Finding God In Our Hearts with Msgr. Don Fischer

Gospel Luke 18:1-8 Jesus told his disciples a parable about the necessity for them to pray always without becoming weary. He said, “There was a judge in a certain town who neither feared God nor respected any human being. And a widow in that town used to come to him and say, ‘Render a just decision for me against my adversary.’ For a long time the judge was unwilling, but eventually he thought, ‘While it is true that I neither fear God nor respect any human being, because this widow keeps bothering me I shall deliver a just decision for her lest she finally come and strike me.’” The Lord said, “Pay attention to what the dishonest judge says. Will not God then secure the rights of his chosen ones who call out to him day and night? Will he be slow to answer them? I tell you, he will see to it that justice is done for them speedily. But when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?” Reflection It's easy for us at times to imagine that God is not as interested in where we are and what we need. Sometimes we imply that he's like the judge in the story that has to be pestered and bothered in order to get something from him. But nothing could be further from the truth. Nothing is more important that we believe that our God is the God who is immediately ready to respond to anything that we need. We need to trust in his willingness to be the God he's promised to be. Closing Prayer Father, help us when we doubt. When we feel distant from God. Or we feel that God is not listening. Give us the confidence to know that beyond our imagining, he’s engaged in everything that we do, and longs for us to receive the grace that we need to become the people he calls us to be. And we ask this in Jesus’ name, Amen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gospel Luke 17:26-37 Jesus said to his disciples: “As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be in the days of the Son of Man; they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage up to the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. Similarly, as it was in the days of Lot: they were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, building; on the day when Lot left Sodom, fire and brimstone rained from the sky to destroy them all. So it will be on the day the Son of Man is revealed. On that day, someone who is on the housetop and whose belongings are in the house must not go down to get them, and likewise one in the field must not return to what was left behind. Remember the wife of Lot. Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses it will save it. I tell you, on that night there will be two people in one bed; one will be taken, the other left. And there will be two women grinding meal together; one will be taken, the other left.” They said to him in reply, “Where, Lord?” He said to them, “Where the body is, there also the vultures will gather.” Reflection It's clear that the coming of the kingdom of God is mysterious. But one thing is certain it is coming. And there are signs that it is coming. And there are ways in which people are called to respond to it coming. And the frightening thing is, so many are not paying attention. So many are not understanding. In this stands as a stark awareness of how easy it is to lose consciousness of what is truly the Kingdom of God. Closing Prayer Father, over and over again, you remind us of how important it is to pay attention to what is around us. To signs and wonders. And you long for us to be engaged in this work of being saved and being brought into fullness. Keep us alert. Keep us attentive, keep us filled with hope. And we ask this in Jesus’ name, Amen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gospel Luke 17:20-25 Asked by the Pharisees when the Kingdom of God would come, Jesus said in reply, “The coming of the Kingdom of God cannot be observed, and no one will announce, ‘Look, here it is,’ or, ‘There it is.’ For behold, the Kingdom of God is among you.” Then he said to his disciples, “The days will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it. There will be those who will say to you, ‘Look, there he is,’ or ‘Look, here he is.’ Do not go off, do not run in pursuit. For just as lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day. But first he must suffer greatly and be rejected by this generation.” Reflection It's so important for us to understand what the kingdom of God is. It is not something that is not present now and will someday be present. It is now. It is happening. It is in our midst. It is God's presence within you, drawing us closer and closer to the fullness of salvation. Closing Prayer Father, awaken us to the truth of the Kingdom of God. It is where you are. It is when you are believed in. It is when we see the world through your eyes. When we know what it is that we're called to live and we are living it. Bless us with an awareness that the kingdom is now. And we ask this in Jesus’ name, Amen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gospel Luke 17:11-19 As Jesus continued his journey to Jerusalem, he traveled through Samaria and Galilee. As he was entering a village, ten lepers met him. They stood at a distance from him and raised their voice, saying, “Jesus, Master! Have pity on us!” And when he saw them, he said, “Go show yourselves to the priests.” As they were going they were cleansed. And one of them, realizing he had been healed, returned, glorifying God in a loud voice; and he fell at the feet of Jesus and thanked him. He was a Samaritan. Jesus said in reply, “Ten were cleansed, were they not? Where are the other nine? Has none but this foreigner returned to give thanks to God?” Then he said to him, “Stand up and go; your faith has saved you.” Reflection The Samaritans play an important role in the scriptures. The thing that is unique about them is that they did not believe in the temple, yet they truly believed in the Torah. They were free of the institution, and we see them in interesting roles. The Good Samaritan, the one who takes care of someone, the woman at the well was a Samaritan. And in this passage, we see the Samaritan