Devotion 09/21/2016-09/30/2016
*I meant to post much much sooner but always put submitting my daily devotion here in the back of my head, ill try to submit it here more often.*
Daily Verses : Ephesians 3
Key Verse : Ephesians 3 : 18 - 19a : ... [I pray that you] may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height — to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge...
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Paul prayed that the church in Ephesus would be able to comprehend God’s great love for them.
His goal was so that they would be filled with all the fullness of God, Ephesians 3:19.
When we comprehend God’s great love for us, and that the Lord loves us so much without requiring any conditions from us, then we do not have to be afraid to live.
We are sure that we have a friend who always loves us, is always by our side, and who always helps us.
Whenever we sin, we need to still believe that He loves us and forgives us, this will make us repent again and dare to continue to live this life We will feel content with our lives.
We shouldn't fear or doubt because we are sure that the Lord will do exceedingly above whatever we ask or think, Ephesians 3:20.
We have to think that for sure that the Lord is always by our side, Romans 8:31.
We will have self-confidence because we are sure that the Lord loves us and that He will always feel that he will always help us.
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Today, I do not need to doubt any longer about the Lord’s love, because His love is so great for me and is unconditional. I will live out this day with firm confidence.
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Daily Verses : Ephesians 4
Key Verse : Ephesians 4 : 1 : I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called
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We the children of god whom live under the grace of God, need to start to live out in the ways of God’s calling in our lives.
We should start sharing the gospel of grace to souls who do not know the Lord.
The Lord calls us to be a light for nations.
We also need to start to function in a local church, Ephesians 4:16 and be involved in the ministry of the Lord’s work there.
It’s no longer the time for us to live as those who do not know the Lord.
He reminds us to put off our old self, Ephesians 4:22 and put on a new self that is continually renewed by His Spirit, and live in His will and calling.
Let's put away wrath, lying, stealing, laziness, foolish words, bitterness, slander, quarrel and etc, Ephesians 4:25-31.
And let's start to live in gentleness, love, forgiveness, humility, tenderness, patience and unity, Ephesians 4:2,3.
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Today I will continue to praise and worship the Lord until I feel His love and presence. I also want to pray that if I can speak openly with those who don't know the lord yet that I can do it in a different way, like thru my actions.
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Daily Verses : Ephesians 5 : 1-21
Key Verse : Ephesians 5 : 8 : For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light
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Once again, Paul reminded the church in Ephesus to no longer live in their old life which is in darkness.
He repeated over and over again the things that had already been discussed from the previous letter in Ephesians 4.
He reminded them to no longer live in greed, stay away from foolish talk, idolatry, sexual immorality and etc, and start living as children of light.
In verse 7, Paul warned that children of light are not to associate with those who are still are living in darkness.
We need to be careful, because bad company corrupts good character in the Lord, 1 Corinthians 15:33.
In verse 10 and 17, he reminded them that as children of light, we must alwaysfind out what pleases the Lord and understand His will.
And lastly, he also reminded us to be wise, making the most of every opportunity, Ephesians 5 : 15,16.
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Today I pray and ask for the Holy Spirit to light up my heart so that I can understand the Lord’s will and live a pleasing life to the Lord as children of light.
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Daily Verses : Ephesians 5 : 22-33, Ephesians 6 : 1-9
Key Verse : Ephesians 5 : 30 : For we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones.
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Through today’s Word, the Lord is reminding us to love one another as members of the body of Christ.
Even if they have done us any wrong in the past.
Wives must love their husbands and learn to submit to their husbands as they submit and obey the Lord.
The Husbands must also love their wives just as Christ loves the church.
The Lord reminds husbands and wives that Jesus must be at the center of their lives.
This is the reason why the Lord teaches that loving your partner is the same as loving the Lord.
The Word of God also reminds children
to love their parents by obeying them.
Parents must also love their children and not provoke them to anger.
Servants must love their masters by respectfully and sincerely obeying them just as they would Christ.
But at the same time, masters must also love their servants and avoid any threats, intimidation, and comparisons because the Lord never compares.
In Ephesians 6 : 8 says that if you do good and love one another you will receive the same from the Lord and He will bless your life.
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Today I will pray for today’s Word and the lesson I learn from this which will help me start to act upon it today and so forth.
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Daily Verses : Ephesians 6 : 10-24
Key Verse : Ephesians 6 : 11 : Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
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The Lord gives us His armor, so that we can stand against all of the wiles of the devil.
The Lord has also given us His victory over the devil.
It was when He died on the cross, He defeated all of the devil’s power and made the devil lie defeated before His feet.
The characteristics of a victor during war is someone who stands tall and firm when their enemy has fallen.
From today’s Word, we can learn from in verses 13 and 14, the word “stand” is mentioned twice, showing that we have already won, which means the spiritual warfare we are participating in these days is not to gain victory, but instead to declare to the devil that we have already won.
We must rebuke all of the wiles of the devil that say we are losers.
In this battle we declare and remind the devil that he has lost, once and for all through the blood of the Lamb, Revelation 12 : 11.
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Daily Action :
I will pray and ask the Holy Spirit to fill my day with His power, so that I can experience success throughout the day.
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Daily Verses : Philippians 1 : 1 – 18
Key Verse : Philippians 1: 5 : [giving thanks] for your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now
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Today We will learn about the book of Philippians for this week’s Daily Word.
The book of Philippians was written by Apostle Paul and it was intended for the people in Philippi.
It says In the first chapter of the book of Philippi, that Apostle Paul reminded the Philippians to not be weary/tired in preaching the Gospel, but that they have to do so until Jesus’ second coming.
