January 7, 2015. Todays Challenge Genesis 21:8 - 23:20 Genesis 11:32 Genesis 24:1 - 67 Remember: 1. Read the suggested passages every day. 2. Find a verse or verse that hold special meaning for you in that day. 3. Praise God and pray for others in light to the Scripture you covered. 4. Reflect on the passages meaning and possibly journal a few ideas that God might be sharing with you. Todays Reflection: What are our goals this year? Do we have things we would like to accomplish this year? As we think about these things, let us reflect on Abrahams life in todays readings. The ultimate test is given to him. He is to take his only son - the promised heir - and sacrifice him to God. In Hebrews 11 we read that Abraham knew that God could resurrect Isaac from the dead - so he was really going to sacrifice him. WOW! So completely sold over to God and able to say that God was his EVERYTHING. To know that without God we are nothing is so vital in life and so fleeting each day that we struggle through life. Yet, Abraham, who sinned like the rest of us, believed that God was the only thing that was EVERYTHING to him. His trust was so strong that he willingly obeyed in giving God the one thing he had wanted most - an heir. Today, can we say that God is our EVERYTHING? Do we trust Him? Really trust Him that He knows us and does right by us and really is in control of our lives and this entire earth? Let us reflect upon this and pray for this to be our resolve this year - real faith in a most Holy and Righteous God. Let us follow and pursue Him who has asked us to give up everything and make Him our everything, knowing that in reality, He will give us what we need and a lot of times, even what we desire (and with this kind of faith, often what we desire begins to line up with what He desires for us). Amen and Amen!! Reflect today with Lifehouses song about God being our EVERYTHING Everything by Lifehouse Find me here, And speak to me. I want to feel you, I need to hear you. You are the light, Thats leading me, To the place, Where I find peace again. You are the strength, That keeps me walking. You are the hope, That keeps me trusting. You are the light, To my soul. You are my purpose, Youre everything. How can I stand here with you, And not be moved by you? Would you tell me, How could it be, Any better than this? You calm the storms, And you give me rest. You hold me in your hands, You wont let me fall. You steal my heart, And you take my breath away. Would you take me in, Take me deeper now. And how can I stand here with you, And not be moved by you? Would you tell me, How could it be, Any better than this? And how can I stand here with you, And not be moved by you? Would you tell me, How could it be, Any better than this? Cause youre all I want, Youre all I need, Youre everything, everything. Youre all I want, Youre all I need, Youre everything, everything. Youre all I want, Youre all I need, Youre everything, everything. Youre all I want, Youre all I need, Youre everything, everything. And how can I stand here with you, And not be moved by you? Would you tell me, How could it be, Any better than this? And how can I stand here with you, And not be moved by you? Would you tell me, How could it be, Any better, any better than this? And how can I stand here with you, And not be moved by you Would you tell me, How could it be, Any better than this? Would you tell me, How could it be, Any better than this... https://youtube/watch?v=fjDojEOiMcE
Posted on: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 17:37:21 +0000