Lectio Divina
The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at outward appearance. The Lord looks at the heart.
Samuel the Prophet, to a father sizing up his sons
I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.
Joel the Prophet, imagining a world aflame with God
Prayer
When prayer becomes performance
And ministry born of ambition
Growth is cancerous
When prayer is presence
And ministry born of communion
Growth begets amnesia
Come
Holy Spirit
Burn us honest
Oh God
I remember
when you fell like fire
the flames revealed
what could not remain
I was young
and you were wild
Let it return
this day
not brighter, but deeper
not louder, but true
Let what grows
be fire without spectacle
offering the world
a love poured out
attentive, unadorned
like Christ
who noticed
the bleeding woman
in the press of the crowd.
Blessing
May the Spirit who burns
go with you
to the place
where performance
once tried
to prove your worth
May your prayers be slow
your presence full
your ministry rooted in communion
not comparison
And when fire comes
may it find you ready
not to expand platforms
but to be transformed
Go in peace
In the Name of the One
who sees
what man cannot see
Amen
Needed this today <3
Amen. Thanks, Mike!