Lent Journey - 2016Sample

LENT IS FOR LONGING DAILY PRAYER REQUEST: Lord, rekindle my longing for you. DAILY THOUGHT: OUR DEEPEST LONGING Put bluntly, our deepest longing is for God. At the centre of our hearts, beneath all the other desires and yearnings, there exists this persistent and intense longing to know God in our lives. We should not be surprised. We have been made by love, in love, to love. We are divinely designed for divine connection. God has made for himself, as Augustine once said, and our hearts will always be restless until they find their rest in God. Read Psalm 63:1–2 to catch a glimpse of our restless and yearning hearts. This deepest longing is our bus-ticket home. DAILY PRACTICE: Pray your daily prayer request. Place your hand over your heart, feel your heartbeat and pray these simple words: “Lord, rekindle my longing for you.” You may find it helpful to pray these words a few times in your quiet time today, allowing some silence in between each time, so that they can spend time simply resting in your longing for God. Breathe in the love of God that surrounds us.