Be Still: Daily Devotional

This is the second day of Lent.

Grace to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love. 
 
Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence. And say, “Come Holy Spirit.”  
 
Today’s reading is from the Psalm 51.

 
Have mercy on me, O God,
according to your unfailing love;
according to your great compassion
blot out my transgressions.
Wash away all my iniquity
and cleanse me from my sin.
For I know my transgressions,
and my sin is always before me.
Against you, you only, have I sinned
and done what is evil in your sight;
so you are right in your verdict
and justified when you judge.
Surely I was sinful at birth,
sinful from the time my mother conceived me.
Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb;
you taught me wisdom in that secret place.
Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean;
wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
Let me hear joy and gladness;
let the bones you have crushed rejoice.
Hide your face from my sins
and blot out all my iniquity.
Create in me a pure heart, O God,
and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Do not cast me from your presence
or take your Holy Spirit from me.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation
and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.


I know my transgressions, says King David. David was a paradox in many ways. He was called a man after God’s own heart, and he was a murderer and an adulterer. He was a shepherd and a King. He was a poet and a soldier. He demonstrated great bravery, and tremendous cowardice. These 40 days of Lent give us time to consider our own personal paradoxes: To thank God for his many blessings, and also to look at our own sinfulness, and our need for God’s mercy.

When you are ill, receiving a right diagnosis is a gift.  It means that you can receive the proper treatment. In this psalm, David says that the diagnosis of his sin is a gift. He seems aware of his great need for mercy, and he’s doesn’t cover it up, deny it, or try to pretend. Instead, he calls out to God for a pure heart, for a steadfast spirit, and for restoration. As you listen to this psalm again, take a moment to consider your own diagnosis of sin, and confess a specific sin to the Lord.

Many Christians fast during this season, as a demonstration of repentance, and as a way of causing our attention to be drawn toward God instead of toward created things. As we end, thank God for His mercy, and if you have not yet done so, consider committing to a practice of fasting from one thing during Lent.

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your holy Spirit from me. Give me the joy of your saving help again and sustain me with your bountiful Spirit. In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

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Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent.
  
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace through the power of the Holy Spirit.   
 
Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence. And say, “Come Holy Spirit.”  
 
Today’s reading is selections from Joel chapter 2:1-3; 10-13 .


Let all who live in the land tremble,
    for the day of the Lord is coming.
It is close at hand—
     a day of darkness and gloom,
    a day of clouds and blackness.
Like dawn spreading across the mountains
    a large and mighty army comes,
such as never was in ancient times
    nor ever will be in ages to come.
…
 Before them the earth shakes,
    the heavens tremble,
the sun and moon are darkened,
    and the stars no longer shine.
 The Lord thunders
    at the head of his army;
his forces are beyond number,
    and mighty is the army that obeys his command.
The day of the Lord is great;
    it is dreadful.
    Who can endure it?
 “Even now,” declares the Lord,
    “return to me with all your heart,
    with fasting and weeping and mourning.”
 Rend your heart
    and not your garments.
Return to the Lord your God,
    for he is gracious and compassionate,
slow to anger and abounding in love,
    and he relents from sending calamity.


The Old Testament prophet Joel here paints a frightening and apocalyptic picture.... days of darkness and gloom, clouds and blackness. How does this reading make you feel? Do you struggle when you read scriptures like this? If you do, invite God into your struggle.
 
Here is a famous scripture, familiar to many: Rend your heart, and not your garments. People used to tear their clothes as a sign of repentance, but the prophet tells us that what God wants is a 'rent heart’, a torn heart. As we reflect on Ash Wednesday, consider that God wants an internal shift in our hearts, not an external signal. God doesn’t want a religious performance. He wants transformed hearts. As you hear the passage again, consider how you can transform and soften your heart to the things of God over Lent. Ask God to soften your heart over these 40 days of Lent, that you might fully return to the Lord over this season.

Ash Wednesday begins the Christian season of Lent which is marked by repentance. Joel says, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning.” As you enter into Lent, think about something that you can refrain from over these 40 days. We often think of fasting from food, and that can be a starting point. But you may want to think about something that you do that takes up too much of your affections, or that crowds out your love for God. Ask God to bring something to mind that you can fast from, and ask him for the grace to make more space for him this season.
 
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your holy Spirit from me. Give me the joy of your saving help again and sustain me with your bountiful Spirit. In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

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Today is February 13th.
 
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. 
 
Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence. And say, “Come Holy Spirit.”  
 
Today’s reading is from the Gospel of Matthew, 3:1-5 .

