The artist:
Mark Cazalet is a contemporary artist based in London and Suffolk, UK. His work is featured this year in the Thy Kingdom Come Initiative.
Day 7: Help
LOOK... and be curious.
Look at the image provided, or at the world around you.
WAIT... with prayerful expectation.
Come Holy Spirit: Thy Kingdom Come.
READ... the text with an open mind.
After this the Lord appointed seventy others and sent them on ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he himself intended to go. Carry no purse, no bag, no sandals; and greet no one on the road. Whatever house you enter, first say, “Peace to this house!” And if anyone is there who shares in peace, your peace will rest on that person; but if not, it will return to you. Remain in the same house, eating and drinking whatever they provide, for the labourer deserves to be paid. Do not move about from house to house. Whenever you enter a town and its people welcome you, eat what is set before you; cure the sick who are there, and say to them, “The kingdom of God has come near to you.”
—Luke 10:1,5-9
LISTEN... for a word with an open heart.
What might God be saying to you in this text?
RESPOND... with prayer and action.
Oh God of abundance, who set aside your riches
to take human flesh,
send us out together to help one another and your world empty of hand but full in heart
to bring peace, to share food, to heal, to dwell
and to leave behind us everywhere your Kingdom blessing, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
to take human flesh,
send us out together to help one another and your world empty of hand but full in heart
to bring peace, to share food, to heal, to dwell
and to leave behind us everywhere your Kingdom blessing, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
And pray for those whom you feel called to pray for...