Hebrews 10:24, “…and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds”.
1. Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ
2. Devote themselves to observation, interpretation and application of God’s Word in their lives
3. Encourage God-centered behavior and thought
Welcome to week four of Devout Devotions. Lets pick up right where we left off last week. I hope that more of you will take the time to participate this week, either in comments or on your own blog. See you in the thread!
Principle: Because God is good, God created man with the purpose to serve & glorify Him.
Application: What attitude of self needs to be changed to fit with God’s evaluation? How are you serving Him in your family, with your children, with your husband? How are you glorifying Him with the tasks of your day?
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Oh what a timely question. I have taken on procrastination lately as a character trait which does NOT serve God. I need to stop doing that, and move back to the purpose God designed for me. Thank you.
I grew up with a humanistic understanding that the world was my oyster to be harvested based on the things I could do or not do. Basically I believed wholeheartedly that my life was about me and my ambitions or even about me and my failures, but always, always about me. So the significant self attitude that has been part of my spiritual growth is being humbled to realize my life is about God’s purposes and will, not my own.
This takes the form of studying His Word to know His will and purposes. Teaching and training others how to study His Word so that they can learn His will and purposes. Teaching and training my children to study His Word for the same reasons.
What has been learned so significantly as I seek to do those things in obedience is that God’s blessings are ever more abundant than anything I can do to serve Him. I can’t out-give Him. But a delight in my life is that He has chosen to allow me to serve at all. It was over 3 decades ago that I walked an aisle but the continuing lessons of humility have shown me that my lifetime must be one of learning to honor Him.
The Lord is currently beating me over the head (I am a hard headed one) with the concept of impersonal love.
There is a person I have to deal with on a daily basis that is a thorn in my flesh. God is teaching me to stop thinking of this person’s faults, but to focus on changing mine (ie stop the B&Cing about her).
This is only possible with His help and guidance. IT IS TOUGH. But in the end, it will be for His glory, not mine, even though my family and I will reap the benefits of a more peaceful and content Polly.
I am going to jump in and do this with you all, when the littles (ages 2 and 6 months) settle down a bit. In the mean time, I want to tell you that I think you are neat.
~Annemarie