2023-12-29 Open your heart

Open your heartMadonnahttps://youtu.be/3D6YRSoLGm4?si=S5RU_7ftdybcFFAPGood morning family, in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, amen. I think that you're afraid to look in my eyes. You look a little sad, boy I wonder why. I follow you around but you can't see. You're too wrapped up in yourself to notice, so you choose to look the other way. Well, I've got something to say. Don't try to run. I can keep up with you. Nothing can stop me from trying. You've got to open your heart to me, Jesus, I thank you for opening my heart to you. I thank you to find once again that you have been singing to me my whole life long, and I didn't know it or recognize it at the time. And today, Jesus, I pray for Madonna, someone who I am more than tempted to look down on. But I'm reminded that you came to call sinners like her and like me. So I pray in a special way for people who will not pray for themselves, for anyone who cannot pray for themselves, for anyone who does not have anyone to pray for them. Jesus, please hear my prayers And save me from 100 temptations today Temptations to irrational exuberance, a temptation to stoicism and living under a rock and eating crackers. A temptation to keep certain people far, far away from me. A temptation to turn off my brain and not set healthy boundaries with people and become a doormat. A temptation to wait for opportunities to pounce on people and thump them with the Bible. Jesus, please help all of us to learn how to truly love one another, as you have loved us. Jesus, Please overcome all of our broken relationships today Our broken relationship with you, our broken relationships with other people and our broken relationships with ourselves. Please fill us with your spirit in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. I love you so much!