Friday
February 25, 2021

Examen, part 5: Reconcile and Resolve

Revelation 3:18-20

I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see. Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent. Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.
~ Jesus

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Pondering Point

Step 5. Reconcile and resolve
This may sound daunting, but is actually freeing, satisfying, and brings hope to the heart. The final step is a heart-to-heart talk with Jesus. In this time, you share your thoughts regarding your actions, attitudes, feelings and interactions. You may be led to seek forgiveness, ask for direction, share a concern, express gratitude, etc. Take notes in your computer, laptop, notebook or journal. There may be some action being called for. Resolve with Jesus to move forward in action where appropriate. Finish with the Lord’s Prayer or something similar.

Write about your observations from your heart-to-heart
with Jesus into your computer, laptop, notebook or journal.

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Discipleship Prayer

Thank Jesus for your talk and thank the Holy Spirit for His help along the way. Ask the Father for strength to accept and do whatever arose through the conversation, and if you didn’t already, finish out with the Lord’s Prayer:

Our Father, who art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy Name.
Thy Kingdom come.
Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those that trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory,
Forever and ever. Amen.

Micro-Meditation Scripture

Psalm 32:6-7b

7b you will protect me from trouble and surround me
with songs of deliverance.

Micro-Meditation
Teaching or Command of God

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John 17:15

I’m not asking you to take them out of the world
but to protect them from the evil one.
~ (Jesus praying for his disciples in the Upper Room) 

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2 Thessalonians 3:3

But the Lord is faithful and will strengthen you and protect you against the evil one.

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Micro-Meditation
Pondering Point

Music is a beautiful medium for communicating messages. For the Psalmist, music is a vehicle of praise for God’s awesome deliverance. What content do you like depicted in your spiritual hymns and songs?