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TUESDAY, January 25 The Conversion of Saint Paul
Matthew 10:16-22. Do not worry about how you are to speak or what you are to say; for what you are to say will be given to you at that time; for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
A friend found a table blessing that he wanted to use when guests came to dinner, but he wasn’t sure he could remember it. His wife typed it out and placed it under the glass plate.
We think of putting on the “whole armor of God” as we face each day but perhaps having the Holy Spirit with us is also having a glass plate to read through. You begin each day believing that you know most of the answers and you will get through it safely. But what a great comfort to know that when you are stuck, all you must do is drop your head in prayer. The Holy Sprit will tell you, not in typewritten lines slightly magnified by the glass plate, but with a voice and in words of scripture, what to say and do.
God provides us with his guidance. May we never hesitate or be embarrassed to squint a little just to make sure we have the right words. (1973)
PRAY for the ordering of our life together, that in all things we may show the glory of God.
Ps 67; Acts 26:9-21; Galatians 1:11-24
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