I Love My Church Devotional Day 5 Who or what has the most influence in your life? It’s an important question to ask because who or what you listen to will ultimately determine what you do. Some argue that church is not that big of a deal, but only people who are connected with Jesus and His church will experience the abundant life He promised us. Read Hebrews 10:19-25 and answer the following: • How many times are the words “us” and “we” used? With that in mind, do you think God intended Christianity to be a solo or a team sport? • Does God want His people meeting together on a consistent basis? Life is too short for us to make bad decision after bad decision. We need to seek the advice of people who love Jesus and will tell us what we need to hear rather than what we want to hear. We can always find a group of people to affirm our sin and dysfunction because doing so will allow them to justify their lifestyle. But that would be the wrong approach. When you attend a church weekly and walk in with a prepared heart, you will often find that God will speak to you in a very direct way. God is always speaking. The question is, are we always listening? So think about it, who or what has the most influence in your life? Answering this question is dangerous because in doing so, you may need to make some adjustments!!! Hebrews 10:19-25 And so, dear brothers and sisters, we can boldly enter heaven’s Most Holy Place because of the blood of Jesus. By his death, Jesus opened a new and life-giving way through the curtain into the Most Holy Place. And since we have a great High Priest who rules over God’s house, let us go right into the presence of God with sincere hearts fully trusting him. For our guilty consciences have been sprinkled with Christ’s blood to make us clean, and our bodies have been washed with pure water. Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep his promise. Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works. And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near. 1 Corinthians 12:14-30 Yes, the body has many different parts, not just one part. If the foot says, “I am not a part of the body because I am not a hand,” that does not make it any less a part of the body. And if the ear says, “I am not part of the body because I am not an eye,” would that make it any less a part of the body? If the whole body were an eye, how would you hear? Or if your whole body were an ear, how would you smell anything? But our bodies have many parts, and God has put each part just where he wants it. How strange a body would be if it had only one part! Yes, there are many parts, but only one body. The eye can never say to the hand, “I don’t need you.” The head can’t say to the feet, “I don’t need you.” In fact, some parts of the body that seem weakest and least important are actually the most necessary. And the parts we regard as less honorable are those we clothe with the greatest care. So we carefully protect those parts that should not be seen, while the more honorable parts do not require this special care. So God has put the body together such that extra honor and care are given to those parts that have less dignity. This makes for harmony among the members, so that all the members care for each other. If one part suffers, all the parts suffer with it, and if one part is honored, all the parts are glad. All of you together are Christ’s body, and each of you is a part of it. Here are some of the parts God has appointed for the church: first are apostles, second are prophets, third are teachers, then those who do miracles, those who have the gift of healing, those who can help others, those who have the gift of leadership, those who speak in unknown languages. Are we all apostles? Are we all prophets? Are we all teachers? Do we all have the power to do miracles? Do we all have the gift of healing? Do we all have the ability to speak in unknown languages? Do we all have the ability to interpret unknown languages? Of course not! This devotional used by permission.
Posted on: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 12:52:48 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015