Our church has been disciplining in a Faith In Action Campaign that the Lord layed upon the heart of our Pastor. We were given a devotional book and were asked to do family devotions from this book and pray about what the Lord would have us do above and beyond our regular tithes and offerings. Our church is growing and we are seeking Gods guidance in paying off the current loans on property purchased for a new sanctuary. Once the land is paid for, we could proceed in building our new church. How exciting would this be for God to move us in this direction sooner than any of us could imagine?
We, as a family have tried very hard to stay faithful in these devotions. Honestly, there have been a couple of days where all of us have not been together so we would do them individually and then talk about them as a family. The memory verse for week one was I Thess. 5:17 , Pray without Ceasing. The theme for the first week was, What God Will Do If We Pray.
Prayer is the most important thing in a Christian's walk with God. God cannot give us the desires of our hearts, if we do not Pray. I will admit, I have not always been faithful in my prayer time and this devotional is encouraging me in my prayer time with God. I have set aside time each day just to pray and give my request to God. It is also important for us to Pray together as a family. Our Pastor, staff, and church desires our prayers. Lets not forget to pray!
- Confession of our sins. (We cannot obtain the power to pray when we have unconfessed sin in our life)
- Strength in our walk with God. Ask for strength to resist the devil and the temptations he can place before us. James 4:7
- Thank God for all his gifts. We should thank him for every provision he has given to us and for abundantly blessing us beyond our needs.
- Ask him for our daily needs. We must make our request known to God.
- Pray for our church and the Faith in Action Capital Fund Program.
- Ask the Lord to give you the power to pray and to do his work.
- Ask the Lord to give your church and our leaders the power to pray and to do God's work.
- Ask the Lord for the power to make the commitment to work. (I believe this is where the Lord will reveal to each of us the financial commitment he seeks from us for the Faith in Action Gift.)
- Bring all our fears to the Lord and ask him to remove any doubts or fears we may have so that he may work in our lives through prayer.
The memory verse for our second week of devotions was Proverbs 3: 5-6. Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all ways, acknowledge him and he shall direct thy paths. The theme for the 2nd week is What God Will Do If We Believe.
We must trust God with everything and believe that when we trust, he will direct our lives according to his will. We must give it all to him and trust him. (This is the hardest thing in my Christian life to do.) Do I really give it all to God and do I completely trust him to work in my life? I like to control things and situations so the Lord is constantly working with me on this one. Submission is a huge word and carries a tremendous amount of meaning in a Christian's life. We don't always want to give God everything and trust that he will do what is best for us. This is why we must pray for his strength and guidance. We must trust God with everything and believe that God will do GREAT THINGS for our church.
Our family is growing together as we do these devotions and I encourage each of you to take part in the Faith in Action Program. I believe the Lord has great things ahead for our church but we must pray for him to reveal these to us.
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