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Meditations On The Love Of Jesus Christ – a book of bible verses, prayer, reflection, healing.
This is a book of meditations and reflections on the Gospels, structured to read and pray from the appearance of the Angel Gabriel to Mary all the way through to Christ’s walking with his disciples on the road to Emmaus, where their hearts burn to know that the Lord Jesus has been with them, where they recognize Jesus in their new life.
Reflections on the Bible are joined with prayer.
Perhaps towards the heart of prayer might be this:
Lord Jesus, heal me please and make me better.
I am sorry for all the things I have done wrong. I am sorry for all the ways in which I have not been as you want me to be.
Jesus, my friend, help me to acknowledge my helplessness, as a child, and so to be well in this life and to enter your Kingdom.
Lord Jesus, make me yours, please.
Forgive me. Make me better.
There is original artwork depicting scenes from the life of Jesus to assist in prayer.
This could be a beautiful gift to yourself, or to someone you love and who loves you.
It is an excellent book. It is a work of pure beauty. There is such intelligence and clarity of thought.
May the love of Jesus Christ be with us always.
Amen.
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In this account, King Nebuchadnezzar ordered Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, three faithful Hebrews, to be thrown into a fiery furnace as punishment for refusing to bow down to the golden idol he had erected. Miraculously, when the three were thrown into the furnace, the king witnessed a fourth person walking with them, whom he described as being like the Son of God. The men remained unharmed by the flames, and Nebuchadnezzar acknowledged the power of the God of Israel, recognizing that an angel had delivered the three Hebrews from the fiery ordeal [ … ]
