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Going deeper with the Word: Fr. Otto Week of October 4th:

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Do you realize that the Lord is always near you? We have access to the Father though Jesus in the spirit 24-7. Many times Jesus and St. Paul say we are meant to learn to pray all the time. That means living in a conscious awareness that God is near us. This reality lived more and more deeply produces in our lives the fruit of love joy and peace. How is God calling you to increase your prayer power, your abilities to walk joyfully and peacefully in his presence regardless of other circumstances?

#2 Kindness means actively working to love and bless each and every person we encounter through out the day. When we purposely in our hearts enter every personal encounter from the perspective of I’m called to love you, and that I’m called to die to needing you to love me for my sake shuts many doors of anxiety. How are you called to grow in this perspective?

#3 I think we would all agree that worry does not help us in any way shape or form. Quite simply Paul is saying the needs in your own life and others lives that you care about don’t worry about them, pray about them. Bring them to the Lord in petition and intercession. And thankfully trust that He will respond as his best for you and those you’re praying for. How are you called to grow in this perspective? 

Verse 8 Paul calls us to take control of our thought life, the “trains of our thoughts”. Stay on the trains of thought that are directed towards goodness, truth, beauty and the like. Get off of the trains of thought that are directed elsewhere. How are you called to practically implement this quality control program for your thought life?