20th October 2016

20^th October 2016 – Thursday night

Woken in middle in the night – Speak Truth

Next morning 21^st October I was led to Scripture readings Ephesians 4:15-16 and 25 and Zechariah 8:16

1^st Rule to be a Servant of the Little Way – Speak Truth

Ephesians 4:15-16 “If we live by truth and love we shall grow in all ways into Christ.”

Ephesians 4:25 “Speak the truth to one another…even if you are angry, you must not sin – never let the sun set on your anger.”

Zechariah 8:16 “These are the things you must do.  Speak truth to one another; let the judgements at your gates be such as conduce to peace.

2^nd Rule – Pray often.

Psalm 4:4 “Spend your night in quiet meditation”

Turn off the distractions.

3^rd Rule – Be holy.

Romans 1:4 “..it is about Jesus Christ our Lord who, in the order of the spirit, the spirit of holiness that was in him, was proclaimed Son of God in all his power through his resurrection from the dead.”

1 Peter: 15 “be holy in all you do, since it is the Holy One who has called you and scripture says Be holy, for I am holy.

Embrace the spirit of holiness – interior holiness – that others may see the light of Jesus by the way you live your life.

4^th Rule – Obedience

1 Peter 1:14 “Make a habit of obedience” – submission of love to the Divine Will of your Lord and God.

5^th Rule - Humility

1 Peter 5: 5-6 “Wrap yourselves in humility to be servants of each other, because God refuses the proud and will always favour the humble”

6^th Rule – Hospitality

Romans 12:13 “Share with any of God’s holy people who are in need; look for opportunities to be hospitable.

7^th Rule – Servant’s heart

Philippians 2:3-7 “There must be no competition among you, no conceit, but everybody is to be self-effacing.  Always consider the other person to be better than yourself, so that nobody thinks of his own interests first but everybody thinks of other people’s interests instead. In your mind you must be the same as Christ Jesus

His state was divine, yet he did not cling to his equality with God but emptied himself to assume the condition of a slave (servant).

8^th Rule – Mercy – be compassionate

Luke 6: 36-38 “Be compassionate as your Father is compassionate.  Do not judge and you will not be judged yourselves; do not condemn and you will not be condemned yourselves; grant pardon and you will be pardoned.  Give and there will be gifts for you, a full measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over will be poured into your lap, because the amount you measure out is the amount you will be given back”

9^th Rule – Communal Prayer

James 5: 13-18 “Sing psalms and prayers together – the heartfelt prayer of a good man works powerfully”

10^th Rule – Confession – Examination of Conscience

Psalm 51- Miserere

Examine conscience before going to bed each night….confess your sins often and ask pardon from the Lord your God.