Listen

Have mercy on me, Lord! Just look how I suffer because of those who hate me. But you are the one who brings me back from the very gates of death so I can declare all your praises, so I can rejoice in your salvation in the gates of Daughter Zion.

Psalm 9:13-14

Think

When do you cry out to God for help? If we’re honest, we most often want God to help us when we’re in trouble. Sometimes we want God to help us be successful, be liked by others, or to get out of the consequences of bad choices we may have made. Often, we cry out for God to help for self-centered reasons. David, however, wanted help from God so that justice would be restored to Israel and so that he could show others God’s power and faithfulness.

What are the situations in our world today that we should be crying out to God for? We live in a world in need of God’s healing. Pray for eyes to see poverty, homelessness, discrimination, racism, abuse, and violence. And then ask for hands and feet that will work in concert with God’s Spirit to bring about justice and healing for God’s glory and honor!

Shauw Chin Capps

Pray

Lord, give me eyes to see those who society forgets and makes invisible. Let my cries be for others and not just for myself. Give me hands and feet to act so that others can experience your grace, justice, and mercy. Amen.

Go

God’s grace offers us blank pages and invites us to continue to write our part in God’s story!

Have courage! Keep writing because we serve a faithful God who has the power to weave our story into God’s good plan for the world.