Welcome to our 2nd day of reflections in the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Today’s reader is Hugh Ainsley. Please watch each video, and reflect when we hear music. There are points to ponder and questions/go and do actions at the end.
Bearing with one another in love
Verse for the Day
‘… with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love’ (Ephesians 4:2).
Scripture Passages
Zechariah 7:8-10
Psalm 25:6-10
Luke 10:30-36
Lord Jesus Christ,
show us how to be patient with one another in humility and gentleness.
May the light You shine on our path lead us towards unity
and help us heal the wounds of division and indifference
that often break communities apart.
Amen.
Questions
- Personal: What are the personal relationships or issues that exhaust your empathy?
- Local: How can the virtues of humility, gentleness, patience and tolerance, as mentioned in the letter to the Ephesians, help us as believers navigate and overcome divisions within our local communities?
- Global: The innkeeper in Luke 10 was called to care, with only the word of a stranger that he would be repaid whatever more he spent. Discuss different interpretations and questions this verse evokes. What might those interpretations lead you to do in your relationships with your global neighbours?
Go and Do
Global: There are issues in our world today that cause ‘overload apathy’ – the feeling that it is too big to do anything about so we shield ourselves. An orthodox rabbi was asked once how he observed the 613 commandments in the Torah. His answer: ‘Pick one and start.’ Go and do the same.
Personal: Complete a task you have been avoiding.
Local: Consider initiatives in your community that require perseverance and consistency and explore ways to become usefully supportive.
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