The theme of NAC India’s 2019 calendar is “Prayer”. The monthly calendar texts are based on a doctrinal article by Chief Apostle Jean-Luc Schneider which was published in the community member magazine 04/2018 (starts on page 20). This prayer series explores and elaborates on each month’s topic.
Thankful for our very Existence
Gratitude emanates from the certainty that the whole of human existence is affected by one’s relationship with God. Those who give thanks do so first and foremost on their own behalf, for their very existence – regardless of whether they are successful by human standards or not. This gratitude brings to expression that God is the creator and sustainer of His creation and that the individual understands himself as part of this creation.
Gratitude for God’s Care
The experience of divine protection as well as the presence and gracious care of God in their lives inspires human beings to give thanks to Him. This gratitude is expressed in the knowledge that one’s life and conditions of life are not governed by coincidence, but are defined by that which God permits and forbids.