A Week of Prayer & Fasting - Day 3

Humility

Worship

Oh Spirit be the star that leads me to, the humble heart of love I see in You.

Read

1 Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, 2 then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. 3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, 4 not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.

5 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:

6 who, being in very nature God,
    did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;
7 rather, he made himself nothing
    by taking the very nature of a servant,
    being made in human likeness.
8 And being found in appearance as a man,
    he humbled himself
    by becoming obedient to death –
        even death on a cross!

9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place
    and gave him the name that is above every name,
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
    in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,
    to the glory of God the Father.

Philippians 2:1-11.

Pray

Worship and give thanks for the astounding truth that Jesus chose to make our needs more important than his own life.
Let's allow God to hold up a mirror to our own hearts, thoughts and motives as we marvel at the perfect humility of Jesus.
Ask God to help us each to be able to consider the outcome of this discernment process from the perspective of others, not just our own.
Pray for the fulfilment of v 10-11 in our own lives, at CBC, in Chichester and worldwide.

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