Spend some time this morning sitting quietly before the Lord preparing your heart for corporate worship. Listen to some music, pray, rest in the Father.
- On a separate piece of paper, journal about anything that comes to mind.
Spend some time this morning sitting quietly before the Lord preparing your heart for corporate worship. Listen to some music, pray, rest in the Father.
Our final area to consider is our physical selves. The Lord has given us bodies to care for and steward. Without strength in our bodies, it is hard to serve and give ourselves for his purposes.
1 Corinthians 9:24-27
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. Therefore I do not run like someone running aimlessly; I do not fight like a boxer beating the air. No, I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.
Today we will consider the emotional part of ourselves.
Philippians 4: 6-8
Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.
And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.
John 14:27
“I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid.
Today we will continue to spend time assessing where we are in the hope to prepare the soil for where we are going.
Hebrews 10:24-25
And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
If we, as Keith has said, are to be rebuilt, we must first take stock of where we are.
We are going to take the next couple of days to pray and assess several areas of our life. The hope is that through this reflection, we will see accurately pieces of our lives and hearts that need attention.
As we pay attention to those areas, we will see the Lord move in us as individuals, and in us as a body. We cannot change what we don’t pay attention to.
Colossians 2:6-7; 3:1-3
So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.
Read through Exodus 1:1-22 a couple of times
As per our normal flow, we will begin by listening to our friends at The Bible Project share about the first part of the book of Exodus: