03-09-2019, 05:26 PM
*THE LIVING WATER*
*DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE*
*Saturday, March 9, 2019*
*TOPIC: LIVING THE LIFE OF HOLINESS*
*Read: 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12*
*MEMORISE: _Finally then, brethren, we urge and exhort in the Lord Jesus that you should abound more and more, just as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God_ (1 Thessalonians 4:1).*
*EXPOSITION*
Living a life of holiness is not living a life of rule-followers, like the Pharisees, but rather living a life fully devoted to loving God with all your heart, mind and strength, and in doing so, love others as you love yourself.
Therefore, what God is most concerned about in our lives is what kind of people we are becoming less and less inclined to the same sins, and more attracted to the things of God? Are we giving the Holy Spirit more and more influence in our lives? Is Christ, and the presence of God, becoming more of a delight to us? Are we becoming less selfish and more selfless? Are we concerned about not just ourselves, but others? Are we focused on Christ and the concerns of Christ, and not just wrapped up in our own affairs?
The life of holiness is the life of faith in which the believer, with a deepening knowledge of his own sin and helplessness apart from Christ, increasingly casts himself upon the Lord, and seeks the power of the Holy Spirit and the wisdom, and comfort of the Bible to battle against the world, the flesh and the devil. It is not a lonely struggle, for Christ gives the Spirit to the members of His body to help one another.
When we become Christians, God’s presence indwells us and we are united to Christ by faith for growing in holiness. Growth in holiness (i.e *earning to love God and love others) is the process that prepares us for our eternal destiny – everlasting life in God’s presence!* You will not be found wanting in Jesus’ name. AMEN.
*PRAYER POINTS*
*1.* Lord, make me holy as You are holy.
*2.* Oh Lord, let my focus and concern for doing everything in all places be for You, and You alone.
*3.* Father Lord, purge Your Church of every contamination of sin and worldliness.
*EXTRA READING FOR TODAY:* Numbers 18:31 – 21:21; Mark 10:31 – 10:52
GOOD MORNING AND DO HAVE A BLESSED WEEKEND.
JESUS CHRIST IS COMING BACK VERY SOON, BE READY
*DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE*
*Saturday, March 9, 2019*
*TOPIC: LIVING THE LIFE OF HOLINESS*
*Read: 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12*
*MEMORISE: _Finally then, brethren, we urge and exhort in the Lord Jesus that you should abound more and more, just as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God_ (1 Thessalonians 4:1).*
*EXPOSITION*
Living a life of holiness is not living a life of rule-followers, like the Pharisees, but rather living a life fully devoted to loving God with all your heart, mind and strength, and in doing so, love others as you love yourself.
Therefore, what God is most concerned about in our lives is what kind of people we are becoming less and less inclined to the same sins, and more attracted to the things of God? Are we giving the Holy Spirit more and more influence in our lives? Is Christ, and the presence of God, becoming more of a delight to us? Are we becoming less selfish and more selfless? Are we concerned about not just ourselves, but others? Are we focused on Christ and the concerns of Christ, and not just wrapped up in our own affairs?
The life of holiness is the life of faith in which the believer, with a deepening knowledge of his own sin and helplessness apart from Christ, increasingly casts himself upon the Lord, and seeks the power of the Holy Spirit and the wisdom, and comfort of the Bible to battle against the world, the flesh and the devil. It is not a lonely struggle, for Christ gives the Spirit to the members of His body to help one another.
When we become Christians, God’s presence indwells us and we are united to Christ by faith for growing in holiness. Growth in holiness (i.e *earning to love God and love others) is the process that prepares us for our eternal destiny – everlasting life in God’s presence!* You will not be found wanting in Jesus’ name. AMEN.
*PRAYER POINTS*
*1.* Lord, make me holy as You are holy.
*2.* Oh Lord, let my focus and concern for doing everything in all places be for You, and You alone.
*3.* Father Lord, purge Your Church of every contamination of sin and worldliness.
*EXTRA READING FOR TODAY:* Numbers 18:31 – 21:21; Mark 10:31 – 10:52
GOOD MORNING AND DO HAVE A BLESSED WEEKEND.
JESUS CHRIST IS COMING BACK VERY SOON, BE READY