15 day plan

A Shared Future

Day 1 of 15

GNT

Psalm 139:13

13You created every part of me;

you put me together in my mother's womb.

Today we start a new series all about A Shared Future, which has been prepared by the team at Ganggalah Church, an Indigenous-led ACC Church in Tweed Heads on the north coast of NSW. 

For 2019 NAIDOC week, celebrating the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, this series weaves the NAIDOC theme ‘Voice, Treaty, Truth: Let’s work together for a shared future’ through the characteristics of the pandanus tree, historical accounts of the Indigenous people and God’s covenant promise through Joseph, a rejected by royal seed. 

Pandanus Plant: When harvesting the Pandanus plant for basketry, weavers cut away young leaves, strip the edge and middle sections, and place cuttings for drying. The leaves may be dipped in dye. The weaver can then design and weave something beautiful.  

Indigenous: Many Indigenous people have significant dreams, which reveal how God’s plan and purpose is woven together for their
lives.

Joseph: Joseph had significant dreams, which impacted his family and future. You might like to read Genesis 37:1-11 at some point today to reflect on Joseph’s dreams further.

Questions: Do you have dreams for your future?

Prayer: Thank you Lord for your dreams for my life. You knew before I was formed in my mother’s womb and you have a unique plan and purpose for my life. 

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Psalm 139:1-24

God's Complete Knowledge and Care

1Lord, you have examined me and you know me.

2You know everything I do;

from far away you understand all my thoughts.

3You see me, whether I am working or resting;

you know all my actions.

4Even before I speak,

you already know what I will say.

5You are all around me on every side;

you protect me with your power.

6Your knowledge of me is too deep;

it is beyond my understanding.

7Where could I go to escape from you?

Where could I get away from your presence?

8If I went up to heaven, you would be there;

if I lay down in the world of the dead, you would be there.

9If I flew away beyond the east

or lived in the farthest place in the west,

10you would be there to lead me,

you would be there to help me.

11I could ask the darkness to hide me

or the light around me to turn into night,

12but even darkness is not dark for you,

and the night is as bright as the day.

Darkness and light are the same to you.

13You created every part of me;

you put me together in my mother's womb.

14I praise you because you are to be feared;

all you do is strange and wonderful.

I know it with all my heart.

15When my bones were being formed,

carefully put together in my mother's womb,

when I was growing there in secret,

you knew that I was there—

16you saw me before I was born.

The days allotted to me

had all been recorded in your book,

before any of them ever began.

17 O God, how difficult I find your thoughts;

how many of them there are!

18If I counted them, they would be more than the grains of sand.

When I awake, I am still with you.

19O God, how I wish you would kill the wicked!

How I wish violent people would leave me alone!

20They say wicked things about you;

they speak evil things against your name.

21O Lord, how I hate those who hate you!

How I despise those who rebel against you!

22I hate them with a total hatred;

I regard them as my enemies.

23Examine me, O God, and know my mind;

test me, and discover my thoughts.

24Find out if there is any evil in me

and guide me in the everlasting way.

Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition) © 1992 American Bible Society. All rights reserved. Bible text from the Good News Translation (GNT) is not to be reproduced in copies or otherwise by any means except as permitted in writing by American Bible Society, 101 North Independence Mall East, Floor 8, Philadelphia, PA 19106-2155 (www.americanbible.org). LICENSEE shall reproduce the following trademark and trademark notice on the copyright page of each copy of the Licensed Products: ®