10-15-2020, 04:28 PM
*RESTORATION TODAY*
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2020
*TOPIC: SPIRITUAL MATURITY*
“And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ.” Philippians 1:9–10
*MESSAGE*
Paul found joy in his memories of his friends at Philippi and in his growing love for them. He also found joy in remembering them before the throne of grace in prayer. This is a prayer for maturity, and Paul began it with love.
He prayed that they might experience abounding love and discerning love. Christian love is not blind! The heart and mind work together so that we have discerning love and loving discernment. The ability to distinguish between what God wants and what He doesn’t is a mark of maturity.
When a baby learns to speak, he or she may first call every winged creature a bird. But as the child grows, he or she will discover that there are doves, parrots, owls, ducks, chickens, peacocks, and many other birds. One of the marks of spiritual maturity is the ability to discern likewise between what is good and what is God’s best plan for us.
*ACTION POINT*
?️ Ask yourself, in making your daily decisions, do you tend to seek what is good, or do you try to discern what is truly the best?
*SCRIPTURES*
Job 12:11; Job 34:3; Romans 12:2
*PRAYER POINTS*
1. Lord, thank You for making me see another day in the land of the living.
2. Father, grant me a discerning spirit in the name of Jesus.
3. I receive grace to grow deeper in my knowledge of God in the name of Jesus.
*THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR*
2 Kings 17, Jer. 42-43, 1 Timothy 1
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2020
*TOPIC: SPIRITUAL MATURITY*
“And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ.” Philippians 1:9–10
*MESSAGE*
Paul found joy in his memories of his friends at Philippi and in his growing love for them. He also found joy in remembering them before the throne of grace in prayer. This is a prayer for maturity, and Paul began it with love.
He prayed that they might experience abounding love and discerning love. Christian love is not blind! The heart and mind work together so that we have discerning love and loving discernment. The ability to distinguish between what God wants and what He doesn’t is a mark of maturity.
When a baby learns to speak, he or she may first call every winged creature a bird. But as the child grows, he or she will discover that there are doves, parrots, owls, ducks, chickens, peacocks, and many other birds. One of the marks of spiritual maturity is the ability to discern likewise between what is good and what is God’s best plan for us.
*ACTION POINT*
?️ Ask yourself, in making your daily decisions, do you tend to seek what is good, or do you try to discern what is truly the best?
*SCRIPTURES*
Job 12:11; Job 34:3; Romans 12:2
*PRAYER POINTS*
1. Lord, thank You for making me see another day in the land of the living.
2. Father, grant me a discerning spirit in the name of Jesus.
3. I receive grace to grow deeper in my knowledge of God in the name of Jesus.
*THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR*
2 Kings 17, Jer. 42-43, 1 Timothy 1