So..Here's how this goes. We will read the little story and the bible passage from the book each day. There will be a reflection on each reading and a prayer to go along with it. I will post my thoughts on the passage for the day, I will also post questions for discussion each day. I would love if you guys could respond with your comments and thoughts on each day's readings. My goal for this devotion is that we will love God more and more each day. I hope you enjoy it and learn from it as much as I will!
Matthew 20:20-28 says that whoever wants to become great with rewards must become a servant. What is a servant? The bible's definition of being a servant is a person who works for another persons good. We are God's servants. To be a servant we must not think of ourselves all of the time. Why should we be selfless?
God is our Loving Creator. See Acts 17:24
God is the Supreme Authority.
God is the Final Judge. He judges our eternal life. Will we be sent to heaven or hell?
We are disobedient to God. We sin. Romans 3:23 says "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God"
We are sent to death without God in our life. See Romans 2:5
(this may all be confusing but we will study it more in depth in the coming weeks)
Because of who God is and because of who we are we have two choices. One choice is to refuse God's love, or we can accept God's love and confess our sins and live our life for the Lord. I choose to confess my sin!!! Because I choose to believe that God sent his son Jesus Christ to free me from my sin, I will live my life in obedience to God. My life of obedience does not mean just following rules it means a RELATIONSHIP with the Lord. My overflow of love for the Lord makes me want to be obedient in my ways.
God's greatest commandment is to love others. Matthew 22:37 says "the first and greatest commandment is you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. And the second greatest commandment is love your neighbor as yourself."
God wants us to love him most of all. Because we love God we should love others around us. Loving others is not always easy but with God's help and through prayer we are able to love those around us.
Discussion Questions:
What questions do you have about the reading today?
What makes you want to love others around you?
Why do you think God is displeased with our selfishness?
In what ways do you think you are selfish?
What can you do to not be selfish?
-I am selfish when i see something that i want and i don't get it, then i see someone else that has it and i say to myself i should have that not them.
ReplyDelete-I can work on being pleased with what i get and knowing when i can't get something i want, just say to myself, i need to work for that
-god is displeased with our selfishness when he is trying to teach us things through the bible...but not everyone reads the bible
-I love others around me because it makes me feel better and i LOVE making new friends :)
-I don't have any questions!
AND REMEMBER I LOVE YOU
God has given you the gift of making new friends. You can use thist gift by telling them about Jesus and blessing their life!!!!
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