being the only one who comes back and thanks Jesus for the healing. Closing Prayer Father, help us to see the role of religion as an institution, and the role of religion as a way of entering into the presence of God, experiencing him within us and living through us, doing his work through us. Keep us in touch with the heart of what it is that Jesus taught, so we will not lose our way in an institution that seeks to control our behavior. And we ask this in Jesus’ name, Amen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gospel Luke 17:7-10 Jesus said to the Apostles: “Who among you would say to your servant who has just come in from plowing or tending sheep in the field, ‘Come here immediately and take your place at table’? Would he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare something for me to eat. Put on your apron and wait on me while I eat and drink. You may eat and drink when I am finished’? Is he grateful to that servant because he did what was commanded? So should it be with you. When you have done all you have been commanded, say, ‘We are unprofitable servants; we have done what we were obliged to do.’” Reflection Throughout the gospel, Jesus honors those that understand the role of being in service to others. And what’s clear in this story, what he's saying is that when you are doing your work, when you are serving, you don't deserve any kind of special attention or special acknowledgment. But there is a way to understand this role of service as key to the Kingdom of heaven. The one who serves is the greatest. Closing Prayer Father, we often find life a drudgery and sometimes just repeating the same things over and over again. But give us a sense of the dignity of doing something for someone else. That's at the heart of the gospel. That's who we are to become. And we ask this in Jesus’ name, Amen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gospel Luke 17:1-6 Jesus said to his disciples, "Things that cause sin will inevitably occur, but woe to the one through whom they occur. It would be better for him if a millstone were put around his neck and he be thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin. Be on your guard! If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. And if he wrongs you seven times in one day and returns to you seven times saying, 'I am sorry,' you should forgive him." And the Apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith." The Lord replied, "If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you would say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it would obey you." Reflection Jesus points out to his disciples one of the insidious ways in which sin infects others, especially those who are vulnerable and open. And what he longs for his disciples to understand is that sin is something that we have to deal with, but when we deal with it, we are to deal with it with forgiveness. But at the same time, we are to be so careful that we understand how deadly it can be. Closing Prayer Father, help us to understand the impact that we have on other people. Help us to be conscious of the witness that we need to have to be against sin, but yet still forgiving the sinner. And we ask this in Jesus’ name, Amen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Gospel John 2:13-22 Since the Passover of the Jews was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. He found in the temple area those who sold oxen, sheep, and doves, as well as the money-changers seated there. He made a whip out of cords and drove them all out of the temple area, with the sheep and oxen, and spilled the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables, and to those who sold doves he said, "Take these out of here, and stop making my Father's house a marketplace." His disciples recalled the words of Scripture, Zeal for your house will consume me. At this the Jews answered and said to him, "What sign can you show us for doing this?" Jesus answered and said to them, "Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up." The Jews said, "This temple has been under construction for forty-six years, and you will raise it up in three days?" But he was speaking about the temple of his Body. Therefore, when he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they came to believe the Scripture and the word Jesus had spoken. Reflection The image of the temple being corrupt is a sobering realization that many times, religion can become something that takes more from people than gives them anything. And it often they're burdened by religion. So the challenge is to find something radically free of that kind of corruption. And it's found in a person in Jesus. Jesus is the new temple. Jesus, a man filled with divinity, is the image of the church, and it is life giving. Closing Prayer Father, reveal to us the mystery of how you work in the world. You dwell within each of us as you dwell within Jesus, and using us to be an instrument of bringing healing, forgiveness, and joy and peace to people in the world. Bless us with this new image of church, a way of life rather than an institution. And we ask this in Jesus’ name, Amen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gospel Luke 16:1-8 Jesus said to his disciples, “A rich man had a steward who was reported to him for squandering his property. He summoned him and said, ‘What is this I hear about you? Prepare a full account of your stewardship, because you can no longer be my steward.’ The steward said to himself, ‘What shall I do, now that my master is taking the position of steward away from me? I am not strong enough to dig and I am ashamed to beg. I know what I shall do so that, when I am removed from the stewardship, they may welcome me into their homes.’ He called in his master’s debtors one by one. To the first he said, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ He replied, ‘One hundred measures of olive oil.’ He said to him, ‘Here is your promissory note. Sit down and quickly write one for fifty.’ Then to another he said, ‘And you, how much do you owe?’ He replied, ‘One hundred measures of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Here is your promissory note; write one for eighty.’ And the master commended that dishonest steward for acting prudently. For the children of this world are more prudent in dealing with their own generation than the children of light.” Reflection The confusing thing in this passage is it seems that those who are prudent, taking care of themselves are being, in a sense, commended. But the issue is more complicated than that when it comes to how we live in the Kingdom of God. The wisdom of the kingdom of God is that when we surrender to him, we will be cared for. We do not need to be cunning and and figure out a way to use people in order to get to what we need. That would be against the kingdom of God. So the challenge is to recognize how simple the message is, and that is simply to allow God to care for us and to surrender to him in everything. Closing Prayer Father, wisdom is something we seek. We long to know how the world works and how we are gauged in a world that you call the kingdom of God. Bless us with prudence and wisdom as we struggle to understand how to receive your kingdom. And we ask this in Jesus’ name, Amen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gospel Luke 15:1-10 The tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to listen to Jesus, but the Pharisees and scribes began to complain, saying, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” So Jesus addressed this parable to them. “What man among you having a hundred sheep and losing one of them would not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go after the lost one until he finds it? And when he does find it, he sets it on his shoulders with great joy and, upon his arrival home, he calls together his friends and neighbors and says to them, ‘Rejoice with me because I have found my lost sheep.’ I tell you, in just the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance. “Or what woman having ten coins and losing one would not light a lamp and sweep the house, searching carefully until she finds it? And when she does find it, she calls together her friends and neighbors and says to them, ‘Rejoice with me because I have found the coin that I lost.’ In just the same way, I tell you, there will be rejoicing among the angels of God over one sinner who repents.” Reflection The stark contrast between the Pharisees self-righteousness and their refusal to look at their weaknesses, and these sinners that are so aware that they are not yet what they should be, and they accept their brokenness, is just so life-giving. And what Jesus sees so clearly in them is, this is what I've come into the world to do, to awaken in people an awareness that the God who created them is a God primarily of forgiveness, understanding, compassion. The kingdom is founded on forgiveness. And we see in this passage those that are benefiting from it. It's simply those who know they need forgiveness. That's the heart of the message of Jesus. Closing Prayer Father, there is no way that we can truly forgive others unless we first forgiven ourselves. This is your gift to us. The gift of the kingdom that we know and understand, the value and the dignity and the importance of forgiveness. And we ask this in Jesus’ name, Amen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gospel Luke 14:25-33 Great crowds were traveling with Jesus, and he turned and addressed them, “If anyone comes to me without hating his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. Which of you wishing to construct a tower does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if there is enough for its completion? Otherwise, after laying the foundation and finding himself unable to finish the work the onlookers should laugh at him and say, ‘This one began to build but did not have the resources to finish.’ Or what king marching into battle would not first sit down and decide whether with ten thousand troops he can successfully oppose another king advancing upon him with twenty thousand troops? But if not, while he is still far away, he will send a delegation to ask for peace terms. In the same way, everyone of you who does not renounce all his possessions cannot be my disciple.” Reflection Jesus, speaking here to the crowds. And he's wanting everyone to realize that this thing that he has come to establish is so radically new, so different, that it will separate us from those who we are close to because they won't understand It's going to cost a great deal. In fact, it's going to cost everything that we have, has to be secondary to this new kingdom of God that he is inviting us into. And when it is that important to us, then it can happen. Because it's not something that we create. It's not something we do. It's something we surrender to. Closing Prayer Father, free us from working for things that only you can create within us. Give us a clarity and a disposition of surrender, acceptance, allowing you to change us, to renew us, and to bring us into the light. And we ask this in Jesus’ name, Amen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gospel Luke 14:15-24 One of those at table with Jesus said to him, “Blessed is the one who will dine in the Kingdom of God.” He replied to him, “A man gave a great dinner to which he invited many. When the time for the dinner came, he dispatched his servant to say to those invited, ‘Come, everything is now ready.’ But one by one, they all began to excuse themselves. The first said to him, ‘I have purchased a field and must go to examine it; I ask you, consider me excused.’ And another said, ‘I have purchased five yoke of oxen and am on my way to evaluate them; I ask you, consider me excused.’ And another said, ‘I have just married a woman, and therefore I cannot come.’ The servant went and reported this to his master. Then the master of the house in a rage commanded his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in here the poor and the crippled, the blind and the lame.’ The servant reported, ‘Sir, your orders have been carried out and still there is room.’ The master then ordered the servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedgerows and make people come in that my home may be filled. For, I tell you, none of those men who were invited will taste my dinner.’” Reflection When one of the guests at table says to Jesus that people are blessed to be invited to this kingdom of God, this great banquet, and then he responds with the reality that so many of them have been invited, but they refuse to come. It's a perfect indication of the way in which this is not a priority for these people. The Kingdom of God does not seem to be something that they're really interested in. They're too busy, too wrapped up in other things. But the interesting thing to me is the anger and the rage of the one who invites them. It's not just that he wants them to be there, he wants his house to be full. He wants to do this work desperately. And yet people are simply saying, I'm sorry, I'm too busy. Closing Prayer Father, keep us aware of the invitation to this banquet. A place where people are fed, nourished, encouraged, loved, forgiven. Help us to always be ready to participate in this great banquet that feeds so many. And we ask this in Jesus’ name, Amen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gospel Luke 14:12-14 On a sabbath Jesus went to dine at the home of one of the leading Pharisees. He said to the host who invited him, "When you hold a lunch or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or sisters or your relatives or your wealthy neighbors, in case they may invite you back and you have repayment. Rather, when you hold a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind; blessed indeed will you be because of their inability to repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous." Reflection There's a comparison here between something that we all know and have experienced, people taking care of each other, doing nice things for each other, and always receiving nice things back. And we feel that that's a really good thing, and it is not necessarily a bad thing, but what about those people who are the outcasts, those that we don't really naturally drawn to? What's our responsibility there? Should we be offering things to them? The Kingdom of God is made up of not just a a meal image, but a banquet image. Everyone is welcome. Everyone is fed. Everyone is given something that of value without the person who gives doing it only because of what they get, but doing it because it's the right thing to do. Closing Prayer Father, we all have people in our lives that are easy to be with. And there are those in our life that are difficult. And we have to be very generous with those people, especially if we're going to be living out the kingdom of God. To care not just for those who care for us, but to care for those who need care. And we ask this in Jesus’ name, Amen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Gospel John 6:37-40 Jesus said to the crowds: “Everything that the Father gives me will come to me, and I will not reject anyone who comes to me, because I came down from heaven not to do my own will but the will of the one who sent me. And this is the will of the one who sent me, that I should not lose anything of what he gave me, but that I should raise it on the last day. For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him may have eternal life, and I shall raise him on the last day.” Reflection This passage flies in the face of all the ways in which we might believe or think that salvation is something that we accomplish, that we earn by doing something. God has chosen to save everyone who turns to him and believes in him. It's not something that we need to worry about. Whether or not we are good enough. It's not about performance. It's about a presence that is connected to God, believing in everything he teaches. But most especially that we will be with him one day, forever in heaven. Closing Prayer Heavenly father, so often I hear people worried about whether or not they're good enough to make it to heaven, whether they've earned your love or earned your respect. But the real question is not whether or not we are good enough to receive this place of greatness with God, but the question is whether or not God can do what he promises, that he can save us. No matter how far we've drifted from him, he is the source of salvation. And we ask this in Jesus’ name, Amen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gospel Matthew 5:1-12a When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain, and after he had sat down, his disciples came to him. He began to teach them, saying: "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they who mourn, for they will be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the land. Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied. Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. Blessed are the clean of heart, for they will see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when they insult you and persecute you and utter every kind of evil against you falsely because of me. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven." Reflection The interesting thing about this passage is that we see Jesus going up the mountain, and rather than waiting for him to come back, the disciples go to him and he gives them an insight, an awareness of the fullness of what it's like to be a follower of his. The complexity, the paradoxes. And then he makes it clear. Just realize. Accept all of this and then rejoice. If you live this way, you are in the kingdom, and you will draw others to the kingdom. Closing Prayer Father, you've promised the kingdom of God to us. And what you keep saying over and over again, it's not something that we ourselves create, it's not something that we can achieve on our own. But it's constantly reminding us to surrender to everything that is happening to us. So we continue to never lose hope, always to be fervent in belief that the kingdom is coming. And we ask this in Jesus’ name, Amen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gospel Luke 13:31-35 Some Pharisees came to Jesus and said, “Go away, leave this area because Herod wants to kill you.” He replied, “Go and tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and I perform healings today and tomorrow, and on the third day I accomplish my purpose. Yet I must continue on my way today, tomorrow, and the following day, for it is impossible that a prophet should die outside of Jerusalem.’ “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how many times I yearned to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you were unwilling! Behold, your house will be abandoned. But I tell you, you will not see me until the time comes when you say, Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.” Reflection The Pharisees come to warn Jesus that the work he is engaged in might be destroyed by Herod. But Jesus makes clear that his work is being accomplished. The purpose he came for will be accomplished. But then he reminds the Pharisees of their greatest weakness, their greatest sin. How many times they had rejected the work of God, trying to open their hearts to his love and his care. This is the greatest sin of the Pharisees, because it kept them always from the kingdom of God. Closing Prayer Father, always, it's clear that your greatest gift to us is something that we have to not work for, but have to receive generously. Allow the work that he has done for us to take root in us, that we can build his kingdom. Keep us free from the pride. Keep us free from this sin of the Pharisees, who simply would not allow God to be God. And we ask this in Jesus’ name, Amen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gospel Luke 13:22-30 Jesus passed through towns and villages, teaching as he went and making his way to Jerusalem. Someone asked him, "Lord, will only a few people be saved?" He answered them, "Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I tell you, will attempt to enter but will not be strong enough. After the master of the house has arisen and locked the door, then will you stand outside knocking and saying, 'Lord, open the door for us.' He will say to you in reply, 'I do not know where you are from.' And you will say, 'We ate and drank in your company and you taught in our streets.' Then he will say to you, 'I do not know where you are from. Depart from me, all you evildoers!' And there will be wailing and grinding of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and all the prophets in the Kingdom of God and you yourselves cast out. And people will come from the east and the west and from the north and the south and will recline at table in the Kingdom of God. For behold, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last." Reflection The audience that Jesus spoke to had a very clear idea as to how they would be entering the Kingdom of God. They would follow all the rigid rules and regulations of the temple, do everything that was required, and that would gain them salvation. And what Jesus is saying, no, no, that's not the way it is, you've missed the point. The point is that I want you to allow me to enter into you, and we will together work for the kingdom of God. And your participation in that work is your salvation. So the idea that when they show up and God doesn't know who they are is a perfect example of the fact that the way in which we are saved is not by rules and regulations, but by an intimate relationship with the divine. Closing Prayer Father, you remind us over and over again that what we are here for is not to grow and change out of our own strength and power, but to surrender to the beauty of your intimacy with each of us. We're not here to earn salvation. We're here to joyfully receive it. And we ask this in Jesus’ name, Amen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gospel Luke 13:18-21 Jesus said, “What is the Kingdom of God like? To what can I compare it? It is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in the garden. When it was fully grown, it became a large bush and the birds of the sky dwelt in its branches.” Again he said, “To what shall I compare the Kingdom of God? It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed in with three measures of wheat flour until the whole batch of dough was leavened. Reflection Jesus came to establish the kingdom of God. But what is it like? And it's clear in this passage that what Jesus said, it's very organic. It's very natural. It begins small and continues to grow and enlarge and become more real. That's the challenge, each of us to take our part seriously, in how we evolve more toward this kingdom of God. Each of us have our part. Each of our gifts moves the kingdom closer and closer to fulfillment. Closing Prayer Father, it's easy for us to not to feel that we're that important, or that we don't matter that much, but we do. Every one of us, as we continue to grow toward the kingdom, are lifting each other up. And the kingdom becomes more and more a reality. And we ask this in Jesus’ name, Amen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gospel Luke 6:12-16 Jesus went up to the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God. When day came, he called his disciples to himself, and from them he chose Twelve, whom he also named Apostles: Simon, whom he named Peter, and his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon who was called a Zealot, and Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor. Reflection There's a mystery that surrounds the divinity of God. There's a mystery that surrounds the identity of Jesus. Is he a man or is he God? Well, we know he's both. So what we see in so many situations, he is the model of who we are to be, we’re to be like him. And the beautiful image here is that whenever he has a decision to make, he turns to God, turns to the father. It's like God is praying to God, and the point is well taken, because it means that we should always be focused on turning to God first. What is it I need to do? Help me to see what is really important. Closing Prayer Father, you know everything, yet you still invite us to turn to you over and over again, and seek your guidance. Seek your direction. Help us never to feel that we can do this work alone. It's our greatest weakness. And we ask this in Jesus’ name, Amen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices