Another morning prayer of Baillie’s to start the week: “O LORD, your eternal presence is hidden behind the veil of nature, enlightens the mind of all people, and was made flesh in Jesus Christ our Lord. I thank you that he has left me an example to follow in his steps.
Read MoreAnother one of Baillie’s evening prayers to finish this week: “I BLESS you, most holy God, for your unfathomable love. Through that love you enable Spirit to meet with spirit, so that I, a weak and wandering mortal, can have ready access to your heart, the heart of the One who moves the stars.
Read MoreA morning prayer of Baillie’s to begin a new week: “ALMIGHTY God, you are always present in the world around me, in my spirit within me, and in the unseen world beyond me; let me carry with me through this day’s life a most real sense of your power and glory.
Read MoreAnother prayer of John Baillie's to finish this week: “O LORD, your eternal love for all people was most perfectly shown in the blessed life and death of our Lord Jesus. Enable me now to meditate so deeply on my Lord’s passion, that as I have fellowship with him in his sorrow, I may learn the secret of his strength and peace.
Read MoreThen Moses said to God, “If I come to the people of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ what shall I say to them?” (Ex. 3:13)
Read More“Come, I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.” But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?” (Ex. 3:10-11).
Read MoreThis is the beginning of Moses’ encounter with God at Mount Sinai, at which God commissioned him to go back to Egypt and deliver the people of Israel from their bondage. Insofar as we understand prayer as a dialogue with God, we can view this interchange between God and Moses (of course, with the focus on what Moses says) as prayer. So, we will reflect on Moses’ prayers in this interchange.
Read MoreHere is a prayer for the coming week: “MY SOUL yearns for you in the night; my spirit within me earnestly seeks you. For when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
Read More“Benjamin is a ravenous wolf, in the morning devouring the prey and at evening dividing the spoil” (Gen. 49:27).
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