{"id":11032,"date":"2023-03-13T21:34:49","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T21:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/?p=11032"},"modified":"2023-03-13T21:35:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T21:35:00","slug":"lent-2023-day-18-luke-13-v-32-59-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/?p=11032","title":{"rendered":"Lent 2023 &#8211; Day Eighteen &#8211; Luke 12 v 35-59"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\r\n<h3>Welcome to our Daily reflections for Lent.<\/h3>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/wptest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Lent-Graphic.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-10910\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/wptest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Lent-Graphic.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/wptest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Lent-Graphic.jpg 960w, http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/wptest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Lent-Graphic-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/wptest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Lent-Graphic-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/wptest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Lent-Graphic-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>We have provided a number of ways of using these reflections.\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>You can listen to it in podcast style by clicking on the first audio file. (approx 18 minutes);<\/li>\r\n<li>You can listen to the reflection and the prayers with a shortened length for personal prayer (approx 6 minutes);<\/li>\r\n<li>You can read your own version of the Bible and then listen to the reflection, play the hymn in the embedded YouTube clip and then listen to the prayer section;<\/li>\r\n<li>You can choose to just read through it and ignore the audio files; or<\/li>\r\n<li>any combination of the above.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nHowever you choose to use them we hope you will find them helpful and thought provoking.\r\n<h3>Full Audio of today\u2019s reflection including Bible reading (approx. 16 minutes) .<\/h3>\r\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-11032-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/wptest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Lent-Day-18-Full.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/wptest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Lent-Day-18-Full.mp3\">http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/wptest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Lent-Day-18-Full.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/wptest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/blank-space-2.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7111\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/wptest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/blank-space-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"5\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/wptest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/blank-space-2.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/wptest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/blank-space-2-300x3.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>\r\n<h3>Audio of Reflection and shortened prayers (approx 6 mins).<\/h3>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/wptest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/blank-space-2.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7111\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/wptest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/blank-space-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"5\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/wptest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/blank-space-2.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/wptest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/blank-space-2-300x3.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>\r\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-11032-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/wptest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Lent-Day-18-Shortened.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/wptest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Lent-Day-18-Shortened.mp3\">http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/wptest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Lent-Day-18-Shortened.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<figure><strong>Read Luke Chapter 12 verses 35-59<\/strong>. In your own preferred version. The audio uses the NIV.<\/figure>\r\n<figure>\r\n<p><a class=\"swipebox\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/wptest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/blank-space-2.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-bGlnaHRib3gtaW1hZ2UtMA==\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7111\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/wptest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/blank-space-2.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/wptest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/blank-space-2.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/wptest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/blank-space-2-300x3.jpg 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"5\" \/><\/a>Link to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Luke%2012%3A35-39&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bible Gateway NIV version (Opens in a new tab)<\/a><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/wptest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/St-Luke.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-bGlnaHRib3gtaW1hZ2UtYkdsbmFIUmliM2d0YVcxaFoyVXRZa2RzYm1GSVVtbGlNMmQwWVZjeGFGb3lWWFJaYTJSelltMUdTVlZ0YkdsTk1tUXdXVlpqZUdGR2IzbFdXRkphWVRKU2VsbHRNVWRUVmxaMFlrZHNUazF0VVhkWFZscHFaVWRHUjJJemJGZFhSa3BQVlZaUmQwOVJQVDA9\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6166\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/wptest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/St-Luke-300x269.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 117px) 100vw, 117px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/wptest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/St-Luke-300x269.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/wptest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/St-Luke.jpg 310w\" alt=\"\" width=\"117\" height=\"105\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\r\n<p><strong>\u201c<span id=\"en-NIV-25313\" class=\"text Luke-9-11\">Why don&#8217;t you judge for yourself what is right?<\/span>\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>Today&#8217;s passage spoke to me of a call for reconciliation. It is a hard passage to read, as Jesus states that his coming will bring not peace but division.<\/p>\r\n<p>Perhaps as we look around our own country and the word we can see the reality of these divisions. Elections split 51% to 49% which are taken as a mandate to follow one sides policies regardless of the other 49% of the country. Families split along party political lines based on one or two policies. The rise of single issue politics &#8211; be that Brexit, immigration, abortion or any number of other topics. Where terrible policies that stand against what people believe are ignored as long as that one policy is implemented.