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Taking time with God in Prayer
“For I know well the plans I mind for you, says the Lord plans for your welfare, not for woe! Plans to give you a future full of hope. When you call me, when you go to pray to me, I will listen to you. When you look for me, you will find me. Yes when you seek me with all your heart, you will find me with you says the Lord.”–Jeremiah 29:11-14
Some questions to guide your prayer on this scripture passage:
*Remember, you can answer these questions privately
“For I know well the plans I mind for you, says the Lord plans for your welfare, not for woe! Plans to give you a future full of hope. When you call me, when you go to pray to me, I will listen to you. When you look for me, you will find me. Yes when you seek me with all your heart, you will find me with you says the Lord.”–Jeremiah 29:11-14
Some questions to guide your prayer on this scripture passage:
*Remember, you can answer these questions privately
- How did you feel as you read this passage?
- Is there anything in this passage that makes you nervous, bothers you or upsets you as you explore a possible call to religious life?
- What in this passage gives you hope and joy as you discern more closely a possible call from God to religious life?
- How did this scripture challenge you personally in your faith life?
- Do you believe that God has a special plan for you?
- Do you want to know what God’s plan is?
- As God reveals his plan to you do you intend on carrying it out? What can you do to help you continue on in this process of discovery?
- Is there anything else you would like to say about how this passage speaks to you?