10 May 2016 - to know the only true God

[ Today's Readings ]

And so I solemnly declare to you this day
that I am not responsible for the blood of any of you,
for I did not shrink from proclaiming to you the entire plan of God

Holy Spirit, give us the courage to be the same as Paul. Allow us to proclaim the entire plan of God. Give us the wisdom, the words, the discernment and the strength to do so. We are responsible for our brothers and sisters, LORD. Stir in our hearts a greater sense of this responsibility. Stir in our hearts greater love for the lost. Enkindle in us the power to go to Jerusalem even when imprisonment and hardships await if it is for the purpose of bearing witness to the Gospel of God's grace.

After all, eternal life is to know the only true God and the one whom he has sent, Jesus Christ. Just as Jesus glorifies the Father and reveals him to the world, and just us the Father gives glory to the Son we need to dedicate our lives to giving glory to God. We need to help the world to know the glory that Jesus had before the world even began. 

Holy Spirit, help us reveal to the world that Jesus is from the Father. Help us to glorify you, the Father, and the Son together so that the world may have eternal life, safe in your hands.

who bears our burdens; God, who is our salvation.
God is a saving God for us;
the LORD, my Lord, controls the passageways of death.