 
In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.” This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah:

“A voice of one calling in the wilderness,
‘Prepare the way for the Lord,
    make straight paths for him.’”

John’s clothes were made of camel’s hair, and he had a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey. 5 People went out to him from Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole region of the Jordan.
 

John the Baptist spent his ministry in the wilderness, preaching repentance and pointing people to Jesus. He seemed strange to his contemporaries, just like he seems strange to us. The word ‘repentance’ also seems strange to our modern ears. For some, that word calls to mind stereotypes of angry religious preachers. For others, it seems irrelevant. For others, it creates feelings of shame. What does the word ‘repentance’ bring to your mind? How does it make you feel?
 
The Greek word that repentance is metanoia. It implies a drastic reorientation of mind and heart… a turning point in someone’s experience of reality that changes everything. As you hear the passage read again… consider that John is inviting his listeners to enter a radical new understanding of life, of meaning, and of ultimate reality. Ask yourself, What is it you need to turn away from in order to turn toward God’s new reality for you today? Listen to John’s call to you…
 
Repentance is a word that should be filled with a sense of encounter, power, and meaning. It reminds us that there is purpose and direction to our life, and that we were made for so much more than we often realize. Repentance does imply that we turn away from sin… but what is even more important is what we are turning to face, and to encounter: God, Father, Son, and Spirit. As we end our time of prayer today, imagine yourself turning toward God, and ask Him again to reorient you to His presence.
 
Lord God, Almighty and everlasting Father, you have brought me in safety to this new day: Preserve me with your mighty power, that I may not fall into sin, nor be overcome by adversity; and in all I do, direct me to the fulfilling of your purpose; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.  

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Today is February 12.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.  

Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence. And say, “Come Holy Spirit.”   
  
Today’s reading is from the book of Exodus, chapter 19.


The Lord said to Moses, “I am going to come to you in a dense cloud, so that the people will hear me speaking with you and will always put their trust in you.” Then Moses told the Lord what the people had said. After Moses had gone down the mountain to the people, he consecrated them, and they washed their clothes. Then he said to the people, “Prepare yourselves for the third day.  On the morning of the third day there was thunder and lightning, with a thick cloud over the mountain, and a very loud trumpet blast. Everyone in the camp trembled. Then Moses led the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain. Mount Sinai was covered with smoke, because the Lord descended on it in fire. The smoke billowed up from it like smoke from a furnace, and the whole mountain trembled violently. As the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke and the voice of God answered him.


This story from the OT book of Exodus is an amazing one, recounting an encounter with God. As we enter into prayer today, consider a time you felt a profound sense of God’s closeness... have you ever had a spiritual experience of the Lord that felt like an ‘encounter’? If so, take some time to recall that experience. If not – speak to the Lord about that.
  
Listen to this text again and enter into what it might have felt like? The people experienced God in a sensory way: they felt, smelled, and saw something that was ‘out of this world’. Imagine the impact of this sort of experience.
  
As we end our time of prayer today, speak with the Lord about what this passage has called to mind. Ask God to continue to reveal himself to you, in still, small ways.

Lord God, Almighty and Everlasting Father, you have brought me in safety to this new day. Preserve me through Your mighty power, that I may not fall into sin, nor be overcome by adversity. And in all I do, direct me to the fulfilling of Your purpose, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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This is a version of the five-step Daily Examen that St. Ignatius practiced.

1. Become aware of God’s presence.
2. Review the day with gratitude.
3. Pay attention to your emotions.
4. Choose one feature of the day and pray from it.
5. Look toward tomorrow.

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Today is February 9th.
 
Grace to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love. 
 
Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence. And say, “Come Holy Spirit.”  
 
Today’s reading is in two parts, from Genesis 39:1-6 and 20-23.
 

Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt. Potiphar, an Egyptian who was one of Pharaoh’s officials, the captain of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there.
The Lord was with Joseph so that he prospered, and he lived in the house of his Egyptian master. When his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord gave him success in everything he did, Joseph found favor in his eyes and became his attendant. Potiphar put him in charge of his househo ld, and he entrusted to his care everything he owned. From the time he put him in charge of his household and of all that he owned, the Lord blessed the household of the Egyptian because of Joseph. The blessing of the Lord was on everything Potiphar had, both in the house and in the field. So Potiphar left everything he had in Joseph’s care; with Joseph in charge, he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate….

