Faith
Passage for the Day: 2 Cor. 13:14
14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all.
Reflection: This is one of the passages in the New Testament that refers to all three aspects of the Trinitarian God. In Paul’s second letter to the Corinthians he closes by praying for God’s presence to be with this community in a multitude of ways.
This passage reminds us that we have many ways to experience God’s presence and action in our lives. The God who creates us, continues to love and to care for us. God’s creative activity never stops, but continues in God’s care and protection for all that God has made.
The God who creates us is the same God who saves us through Jesus Christ. Jesus’ action in our lives is pure grace. That means it is a gift which we do nothing to deserve. Jesus frees us from our sins without our doing anything.
The God who creates and saves us is also the God whose Holy Spirit blesses us and makes us holy, both individually as a community. The Holy Spirit acts in our lives continually as guide, advocate and counselor.
Prayer Themes: Pray that God’s creating, saving and blessing activity be a constant in my life. Pray that others may come to know God. Thank God for God’s multi-dimensional guidance in my life.
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