Quote from Forum Archives on April 12, 2002, 3:38 pm

Posted by: masinick <masinick@...>

Dear friends,

This week, we've discussed cultivating our attitude toward Christ,
dealing with anxiety, and learning discernment and discipline.

Today, I'd like to share a message from the Quiet Walk Devotional
series, authored by the Walk Thru the Bible organization and made
available online by Crosswalk.com. This message deals with matters of
faith and belief. It suggests a passage of scripture to read and
offers guidelines for praise, prayer, and worship.

It is my fervent prayer that these messages are usable,
understandable, and help us as we individually seek God. May your own
personal relationship with God be strengthened, not necessarily from
some new revelation in these words, but by thinking about God each
day, asking for His direction, and listening for His response.

Your Brother in Christ,
Brian

Q U I E T W A L K D E V O T I O N A L
by Walk Thru the Bible

BIBLE READING

John 2

OVERVIEW
Jesus turns water into wine at a wedding in Cana to
demonstrate His deity to His disciples.

INSIGHT
In John 2:24 we read, "But Jesus did not commit Himself to
them." The word commit is the same word that is translated
"faith" or "believe" in other places in the Bible. It gives
us additional insight concerning the concept of faith in the
Bible.

Faith is more than just intellectual understanding. Once
someone understands the Gospel, he must make a personal
commitment to it. He must entrust himself to it. In reality,
to believe in Jesus Christ is to commit one's self to Him.

PRAYER

* Offer your praise to Jesus, who, as God, offers us
salvation:

Be exalted, O Lord, in Your own strength!
We will sing and praise Your power
( Psalm 21:13 ).
Sing to Him a new song;
Play skillfully with a shout of joy.
For the word of the Lord is right,
And all His work is done in truth.
He loves righteousness and justice;
The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord
( Psalm 33:3-5 ).

* Pause for personal praise and thanksgiving. Pray this
confession to the Lord as you seek to keep your life free
from sin:

Good and upright is the Lord;
Therefore He teaches sinners in the way.
The humble He guides in justice,
And the humble He teaches His way. . . .
For Your name's sake, O Lord,
Pardon my iniquity, for it is great
( Psalm 25:8-9, 11 ).

* Confess any sins that the Holy Spirit brings to your
mind. Now pause to pray this affirmation to the Lord:

Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the
Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and
you are not your own? For you were bought at a price;
therefore glorify God in your body and
in your spirit, which are God's ( 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ).

* As you make your requests known to the Lord, pray for:

? greater wisdom in decision making,
? the needs of your friends,
? your activities for the day.

* Offer this closing prayer to the Lord:

Now may the God of patience and comfort grant you to be
like-minded toward one another, according to Christ Jesus,
that you may with one mind and one mouth glorify the God
and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ ( Romans 15:5-6 ).

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