Day 25 - March 14
Scripture Reading
1 Thessalonians 5:16–18 (NLT)
16 Always be joyful. 17 Never stop praying. 18 Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.
Prayer Focus
For a joyful and prayerful spirit, steadfast in gratitude in every circumstance, trusting that God is at work in all things.
Grant, Almighty God, that since we are here exposed to so many evils, which often suddenly arise like violent tempests—O grant that with hearts raised up to heaven, we may acquiesce in your hidden providence, and be so tossed here and there according to the judgment of our flesh, as yet to remain fixed in this truth, which you would have us to believe—that all things are governed by you, and that nothing takes place except through your will, so that in the greatest confusions we may always clearly see your hand, and that your counsel is altogether right, and perfectly and singularly wise and just; and may we ever call upon you, and flee to this port—that we are tossed here and there, that you may ever sustain us by your hand, until we shall at length be received into that blessed rest which has been procured for us by the blood of your only begotten Son. Amen.
~ “Grant that We May Acquiesce in Your Hidden Providence,” John Calvin