"From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent are taking it by force." Matthew 11:12
You can learn a lot when you teach and listen to others. Whether we recognize it or not we are in a fight, a spiritual battle for our soul. We do suffer violence because there are numerous distraction placed in front of us all the time, we are wounded and don't even realize it.(sin) I asked the high school kids a number of questions to answer and there was a common answer to one of them. How would their life be if they spent more time with God? They all agreed it would be way different if they did but they said it was a challenge to sit in silence. How do we defeat the violence in our lives? We sit in silence and listen to the King of Peace. This takes determination, it takes effort and it prepares us for what lays ahead. Violence begets violence, fight the good fight as Christ does, with Love. Whoever has ears ought to hear, take it by force.
Come Lord Jesus and overcome us with your gentle wisdom as we endeavor to sit at your feet. Enliven our hearts and prepare us for the fight that You fought. Help us to reach out to those in need. Give your teachings action in our lives. Open our eyes to the fight, help us to fight it with love and prayer, as we go into battle each day. May we reach our hand out to all being wounded with kind words, a smile, a hug. May Truth always be on our lips and may we take it by the force of love and the sacrifice of self. To God be the glory, Amen.
Mary, Queen of Saints, pray for us.
You can learn a lot when you teach and listen to others. Whether we recognize it or not we are in a fight, a spiritual battle for our soul. We do suffer violence because there are numerous distraction placed in front of us all the time, we are wounded and don't even realize it.(sin) I asked the high school kids a number of questions to answer and there was a common answer to one of them. How would their life be if they spent more time with God? They all agreed it would be way different if they did but they said it was a challenge to sit in silence. How do we defeat the violence in our lives? We sit in silence and listen to the King of Peace. This takes determination, it takes effort and it prepares us for what lays ahead. Violence begets violence, fight the good fight as Christ does, with Love. Whoever has ears ought to hear, take it by force.
Come Lord Jesus and overcome us with your gentle wisdom as we endeavor to sit at your feet. Enliven our hearts and prepare us for the fight that You fought. Help us to reach out to those in need. Give your teachings action in our lives. Open our eyes to the fight, help us to fight it with love and prayer, as we go into battle each day. May we reach our hand out to all being wounded with kind words, a smile, a hug. May Truth always be on our lips and may we take it by the force of love and the sacrifice of self. To God be the glory, Amen.
Mary, Queen of Saints, pray for us.
Greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world. 1 John 4:4b
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