Thursday, September 26, 2019

Give, pray, fast … but quietly

Morning: Psalms 116, 117; 2 Kings 9:1-16; I Corinthians 6:12-20
Evening: Psalms 85, 86; Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18

Giving returns something of all that we have received as pure gift.  Prayer owns that we need help from beyond ourselves while we are on this earthly pilgrimage and, also, we believe help is available.  Fasting accepts our limits and the limits of the earth and aims to live gently here.  Give, pray and fast without fanfare, says Jesus, or you risk becoming a hypocrite who does these things for show yet remains unchanged by them.
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