Ezekiel 36:24-28

• Light a candle to remember Christ’s presence with you.
• Sit five to fifteen minutes in silence bringing your attention to the Breath.

• Respond with Psalm 42:1-11 and 43:1-5

  ^42:1 As a deer longs for flowing streams,
  so my soul longs for you, O God.
  ²   My soul thirsts for God,
  for the living God.
  When shall I come and behold
  the face of God?
  ³   My tears have been my food
  day and night,
  while people say to me continually,
  “Where is your God?”

  ⁴   These things I remember,
  as I pour out my soul:
  how I went with the throng,
  and led them in procession to the house of God,
  with glad shouts and songs of thanksgiving,
  a multitude keeping festival.
  ⁵   Why are you cast down, O my soul,
  and why are you disquieted within me?
  Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
  my help ⁶and my God.

  My soul is cast down within me;
  therefore I remember you
  from the land of Jordan and of Hermon,
  from Mount Mizar.

  ⁷   Deep calls to deep
  at the thunder of your cataracts;
  all your waves and your billows
  have gone over me.
  ⁸   By day the LORD commands his steadfast love,
  and at night his song is with me,
  a prayer to the God of my life.

  ⁹   I say to God, my rock,
  “Why have you forgotten me?
  Why must I walk about mournfully
  because the enemy oppresses me?”
  ¹⁰  As with a deadly wound in my body,
  my adversaries taunt me,
  while they say to me continually,
  “Where is your God?”

  ¹¹  Why are you cast down, O my soul,
  and why are you disquieted within me?
  Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
  my help and my God.

  ^43:1 Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause
  against an ungodly people;
  from those who are deceitful and unjust
  deliver me!
  ²   For you are the God in whom I take refuge;
  why have you cast me off?
  Why must I walk about mournfully
  because of the oppression of the enemy?

  O send out your light and your truth;
  let them lead me;
  let them bring me to your holy hill
  and to your dwelling.

  ⁴   Then I will go to the altar of God,
  to God my exceeding joy;
  and I will praise you with the harp,
  O God, my God.

  ⁵   Why are you cast down, O my soul,
  and why are you disquieted within me?
  Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
  my help and my God.

• It is a day to remember there is always hope.
• Listen for hope today.
• What is your message from God?
• Give thanks to God for this time in prayer and for any new insights you have received.
• Share as you feel led in the reply box below.