Just a little while later, Joseph finds himself in a much different situation:

Joseph’s master took him and put him in prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined.
But while Joseph was there in the prison, he Lord was with him; he showed him kindness and granted him favor in the eyes of the prison warden. So the warden put Joseph in charge of all those held in the prison, and he was made responsible for all that was done there. The warden paid no attention to anything under Joseph’s care, because the Lord was with Joseph and gave him success in whatever he did.


In the first part of our reading, Joseph was living a flourishing and blessed life. In the second part, Joseph was deprived and alone, languishing in prison. Which scene best represents how you are feeling today: flourishing, or imprisoned? Free, or constrained?
 
God’s blessing was with Joseph during both times of his life: both in prospering circumstances, and in difficult circumstances. In the New Testament, the Apostle Paul writes that he knows what it is like to be in need, and he knows what it is like to have plenty… and that in each case, the secret to being content is knowing and being strengthened by Christ. As you listen to the reading again, pay attention to how God never left Joseph.
 
Very often we are tempted to let our circumstances determine our sense of God’s presence with us. As we close, talk with God about the circumstances of your week. Invite the Holy Spirit to draw your attention to the presence of God with you today.

Lord God, Almighty and everlasting Father, you have brought me in safety to this new day: Preserve me with your mighty power, that I may not fall into sin, nor be overcome by adversity; and in all I do, direct me to the fulfilling of your purpose; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.  

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Today is February 8th.
 
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace through the power of the Holy Spirit.   
 
Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence. And say, “Come Holy Spirit.”  
 
Today’s reading is from Psalm 92.



It is good to praise the Lord
    and make music to your name, O Most High,
 proclaiming your love in the morning
    and your faithfulness at night,
to the music of the ten-stringed lyre
    and the melody of the harp.
For you make me glad by your deeds, Lord;
    I sing for joy at what your hands have done.
How great are your works, Lord,
    how profound your thoughts!
Senseless people do not know,
    fools do not understand,
that though the wicked spring up like grass
    and all evildoers flourish,
    they will be destroyed forever.
But you, Lord, are forever exalted.


The psalmists are well practiced worshippers. They worship through songs of lament, of celebration, of adoration, of doubt. The psalmists teach us to worship God at all times, and in every situation. Can you turn your attention to worship right now? Or is there something distracting you from turning your attention to God? Offer your distractions to God as a prayer.
 
Turn your attention now from distractions to the great works of the Lord in your life. As you hear the passage read again… call to mind God’s faithfulness to you. Consider things that you might take for granted; things you think come from your own effort or accomplishment. Is it your hands that have done those things, accomplished all you have, or brought your own successes? Or might it be the Lord’s hands that have provided for you?

The Psalmist tells us that it is good to praise the Lord. But you don’t have to be a musician, a song writer, or a worship leader, to praise God. Do you have your own way of practicing thankfulness, of expressing gratitude to God for who He is? Perhaps you journal your gratitude, or maybe you create something with your hands, or write your own poem to God. Take time today to express worship to God in your own way, with your own words or actions.

Lord God, Almighty and everlasting Father, you have brought me in safety to this new day: Preserve me with your mighty power, that I may not fall into sin, nor be overcome by adversity; and in all I do, direct me to the fulfilling of your purpose; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.  

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Today is February 7th.
 
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you.  

Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence. And say, “Come Holy Spirit.”  
 
Today’s reading is from the Gospel of John chapter 19.


Later, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. Now Joseph was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly because he feared the Jewish leaders. With Pilate’s permission, he came and took the body away. He was accompanied by Nicodemus, the man who earlier had visited Jesus at night. Nicodemus brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.Taking Jesus’ body, the two of them wrapped it, with the spices, in strips of linen. This was in accordance with Jewish burial customs.At the place where Jesus was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had ever been laid. Because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.
  

Both Jospeh and Nicodemus might be called conflicted. They were enamored with Jesus, they were curious about him, they were struck by what could only be the truth of what He said and did. And at the same time, they both seemed to be afraid of what followership of Jesus might mean for them, for their reputation, for their own sense of identity, maybe even for their physical safety. Is there any place in your life where are you conflicted because you follow Jesus?

Take some time to imagine this scene: Imagine the fear that Joseph and Nicodemus may have felt as they approached Pilate. Consider what they may have been thinking, as they took the body of Jesus to the tomb. Imagine what it felt like to also carry seventy-five pounds of myrrh and aloes. Imagine the time that it took to tenderly anoint the lifeless body of Christ for burial.

As you hear the passage read again… consider that Joseph and Nicodemus must have been convinced that what they were doing by preparing Jesus for burial was ‘the end of the story’. Are there places in your life today that feel like the story has ended? Places where there is not hope for anything other than burial?
 
