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Thursday 11th Week OT
St. Mary’s Pylesville
June 22, 2017
BELONGING +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Ø
As
children we may have asked: “Mommy am I
adopted?”
Ø
It
is the childhood need to belong, to be assured I’m part of this family
Ø
We
are told that we’re the children of God and we inherit all that belongs to our
Father
Ø
Yet,
because we’re “adopted” children, we may think down deep we really do not
belong
ASSURANCE +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Ø
For
this reason, R Father gives us a Spirit
of adoption, a Spirit that helps
us relate 2R Father
Ø
As
we mature in our faith, that Spirit brings us to greater and more profound
simplicity and childlike trust
Ø
We
grow up 2 relate 2R F as a child & able 2 cry “Abba”
Ø
Spirit
gives us what we need 2 approach R Father & then J teaches us what 2 say in
F’s presence
Jesus’ WORDS
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Ø However, Jesus makes clear that R
F loves us & knows what we need before we even ask, so, we should just ask
Ø What might the “asking” look
like?
Ø Don’t have 2 write a letter 2 convince
R F 2 hear
Ø Don’t have 2 get God’s attention w/
words
Ø We just need to connect with G’s loving
gaze which is always upon us
Ø “The gaze” is “the ask.” The
“gaze” is enough
APPLICATION ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Ø
When
we suffer
in silence, the gaze from prayer is enough
Ø
When
we are angry
w/ God, the gaze from prayer is enough
Ø
When
we’re hurting,
the gaze from prayer is enough
Ø
And
what the connection offers us is expressed in the very prayer Jesus teaches us.
We receive:
o
bread each day
o
protection
in temptation
o
forgiveness
of our sins
Ø
And
most importantly in our receiving each of these, we are then empowered to be
daily bread, protection and forgiveness for others
CONCLUSION +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Ø
We
have received a Spirit of adoption and we
are children of a kind and loving Father
Ø
It
is with those assurances, we are empowered to be brothers and sisters to others
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