The prayer series

Jesus,

Love between a man and a woman is wonderful,
right?

When we can feel this kind of love,
the concrete love on earth,
we should easily feel a abstract love,
the love of God in heaven. Continue reading Prayer 246 →

Chuỗi bài cầu nguyện

Giêsu ơi,

Nhìn lá cờ của chúng em này.
Một ngôi sao năm cánh.
Và sao vàng.
Hơi giống hình ngũ giác.
Hơi giống sao Kim,
biểu tượng của tình yêu, sắc đẹp, hoàn hảo và nữ tính. Continue reading Lời cầu nguyện 245 – Prayer 245 →

The prayer series

Jesus,

I don’t know how I am now.
I’ll open the Holy Bible
and you’ll give me your answer?

Yes…

I make myself a cup of coffee, no sugar no milk. Continue reading Prayer 244 →

The prayer series

Jesus,

You want me to teach you martial arts?
You are a master…

Okay.

I’m practicing stretch…
Oh, you join in the session now? Continue reading Prayer 243 →

The prayer series

Jesus,

I sought you in churches and pagodas,
but you were not there.
I sought you in books and teachings,
but you were not there.
I came back to the room of my heart,
and you were there. Continue reading Prayer 242 →

The prayer series

Jesus,

Knowing about You is a sword.
This sharp sword may save people
and also may kill people.
A swordsman may be a samurai
and also may be a killer.

Please, Jesus,
help me listen to Your word carefully
so that I can use Your sword
as Your will.

Amen.

PTH

The prayer series

Jesus,

In Israel then,
servants had to serve their masters
but they had the right not to wash other’s feet,
even their masters’.

But you washed other’s feet
and washed your own disciples’ feet.
You acted as a servant.
Oh no, your act was lowlier than a servant’s act. Continue reading Prayer 240 →

The prayer series

Jesus,

In Israel then,
the Jews saw tax collectors as betrayers
who betrayed their country.
No one made friend with them.

But you made friend with them. Continue reading Prayer 239 →

The prayer series

Jesus,

You said,
“I am the vine; you are the branches.
If you remain in me and I in you,
you will bear much fruit;
apart from me you can do nothing.”*

Perhaps the grapevine was important in Israel then, Continue reading Prayer 238 →

The prayer series

Jesus,

When a teacher of the law came to you and said,
“Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”
You replied,
“Foxes have dens and birds have nests,
but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”(1)

What did you mean? Continue reading Prayer 237 →

The prayer series

Jesus,

I’m thinking about your act –
the washing of the disciples’ feet.*

You chose the lowliest in Jewish society at that time:
that was the washing the others’ feet
and the washing the feet of your own disciples. Continue reading Prayer 236 →

Chuỗi bài cầu nguyện

Giêsu ơi,

Em dâng Chúa ngày hôm nay.
Thành công và thất bại.
Hạnh phúc và mệt mỏi.
Lúc tốt và lúc tệ.
Em dâng Chúa tất cả.

Continue reading Lời cầu nguyện 235 – Prayer 235 →

The prayer series

Jesus,

You said,
“I am the way…
No one comes to the Father except through me.”*

‘Cause You and Father are one,
no one comes to You except through You. Continue reading Prayer 234 →

The prayer series

Jesus,

The first file about you that I read
perhaps was The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown.
This novel made me like you
’cause it told me about you – a person,
not God.
The man had a wife and a daughter,
and their descendants are still living today. Continue reading Prayer 233 →