{Reading Plan, Memory Verse, Weekly Challenge}
Week 2 ~ Friday
{Verse of the Day & Application}
(S) Luke 18:40-42
Week 2 ~ Thursday
{Verse of the Day & Application}
(S) Luke 18:29-30
(O) To gain we must forsake, even the toughest things and closest people.
(A) I don't want anything to separate me from the love of Christ.
(P) Father, remind me not to make things and people idols in my life. Wanting to hold on to what's present here on earth, but live in view of eternity with you. In Jesus Name, Amen!
Week 2 ~ Wednesday
{Verse of the Day & Application}
(S) Luke 18:16-17
(O) Jesus calls the children to come to him and rebukes the disciples in turning them away. No one is exempt from coming to Jesus Christ. There are no conditions, qualifications, and no one should ever be turned away! The kingdom of God isn't for the prideful, but its for those who display the heart like that of a pure child, full of trust!
(A) Have I ever felt like there was someone that wasn't worthy to be apart of Gods kingdom because of who they were or what they had done? Have I ever turned someone away? Is my heart as pure and trustworthy as a child it is it prideful and full of motive? Today I put into practice that God accepts all people! I encourage anyone to come to Jesus and will never turn them away from his love, for I didn't deserve it myself. Jesus didn't die to only save me, he died to save everyone! I turn my heart back to God pure and empty of motive and pride. I give myself to him as a trusting child full of hope, faith, and love. Today, I will make a list of people that I have discounted and pray that their hearts be turned to Christ and that they come to him.
(P) Merciful Father, full of kindness and the bestowed of glorious grace and mercy! Thank you for loving me when I didn't deserve to be loved. I pray that your love will cause me to see other through the eyes of Jesus and not my own. Forgive me for anyone that I have discounted as being worthy to be called your son or daughter for I was unworthy and you have me grace and mercy. Open the eyes of my heart to love others and not become prideful of my salvation. Give me a spirit of boldness to witness and lead the list to Jesus. I pray for a child-like spirit to trust you more! In Jesus Name, Amen!
Week 2 ~ Tuesday
{Verse of the Day & Application}
(S) Luke 18:13-14
(O) God requires us to have humble hearts like the tax collector, not boastful and full of pride like the Pharisee. We all are sinners and have fallen short. There is no need for any of us to stand in judgement. God loves a humble heart.
(A) Walk in humility daily and not sit in the seat of judgement and treat others badly. We all have sinned and fallen short of God's glory, but as I humble myself and accept that it's not through any good deeds that I have done, but through the righteous one that I have received grace to even be called an adopted Daughter of Christ. Today, I will walk in humility and love with my brothers and sisters. I don't have to exalt myself and be noticed whom I serve. But I serve God humble through my reverence and actions, not to be seen outwardly and boastful about who I am in Christ and who I serve, but to allow my humbleness to speak that I am a Christian and follower of Jesus Christ.
(P) Lord, Thank you for purging my heart and filling it with humility. I pray that I will continue not to look down on my brothers and sisters and judge them because of their faults. Thank you for forgiving me and them of their sins. Thank you for counting me worthy to even be forgiven, through the blood of Jesus. I pray that I will continue to humble myself and allow you to exalt me and not me exalt myself. For I am nothing without you. In Jesus Name, Amen!
{Apply It Question}
Week 2 ~ Monday
{Verse of the Day & Application}
(S) Luke 18:6-8
(O) The consistency of our prayer should be that as the widow coming to the unjust judge with persistence and never ceasing. The parable displays this. Although the judge was unjust, we serve a justice and righteous God that hears the prayers of his children because of their persistence and faith. He won't be like the judge that refused for a while, his answers will be on time!
(A) Make prayer a consistent part of my life. To pray without ceasing day and night. To teach prayer in my home to my son and pray with him. To never grow faint in praying.
(P) Father, I thank you for the opportunity to come to you in prayer. Thank you for answering my prayers speedily and on time. I thank you for the prayer being a two way communication between me and you so that I can develop a deeper relationship with you. Forgive me for not making prayer a constant part of my life in the past. Allow my sisters in Christ to allow prayer to saturate their lives. In Jesus Name, Amen
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