Silence
1. Put on your “brakes” and stop for a moment of silence
2. Wait for God. Breathe deep for God's peace and feel His presence. Exhale your worries.
Praise and Thanksgiving
1. Think through your day, all the times that made you smile
2. Thank God for all those moments, and for all those people
"Dear Lord Jesus, thank you for dying on the cross for our sins and being victorious over death and sin. I confess my sin to you(pause, to tell Jesus what the Holy Spirit has shown you). Forgive my sins by your blood and help me follow you. Holy Spirit, fill me that I may be able to receive your gift to love God and His people. In Jesus Name I pray, Amen."
The Word, Time with Abba (Psalm 68:28-35; 1 Samuel 12:1-13:22; John 7:1-29, Proverbs 15:4)
Bible link:English(NIV):https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Judges+2&version=NIV
Today's main passage:
"You have done a foolish thing," Samuel said. "You have not kept the command the Lord your God gave you; if you had, he would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time.
But now your kingdom will not endure; the Lord has sought out a man after his own heart and appointed him ruler of his people, because you have not kept the Lord's command." 1 Samuel 12:13-14
Let's have a time to be still and give the Holy Spirit space to speak through the passage we have just read. Offer this time up to Jesus as you listen to him.
Praise and Thanksgiving
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Confession and Repentance (Subjective Shifting Devotion Method http://bishopsilas.blogspot.ca/2009/08/count-down-5-subject-shifting-devotion.html)
1. Pray for the Holy Spirit to shine on you that you are able to discover your sins and be willing to repent:
“Dear Holy Spirit, shine your light into the places of darkness in my life. Show me my sins, everything that blocks me from encountering God. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.”
“Dear Holy Spirit, shine your light into the places of darkness in my life. Show me my sins, everything that blocks me from encountering God. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.”
2. Through the Holy Spirit, examine yourself for a short silence and then pray:
"Dear Lord Jesus, thank you for dying on the cross for our sins and being victorious over death and sin. I confess my sin to you(pause, to tell Jesus what the Holy Spirit has shown you). Forgive my sins by your blood and help me follow you. Holy Spirit, fill me that I may be able to receive your gift to love God and His people. In Jesus Name I pray, Amen."
The Word, Time with Abba (Psalm 68:28-35; 1 Samuel 12:1-13:22; John 7:1-29, Proverbs 15:4)
Bible link:English(NIV):https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Judges+2&version=NIV
Today's main passage:
"You have done a foolish thing," Samuel said. "You have not kept the command the Lord your God gave you; if you had, he would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time.
But now your kingdom will not endure; the Lord has sought out a man after his own heart and appointed him ruler of his people, because you have not kept the Lord's command." 1 Samuel 12:13-14
Let's have a time to be still and give the Holy Spirit space to speak through the passage we have just read. Offer this time up to Jesus as you listen to him.
My Listening
Yesterday's passage from 1 Samuel tells us about how the Holy Spirit gave Saul a new heart and he was being filled with the Holy Spirit and could speak in tongues. He was anointed as king, but today's passage tells us that God told Saul that he could finish his job as a king, because God has found someone who is after his own heart!
Why could that happen? What is the problem? Is that God changed his mind or is that Saul changed from good to bad in such a short time?
We can find the answer in Samuel 12:13-14 "because you have not kept the Lord's command."
Because Saul had not kept the Lord's command, he was not those after God's own heart!
Are you someone who is after God's own heart?
Yesterday's passage from 1 Samuel tells us about how the Holy Spirit gave Saul a new heart and he was being filled with the Holy Spirit and could speak in tongues. He was anointed as king, but today's passage tells us that God told Saul that he could finish his job as a king, because God has found someone who is after his own heart!
Why could that happen? What is the problem? Is that God changed his mind or is that Saul changed from good to bad in such a short time?
We can find the answer in Samuel 12:13-14 "because you have not kept the Lord's command."
Because Saul had not kept the Lord's command, he was not those after God's own heart!
Are you someone who is after God's own heart?
Dear Holy Spirit,
Help me to become one of those who have kept your command so that we are after your own heart. In Jesus name we pray, Amen.
Reflect on these questions:
1. How has today's message given you inspiration?
2. What is your next step that you can after God's own heart?
2. What is your next step that you can after God's own heart?
Family Corner:
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