HEART

Thou, (Amaziah, King of Judah) hast indeed smitten

Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up ...

2 Kings 14:10

Meditation:

Am I glorying over some victory that tempts me to be prideful?

Affirmation:

I examine my heart to find commonality with all people.

Prayer:

Thank you, God, that you know the prideful nature of your people and have provided

a merciful King to rule over us.

HEART

Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart

to judge thy people, that I may discern between good

and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?

1 Kings 3:9

Meditation:

What role do I have in relationship to judging good versus evil?

Affirmation:

With God's help I choose life, and not judgement.

Prayer:

Father God, with your help may I stay out of the judgement business and choose

life-enhancing attitudes and actions instead.

SOUL

And David was greatly distressed for the people

spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people

was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters:

but David encouraged himself in the Lord his God.

1 Samuel 30:6

Meditation:

During times of grief have I turned away from the Good Shepherd?

Affirmation:

King David encouraged himself in the Lord, and so can I.

Prayer:

May I peacefully seek you, Lord Jesus, in times of fear.

MIND

And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall

do according to that which is in mine heart and in my

mind: and I will build him a sure house, and he shall work

before mine anointed for ever.

1 Samuel 2:35

Meditation:

Which of my activities show me that I am more interested in God's mind

than in my own?

Affirmation:

I do my work with God in mind.

Prayer:

May I do all my work with the consciousness of your presence, Lord Jesus,

Holy Spirit, God.

MIND

And if a Levite come from any of thy gates

out of all Israel, where he sojourned,

and come with all the desire of his mind

unto the place which the Lord shall choose;

Then he shall minister in the name of the Lord his God...

Deuteronomy 18:6-7a

Meditation:

Do I feel this place to be of the Lord's choosing?

Affirmation:

The desire of my mind is to serve God where I am, in this day.

Prayer:

I adore your caring for me through time and place, Father God; and setting

me where I can do the most good.

MIND

(When Sarah died), Abraham stood up, and bowed himself

to the people of the land, even unto the children of Heth.

And he communed with them saying, If it be your mind that I

should bury my dead out of my sight ... and Ephron the Hittite

answered Abraham ... Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I

thee, and the cave that is therein ... bury thy dead.

Genesis 23: excerpts 7-11

Meditation:

Abraham, "a mighty prince" humbly sought understanding from strangers in

his time of need: what might I need that I could humble or bow myself to ask for

from the people around me?

Affirmation:

I love to commune with the minds of the people with me.

Prayer:

In Jesus' Name I pray dear God; please lead me to a daily experience of

humility which will place me in community and allow me to ask for help

when I need it.

MIND

For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:

But I see another law in my members,

warring against the law of my mind, and bringing

me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.

Romans 7:22,23

Meditation:

What habits of body are causing me conflict today?

Affirmation:

Today I can stop, look, and listen for the Light of God before taking

up my negative habit.

Prayer:

With Jesus there is peace and light: may I be firm in looking to you for help,

my Savior and my God.