Hajja Salesjana

Lord God I thank you for this past year. There have been many highs, but also difficult lows. I have been joyful; I have reached despair. I've enjoyed great moments but also struggled with others. I just want to say that I acknowledge Your sovereignty in it and through it all. You alone are God – I am sorry for the times that I forget that, when I carry on as if I'm the one in charge. Help me come before You humbly each and every morning of this New Year, to say: 'Lord, please order my day.' I am eager to see what You want to do with me, how you want to use me and how you will develop me. I am Yours, my perfect heavenly Father, forever. Photo by zac Durant - Unsplash.com challenged when our friend mentioned it and so she started making the time and space to ask God to order her day. She truly believes that God used her to change the outcome of a dramatic incident. I'll let her tell her story: 'I felt challenged in life group to ask God to order my day. On Thursday I was driving to work; my toddler free-time to pray and worship. I had been asking God to order my day when I suddenly felt the desperate need to pray. I started praying in tongues; I had no idea what I was praying for but just knew I had to pray. As I was praying the two cars in front of me were involved in a pile- up. The front part of the car was lost, yet the elderly man, and everyone else involved, got out of their cars completely uninjured. Immediately my need to pray left me. I was really struck and ridiculously humbled when I realised how much God will use our prayers to change situations and how much He wants us to just talk to Him.' The results of us asking God to order our days may not be so immediate or intense, and yet, even in the mundane, everyday world, that simple line connects us to our heavenly Father in a fresh way. So, as this year ends and a new one begins, why not join me in saying this prayer: 21 Jannar-Marzu 2024 hajja