<\/p>\r\n<p>Thus the poor can be oppressed, the wealthy retain their vast profits, the climate crisis be ignored.<\/p>\r\n<p>Jesus is, in this passage, stating the obvious. That there will be divisions when we choose to follow his way. Of course we hope and pray this will not be the case but it can and does happen.<\/p>\r\n<p>I am encouraged by the fact that Jesus does not leave us with this inevitability of division but he goes on to encourage us to be reconciled, as we judge for ourselves what is right. So we are called to strive to be the peacemaker and to bring reconciliation.<\/p>\r\n<p>However, in everything we do we must retain that essential focus on persevering with what God has called us to do.<\/p>\r\n<p>I suppose in summary I would say &#8211; there needs to be a different way and that way is the way of Jesus.<\/p>\r\n<h3 class=\"entry-inner\">Hymn: Singing the Faith \u2013\u00a0 627 \u201cEveryone needs compassion\u201d<\/h3>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Everyone needs compassion\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ag2hHJARt1g?feature=oembed&#038;wmode=opaque\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<h3>Contemplation Words<\/h3>\r\n<p><em><strong> \u201c<\/strong><\/em> <em><strong><span id=\"en-NIV-25313\" class=\"text Luke-9-11\">Why don&#8217;t you judge for yourselves what is right?&#8221; <\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\r\n<h3>Let us pray together.<\/h3>\r\n<h4>Contemplative Prayer<\/h4>\r\n<p>Think of the words in order to understand context and meaning, Feel the meaning of the words with and in your heart, Pray, using the words, for yourself or others. With only a name and without explaining the reasons or pre-defining any answers. Listen for God\u2019s voice in the quiet of your prayers. Pray using your own prayers or one of those which have been prepared below.<\/p>\r\n<h3>Twitter Prayer<\/h3>\r\n<p>Lord, help us to bring your love and compassion into everything we do. Amen<\/p>\r\n<h3>Full Prayer<\/h3>\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/wptest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/candle.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-5\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10923\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/wptest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/candle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/wptest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/candle.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/wptest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/candle-300x173.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/wptest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/candle-768x442.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>Lord, we look around ourselves and see that things in this world are not as you would have them be. Conflict, oppression, violence and self interest are so overwhelming in our world today. Lord, you show us that love and compassion are the parts of all of our lives that need to be nurtured and demonstrated. Help us to bring that love and compassion into everything we do and through our small efforts with others and in the power of the Holy Spirit begin to change the world.<\/p>\r\n<p>Lord, you have given us hearts full of kindness and mercy, enable us to pour out those gifts to those who are around us. Help us to always speak against oppression and cry out against violence and injustice, whatever form it takes and wherever we find it. Lord we ask these things in your all powerful name. Amen.<\/p>\r\n<h3><strong>Copyright Notices<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<h3>Reflections and Prayers<\/h3>\r\n<p>By Chris Hancock<\/p>\r\n<h3><strong>Hymns<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<p>Hymn words where displayed are in the Public Domain. Hymn organ recordings where used are from Small Church Music. Copyright notice: Rev. Clyde McLennan, performer in this collection, has assigned his performer rights in this collection to Hymnary.org. Non-commercial use of these recordings is permitted. Other hymns are from YouTube and covered by YouTube copyright processes.<\/p>\r\n<h3><strong>Bible Readings<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<p>Bible readings are from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/versions\/New-International-Version-NIV-Bible\/\">New<\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/versions\/New-International-Version-NIV-Bible\/\"> International Version<\/a> (NIV) <\/strong>Holy Bible, New International Version\u00ae, NIV\u00ae Copyright \u00a91973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblica.com\/\">Biblica, Inc.\u00ae<\/a> Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.<\/p>\r\n<h3><strong>Images<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<p>Images where used are from pixabay.com and free for commercial use no attribution required.<\/p>\r\n<h3>Background Music<\/h3>\r\n<p>The background music in today\u2019s recordings is: <a href=\"http:\/\/Music by &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/pixabay.com\/users\/relaxingtime-17430502\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;amp;utm_campaign=music&amp;amp;utm_content=124477&quot;&gt;RelaxingTime&lt;\/a&gt; from &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/pixabay.com\/\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;amp;utm_campaign=music&amp;amp;utm_content=124477&quot;&gt;Pixabay&lt;\/a&gt;\">Music from Pixabay<\/a> <strong>Relaxing Music Vol.12<\/strong> \u2013 Relaxing Time slightly edited by Chris Hancock as permitted by the Pixabay licence.<\/p>\r\n<div class=\"entry-inner\"><a href=\"http:\/\/href=&quot;https:\/\/pixabay.com\/sound-effects\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;amp;utm_campaign=music&amp;amp;utm_content=17019\">Sound Effect from Pixabay<\/a> <strong>Andrew kn \u2013 At the edge of space II<\/strong> \u2013 Re-mixed and tinkered with by Chris Hancock as permitted by the Pixabay licence.<\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div><p id=\"pvc_stats_11032\" class=\"pvc_stats all  \" data-element-id=\"11032\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"far\" data-icon=\"chart-bar\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-chart-bar fa-w-16 fa-2x\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M396.8 352h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V108.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v230.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm-192 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V140.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v198.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm96 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V204.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v134.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zM496 400H48V80c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16H16C7.16 64 0 71.16 0 80v336c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h464c8.84 0 16-7.16 16-16v-16c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16zm-387.2-48h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8v-70.4c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v70.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8z\" class=\"\"><\/path><\/svg><\/i> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/wptest\/wp-content\/plugins\/page-views-count\/ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=0 \/><\/p><div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to our Daily reflections for Lent. 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