Reflect Guide

What is it?

We reflect on the journey we’ve made through this prayer time. How are we feeling now? Has our heart’s attitude changed? What did we hear from the Lord? Maybe we didn’t hear a specific word, but we feel peaceful, or joyful, or have hope for the future? Maybe we have a sudden reassurance that God is with us. We have never been alone and we never will be.

How is our heart now? Have we become less overwhelmed and more at peace? The Lord is here, now, listening, loving us.

Practice:

Believing without seeing

We are called to trust God, that he has our best interests at heart and that he loves us unconditionally. When we trust that he has heard our prayer, no matter what the answer, and believe without seeing the results, God is delighted with us.

John 20:29 “Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe.”

Know that we are welcome in the Lord’s presence at any time and in any place.

An attitude of gratitude

1 Thessalonians 5:18 “Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you”.

We are asked by God to be thankful in all circumstances. This might seem like an impossible task but when we make thankfulness a practice in our lives, we will find that something that might have appeared daunting and out of our control, takes on a different perspective. It’s our attitude that has changed but that changes everything. We no longer feel overwhelmed or that we have no control. We have no need to have control because God is in control.