Prayer Reflections Week X (June 17-23, 2013)

Day 6: "dont be anxious about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall put on. Is not life more than food & the body more than clothing?" Mt 6: 24-34

• God give us the grace to recognize his providence. He will not abandon us. Trust in him and do his will. Look for his kingdom and the rest will be given. -VD Prayer Buddies

Day 5: Mt 6:19-23; Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

• Doing good deeds everyday is storing treasures in heaven. And giving with willingness of the heart would lead you to the fullness of life. What treasures do you desire most Lasting or Temporal? - from VD Prayer Buddies

Day 4: "Our father...Thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven" -Mat. 6:7-15

• Our prayers will always lead us to the will of our father and that is Love, Love in giving us everything that we need to live a fulfilled life, a love that will always invites us to share to others what we received. Give love each day in our own little ways and gradually fulfill Gods will in our life day by day! - VD Prayer Buddies

Day 3: "...when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing...." Mt.6:1-6,16-18.

• Jesus loves a joyful and a humble giver. He is teaching us that to love others is not to "show off" that you have done good things but to recognize that our joy is meaningful if it is recognize by God in secret than by the people in the open.   - VD Prayer Buddies

Day 2: Love of Jesus is the true model of Loving others. " I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your father who is in heaven. (Mt 5:43-48)

• Today Jesus invites us to discover  the real joy of loving our enemies, in human thinking its difficult but Jesus want us to live our life in the fullness of joy by being free from slavery of hatred, ill-feelings and grudges.  We need to ask the Grace of God to be able to love like Jesus. Let's try it NOW and experience real JOY and Freedom. Just simply imagine how many times Jesus forgives our sins. We are invited to do the same. ( VD- Prayer buddies ) Pls pass to others. 

Day 1: "Give to him who begs from you, and do not refuse him who would borrow from you". Mt. 5:42

• Many times in our life we give with justification and with conditions. We often forget that God gave everything we need. He even gave His life even if we don't deserve it. Our time, talent and treasure are God's gift to us. Let us be reminded of God's generosity by sharing what we received from HIM. -VD Prayer Buddies