Friday, July 9th
Hosea 14:2-10. Matthew 10:16-23

In faith and trust and absolute self-giving return to Him who called you into being – I speak to one, I speak to every one. All fall or falter or fail in faithfulness to the Father’s will and loving purpose from time to time. His love and His forgiveness call one and all to the fulness and perfection of His perfect will, and fruitfulness He offers one and all.

When trials and troubles come - and suffering, in the wake of your commitment - remember that I, the Father’s beloved and loving Son, am with you always, even to the end of time. And I, the Son of Man, have travelled in the way of sadness, suffering and loss before you. Through My victorious death and risen life I bring the faithful to the Father and to the way of joy of in the fulfilment of His perfect will in them.