The Word for You
Today
1. Keep your conscience clear. I Tim 1:19
- I have to live with myself, so I want to be able to look myself in the eye
- I want to deserve the respect of others
2. Cross-examine me, O Lord. Ps 26:2
- Look closely at your motives – why you do things
- Look closely at your affections – what you are drawn to
3. Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your
plans will succeed. Pr 16:13
- Stop trying to please everyone
- Goals can change over time…be willing to change directions
- With God on your side, you will win
- Believe God is directing your steps
- God can turn bad situations into something good
4. Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the
Word of God. Rom 10:17
- Wisdom comes by studying God’s Word
- Faith comes by believing God’s Word
- Success comes by practicing God’s Word
5. Therefore, pray…Our Father in heaven… Mt 6:9
- I am part of God’s family…He is my Father
- “in heaven” – that’s the highest place you can go for help
- “holy is your name” – whatever I do or say today needs to honor God
- “your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven” – say no to myself and yes to God’s will, for I am a witness to a watching world…I have the God-given authority to restrict satan’s defeat in my life
6. Give us this day our daily bread. Mt 6:11
- Partake of what God has for you today to meet the challenges of today
- Know that God will meet your needs…He is all sufficient
7. Forgive us...as we forgive… Mt 6:12
- I must choose to forgive the ones who has hurt me
- I must extend mercy to them
- I must ask God to bless them
- Then I must turn it over to God for His Holy Spirit to work in me and heal my heart
8. Deliver us from the evil one. Mt 6:13
- Weakness prevents pride – it keeps you humble and reliant on God
- Weakness creates fellowship – you find you need others
- Weakness enables you to help others – brokenness helps you to minister to others more effectively
Sparkling Gems
from the Greek
James 1:19
New Living
Translation (NLT)
19 Understand
this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to
speak, and slow to get angry.
·
Learn when to be quiet and listen, and when to speak up
·
We must slow down our minds to hear what others are saying to us
·
I must deliberately focus on what is being said
·
To pretend to listen is rude
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Listening helps you understand other opinions and positions
·
Break the habit of thinking about others things when someone is
talking to you
Galatians 6:2
New Living
Translation (NLT)
2 Share each other’s
burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ.
·
Be sensitive to those around you who are burdened and heavy
hearted, hurt or struggling
·
Ask for God’s wisdom in what to say and how to care for them
Galatians 6:5
New Living
Translation (NLT)
5 For
we are each responsible for our own conduct
·
“burden” – an individual’s responsibility in life: our work, our bills, our children, our
household chores
·
Do not enable people to be freeloaders, and help them to accept
responsibility for their own lives
1 Timothy 3:1
New Living Translation
(NLT)
This
is a trustworthy saying: “If someone aspires to be an elder,[a] he desires an honorable
position.”
·
Desire is an important quality if one wants to fulfill God’s plan
for his life
·
Desire is a longing, a yearning ambition, to achieve or attain
something – a determination
·
Obstacles and hindrances could cause you to give up if you do not
have an inner desire/drive to overcome and achieve
1 Thessalonians 2:8
New Living
Translation (NLT)
8 We loved you so much that we shared with you not only God’s Good
News but our own lives, too.
·
We teach the Word of God through our example as well as our
message
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Our soul: our lifestyle,
our viewpoint, our emotions…we live openly so others can know Christ is our
motivator
·
People need a good example to follow – let it be me
Psalm 92:10
New Living
Translation (NLT)
10 But you have made me as
strong as a wild ox.
You have anointed me with the finest oil.
You have anointed me with the finest oil.
·
An anointed person has the hands of God resting on him
·
The oil of the Holy Spirit must penetrate deeply in us so that His
power and His aroma might be sensed by those around us
Ephesians 6:16
New Living
Translation (NLT)
16 In
addition to all of these, hold up the shield of faith to stop the fiery arrows
of the devil.[a]
·
My faith, like a shield, needs constant anointing of the Holy
Spirit to stand up under attack
1 Timothy 3:4
New Living
Translation (NLT)
4 He must manage his own
family well, having children who respect and obey him.
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Children copy their parents’ behavior and speech
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If there is love and respect in the home, it shows up in the
children’s behavior
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If parents are servants, usually children also become servants
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