Commentary on this Week’s Prayer
As much as we’d like to think so, we really don’t know all there is to know. As much as we’d like to think that our way is the best way, it isn’t. This week’s watchword calls us to pray that we would first seek God’s way before our way.
How to use these prayers
Greetings Friends: These prayers are meant to be prayed either in community or in solitude. If done with a group this can be read as a responsive prayer with a leader reading the regular print and the rest of the group reading the bolded print. These prayers are posted at the beginning of each week and are based on the Watchword for the Week as found in the Moravian Daily Texts. To get more information and purchase your own copy of the Moravian Daily Texts, or to sign up to recieve them via email go to http://www.moravian.org/daily_texts/ You can find more information about the Moravian Church at http://www.moravian.org/ . Peace, ChrisAbout Me
My name is Chris Giesler and I am blessed to be the Director of Mission Engagement for the Board of World Mission of the Moravian Church in North America. I am also privileged to serve as a Bishop of the world wide Moravian Unity. Please visit our website at www.moravianmission.org to see more about what I do. I live in Bethlehem, PA with my wife Tina. Our daughter, Martha, is married to Matt, and they are blessed to be caring for their first child, Ruthie, born on September 8, 2018. We also love being grand-parents to Addison (an inquisitive 9-year old) and Michael (an active and mathematically gifted 6-year old) and a precious 3-year old, Riley, who belong to our son Andrew and his wife Amy who live not from us in Bethlehem.
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