Word for Today, Thu, 17 Oct 2002: Actions, Conduct, Words... the Source
Posted by: masinick <masinick@...>
I am grateful that my mother is currently in town, staying with
my brother nearby, but also visiting with my family. We've
spent the better part of the past two days together. Like many
other good things, this leaves me with the dilemma of managing
and balancing the other daily things of life. In the midst of it
all, God is good!
I pray that the message of today's Quiet Walk Devotional will
speak to your heart as it has spoken to me. Please remember me
and my family in prayer as I so often remember you. Though I do
not know all of you personally - I only know a few of you - I
still pour out my heart out of love and gratitude, a love put
there by my Lord and Savior Himself.
Dear Lord Jesus, I thank You so much for humbling Yourself.
loving us enough with a deep, deep love to become human in every
way, in effect, lowering Yourself, just to be with us, only to
endure suffering, shame, humiliation, punishment, and a cruel
death. But being in very nature God, nothing could ever separate
You from Your very nature of being fully God, yet fully man. So
not even death could separate You from God. Therefore, being the
One who went to the Cross to die, paying the full penalty for our
sins - even my sins, I am now dead to sin and alive in Your
Spirit.
Help me with this, as at this very moment I struggle with a tired
body, mountains of work, responsibilities, and decisions to make.
Please lead me in all things, both small and large. Please help
me to realize that not even tiny things are matters You would
ignore, yet help me to fully surrender to the things that are
important to You. Allow me to be faithful and complete the tasks
that are important, yet find peace in the midst of it all,
knowing that You are more than able to guide my life, presenting
the right opportunities to me. O just help me to see Your hand
in the important matters and not overlook them, either out of
ignorance or busy activities. I thank You that You are a God who
cares. Amen.
Your Brother in Christ,
Brian
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Q U I E T W A L K D E V O T I O N A L
by Walk Thru the Bible
Wednesday, October 16, 2002
COLOSSIANS 4
Conduct yourself with wisdom, and let your speech be filled with
grace.
INSIGHT
'Out of the abundance of [a man's] heart his mouth speaks' (Luke
6:45). A man cannot claim his heart is kind if his words are
unkind. He cannot claim his heart embraces heaven's values if
his mouth speaks the values of the world.
The heart is a reservoir and the mouth a faucet. When the faucet
is turned on, whatever is in the reservoir comes out. Paul
writes: 'Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with
salt' (Colossians 4:6). Elsewhere he writes: 'Let no corrupt
word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary
edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers' (Ephesians
4:29).
Listen to your speech! Analyze your heart!
PRAYER
* Out of the abundance of your heart, offer to the Lord the
praise of your lips:
'Great and marvelous are Your works,
Lord God Almighty!
Just and true are Your ways,
O King of the saints!
Who shall not fear You, O Lord, and glorify
Your name?
For You alone are holy.
For all nations shall come and worship
before You,
For Your judgments have been manifested' (Revelation 15:3-4).
* Pause for praise and thanksgiving. Pray this confession to the
Lord as you seek to keep your life free from sin:
Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed,
O God,
The God of my salvation,
And my tongue shall sing aloud of
Your righteousness.
O Lord, open my lips,
And my mouth shall show forth Your praise (Psalm 51:14-15).
* Confess any sins that the Holy Spirit brings to your mind. Now
pray this affirmation to the Lord:
'If you love Me, keep My commandments' (John 14:15).
* As you make your requests known to the Lord, include:
* your growth as you pursue your full potential as a child of God,
* fulfillment of the Great Commission,
* whatever else is on your heart.
* Close with this prayer to the Lord:
We see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for
the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that He, by
the grace of God, might taste death for everyone (Hebrews 2:9).
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