When preaching the Gospel, we have to follow this message and be faithful and
to never stop.
The Apostle Paul also reminded them to be bold in preaching the Gospel (Philippians 1:14).
God is also sending the same message to His church of the end times.
God wants us to preach the Gospel faithfully until His second coming so that many souls can come to Him.
God has made a promise to us in Philippians 1:6.
God said that He has begun the good work, which means that He has given us the ability to preach the Gospel with bravery.
He has also promised us that He will complete it until the end.
What this means is that He will always be with us until we finish our part in preaching the Gospel.
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In judge 15 we learn about Samson's revenge towards the philistine. So what happen was something to do with him not having access to his wife or ex wife and he captured 300 foxes and tied their tails in pairs and he set fire to their tails and let them run loose in the philistines grain field, it says after they asked who did this and someone said that it was timnite son in law Samson, as a result they burned his wife and father. Which made Samson angry and kill everyone there. Next the Philistine went up to Judah and camped there and when they asked the philistine why they're here for they responded that they are here for Samson. When the Israelites from Judah came for Samson they question why he did that, and he told them that he merely did what they did to him and tell him what they're here to do. After hearing that agrees to go with them but with the condition that he isn't going to be killed by them. And they agree, they tie him up and take Samson to the philistine. After he was handed over the lord's strength came to him and he broke free and grabbed a jawbone of a donkey and killed everyone there. The last verse tells us that he led the people of Israel for 20 years even though the philistine still ruled over them.
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I will share about God’s goodness to someone today and I will ask the Holy Spirit to give me the strength to do so.
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Daily Verses : Philippians 1 : 19 - 30
Key Verse : Philippians 1 : 21-22 : For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall I choose? I do not know!
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Through Paul’s letter we, God’s church, are reminded that our lives are purposed to glorify Christ, verse 20.
The meaning that paul said was that our lives have to be in harmony with God’s word, verse 27.
Which means that our lives have to be based according to God’s word.
However a lot of God’s children don’t live as God’s word says.
They still continue to live with a lot of compromises with sin and the world.
So, their lives don’t become blessings to other people and maybe even become stumbling blocks.
The second thing that Paul meant by a life that glorifies Christ is a life that bears fruit.
In John 15:8 says that when we bear much fruit, it glorifies the Lord.
We will also enjoy the fruits of our lives, and people around us will also enjoy the fruits of our lives.
Our presence will bless other people and will bring them to the Lord.
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I will pray that the Holy Spirit makes me able to glorify the Lord through my life, to make me a blessing to those around me. So that many souls will start coming to the Lord through my life.
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Daily Verses : Philippians 2 : 1 – 18
Key Verse : Philippians 2 : 8 : And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death — even death on a cross!
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The Apostle Paul reminds us that as children of the light, the way that we can let our lights shine in the midst of this dark world is by uniting with the other children of God.
when we become united when we start to think about the importance of others rather than our own selfish desires (verse 4), when we humble ourselves before others (just as Jesus humbled himself by becoming obedient to death, verses 6-8), and when we avoid grumbling and arguing with one another (verse 14), then unity can occur in the midst of God’s children.
Sacrifice is necessary in order for us to carry this out; however, believe that the Lord will bless us extraordinarily if we are willing to do this thing.
The Word of God says that whatever we sow we will also reap.
If we sow kindness to those around us, then our lives will be satisfied by the Lord with His love and blessings.
We should do our part because we love God - then the spirit of unity will come down in the midst of His church and we will be a light for this world.
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Today I will begin to practice thinking of the interests of others, humbling myself and avoiding arguments with others so that unity can occur in my community (family, friends, etc.)
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Daily Verses : Philippians 1 : 19 - 30
Key Verse : Philippians 1 : 21-22 : For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall I choose? I do not know!
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Through Paul’s letter we, God’s church, are reminded that are lives are purposed to glorify Christ, verse 20.
When Paul was referring to a life that glorifies Christ, our lives have to be in harmony with God’s word, verse 27.
That means that our lives needs to be based according to God’s word.
However a lot of God’s children don’t live as God’s word says.
They continue to live with a lot of compromising with sin and the world.
So, their lives don’t become blessings to other people and maybe even become stumbling blocks.
The second thing that Paul meant by a life that glorifies Christ is a life that bears fruit.
In John 15:8 it says that when we bear much fruit, it glorifies the Lord.
We will also be able to enjoy the fruits of our lives, and people around us will also enjoy the fruits of our lives.
Our presence will bless other people and will bring them to the Lord.
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I will pray that the Holy Spirit makes me able to glorify the Lord through my life so many souls will start coming to the Lord through my life.
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Daily Verses : Philippians 3
Key Verse : Philippians 3 : 13-14 : ... forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
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As the church in the end times, Paul reminds us to run toward our goal, which is the heavenly call in our lives.
Therefore, there are 2 things we need to do.
The first is that we need to leave/forget all the bad things behind us.
All the failures, bitterness, disappointment, trauma, sicknesses and other things from the past that haunt us, we have to let them go.
The way how is by believing that the Lord Jesus, who has borne all those things for us so that we don’t need to bear them anymore.
Instead, what we will receive when we believe and surrender our past to Him, is a future that is full of blessings.
Furthermore, Paul also reminds us to know the Lord Jesus more.
We need to understand His sacrifice on the cross as well as His resurrection and death, verse 10.
We need to know that there is an amazing power behind His death and resurrection. When we believe in that power and start to live it, we will experience a victorious life.
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Today I will pray and respond to the Lord’s call in my life. I will also start to pray in the prayer tower when I have the time for America because I believe one of my calling is to bless this nation as well.
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