Prayer Service: Lectio Divina
Lectio Divina (Divine Reading) is an ancient form of reflecting on Scripture as prayer. It is a wonderful form of prayer to include the entire family, as one person can read and others can listen, and all reflect.
Join us in-person in the church sanctuary or livestream on our youtube channel 6:35-7:00pm, or pray this Lectio Divina on your own when your schedule permits.
How to pray with Lectio Divina:
1) Read through the passage (aloud) slowly. See if a word or phrase sticks out to you.
2) Read it (aloud) again, focusing on that word or phrase; how the Holy Spirit may be saying directly to you
3) Read it a third time. Sit quietly in conversation with God, praying about it.
4) Read it one last time and then just sit quietly (1-2 minutes) letting God love you through this Scripture.
Gospel from 4th Sunday of Lent : John 3:14-21
Jesus said to Nicodemus:
“Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert,
so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.”
For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son,
so that everyone who believes in him might not perish
but might have eternal life.
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world,
but that the world might be saved through him.
Whoever believes in him will not be condemned,
but whoever does not believe has already been condemned,
because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
And this is the verdict,
that the light came into the world,
but people preferred darkness to light,
because their works were evil.
For everyone who does wicked things hates the light
and does not come toward the light,
so that his works might not be exposed.
But whoever lives the truth comes to the light,
so that his works may be clearly seen as done in God.