Saturday, 9 January 2010

Ephesians 3:14-21, 4:1-3

[A] – ACCEPT / RECEIVE GOD’S WORD:

I will ask the Holy Spirit to lead me in today’s devotional so that I will experience the encounter with the Lord in His truth and be transformed.

Ephesians 3:14-21 >>
Paul’s Prayer for Spiritual Growth

14 When I think of all this, I fall to my knees and pray to the Father, 15 the Creator of everything in heaven and on earth. 16 I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. 17 Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. 18 And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. 19 May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God.

20 Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. 21 Glory to him in the church and in Christ Jesus through all generations forever and ever! Amen.

Ephesians 4:1-3 >>

Unity in the Body

1 Therefore I, a prisoner for serving the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of your calling, for you have been called by God. 2 Always be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other’s faults because of your love. 3 Make every effort to keep yourselves united in the Spirit, binding yourselves together with peace.

[C] – CONTEMPLATE / MEDITATE ON:

I will meditate on the verses above and answer the questions below honestly before the Lord:

1. How can I recognize the ways of the Lord? [verses 16-19]
2. How can I maintain / keep the unity and peace amongst yourselves?


[T] – TAKE ACTION / APPLY:
I will show patience toward a person or situation that I face today.

DECLARATION OF GOD’S WORD:

Declare God’s word from yesterday and also add Ephesians 3:20, “Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.”

[S] – SHARE / STRENGTHEN:
I will visit and call one person from my VIP list and do good things to them.

AGREEMENT PRAYER:

Together with believer friends we will pray for the people on our VIP List.

LESSON:

In the midst of life’s trials, we need believer friends who can help us direct our point of view; that is to remind us about our special connection with the Lord through His Son Jesus Christ. We need this kind of relationship especially during the time when we find ourselves in the hardest road of life.

We might not have the right tools to fix all the problems that might arrive, but the Lord is there to support us. Therefore, He asks us to surrender all of our problems to Him, “Surrender all of your worries to Him” (Psalm 55;23). To walk with Jesus depends not on our footsteps, rather it lies in our heart.

Heavenly Father is standing before us with open hands, to lead our steps toward holiness, and is available to hold our hands when stumbled and to lift us up when we fall. He’ll never get discouraged or give up on us. The harder the trials we face, the greater His attention and goodness will be poured on us.

WE CAN PASS THROUGH DARKEST OF DARKNESS IF WE WALK WITH HIM IN THE LIGHT

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