Can you borrow hope from Joseph and Nicodemus, considering what you know about the rest of their story? Our hope does not primarily come from what God might do for us in this moment, but in the fact that God is always present to us come what may, and that he holds and writes the end of the story. Even as we pray for particular answers or outcomes, our peace right now is found simply from God’s presence with us. Take time throughout your day today to be still, and to become aware of the nearness of God to you.
 
Lord God, Almighty and everlasting Father, you have brought me in safety to this new day: Preserve me with your mighty power, that I may not fall into sin, nor be overcome by adversity; and in all I do, direct me to the fulfilling of your purpose; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.  

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Today is February 6th.
 
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. 
 
Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence. And say, “Come Holy Spirit.”  
 
Today’s reading is from 2nd Corinthians chapter 4.
 

But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that his life may also be revealed in our mortal body. So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.
 

In ancient times, things of value were hidden in clay jars… which were common objects not worthy of holding treasure. Paul is writing to the church in Corinth and telling them that we ourselves are like ‘jars of clay’ – ordinary people who hold the treasure of Christ in us, through the Holy Spirit. How does it make you feel when you hear that God has chosen you as a vessel to hold his love and his power?

Paul also describes how fragile these vessels are. He described himself using words like hard pressed, perplexed, persecuted, struck down? Do any of those words describe how you feel today? Are you perplexed by something today? Do you feel hard pressed by a particular situation you are facing?

As you hear the passage again, can you offer your situation to Jesus, and ask Him to make you aware of how His life is at work in you in the midst of what you are facing?
 
Paul isn’t describing a totally hopeless situation – he juxtaposes the challenges that he is facing alongside the hope that he has found through life with Christ. As you walk through your day today, ask God to fill your mortal body with the life of Christ, that you may know the hope of his presence, no matter what challenge you are facing.
 
Lord God, Almighty and everlasting Father, you have brought me in safety to this new day: Preserve me with your mighty power, that I may not fall into sin, nor be overcome by adversity; and in all I do, direct me to the fulfilling of your purpose; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.  

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Today is February 5.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.

Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence. And say, “Come Holy Spirit.”

Today’s reading is from the book of 2 Kings, chapter 4.


One day Elisha went to Shunem. And a well-to-do woman was there, who urged him to stay for a meal. So whenever he came by, he stopped there to eat. She said to her husband, “I know that this man who often comes our way is a holy man of God. Let’s make a small room on the roof and put in it a bed and a table, a chair and a lamp for him. Then he can stay there whenever he comes to us.” One day when Elisha came, he went up to his room and lay down there. He said to his servant Gehazi, “Call the Shunammite.” So he called her, and she stood before him. Elisha said to him, “Tell her, ‘You have gone to all this trouble for us. Now what can be done for you? Gehazi said, “She has no son, and her husband is old.” Then Elisha said, “Call her.” So he called her, and she stood in the doorway. “About this time next year,” Elisha said, “you will hold a son in your arms.” “No, my lord!” she objected. “Please, man of God, don’t mislead your servant!” But the woman became pregnant, and the next year about that same time she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had told her.


I recently heard a story of someone who went on a mission trip to serve a church in a different country. And he was blown away at the hospitality he was shown. He arrived to a host family of modest means who opened their home to him. Not only did they welcome him into their home and family, they insisted that he sleep in their bed, while they slept on the couch. The story in today’s reading is similarly a story of radical hospitality, where a couple made a room for Elisha to stay whenever he passed through town. Think about a time where someone showed you hospitality to you in a way that caused you to pause and say, “Wow this is really extravagant!”

In this story we see that biblical hospitality isn’t just about the details—not just about cleaning the bathroom or sweeping the floors, planning a special meal, or preparing a room for a guest. When we make space for others and when we serve others, we make space for God, and we serve God. As you listen to the passage again, pay attention to how a simple act of hospitality made room for God, and how it changed a couples’ life forever.

Being hospitable doesn’t require you to offer up a nice room in your home or even prepare a fantastic meal. Think less of it as a formula and more of an invitation. As we close our time today, ask God how he might be inviting you to show hospitality to someone in your life. Who is one person who God is highlighting?

Ask him to speak to you about how you can extend the grace of hospitality. And as you do, remember that you are making room for God to move.

Lord God, Almighty and Everlasting Father, You have brought me in safety to this new day. Preserve me with Your mighty power, that I may not fall into sin nor be overcome by adversity. And in all I do, direct me to the fulfilling of Your purpose through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.

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