Monday, September 7 – “You are observing special days and months and seasons and years!” (Galatians 4:10) You also observe “special days and months and seasons and years”. Why? Maybe it’s been that way all of your life? Maybe there’s a deeper reason than cultural familiarity? Why do you celebrate birthdays, Christmas, Easter, anniversaries, seasons, etc? No judgment. No condemnation. Just being real. The unexamined life isn’t worth living.
Tuesday, September 8 – “A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” (John 20:26) Is peace with you today? Not with you, like walking beside you, but with you. In you, filling you, oozing out of every pore of your very being? Peace that can overcome locked doors, silence, pain, sorrow and desires of all kinds.
Wednesday, September 9 – “Being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised.” (Romans 4:21) Several questions today: (1) Do you believe in God? (2) Do you believe that God can do what God’s promised to do? (3) Do you know what God’s promised to do? This is your mission, these are your questions, if you choose to accept it and them. Oh, and this isn’t a “once-and-done” proposition. You want to ask these questions of yourself every single day of your life.
Thursday, September 10 – “But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry.” (2 Timothy 4:5) How do you “keep your head in all situations”? You stay in your lane. You focus on being the best you, that you can be. You can’t control anything in this world, besides yourself. Don’t worry about someone else’s head.
Friday, September 11 – “Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day.” (Colossians 2:16) The apostle Paul wrote those words and now you want to live into them. Eleanor Roosevelt gives you a suggestion about how: “Do what you feel in your heart is right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.” The lesson: You being you will bother someone. But be you anyway.
Saturday, September 12 – “I am convinced, being fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for that person it is unclean.” (Romans 14:14) Sin is anything that separates you from God. So, one person’s sin might not be another person’s sin. The focus of sin isn’t an action. The focus of sin is your being. Who you are, as opposed to what you do. For standing under who you are will open the door for understanding what causes separation between you and God.
Tuesday, September 8 – “A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” (John 20:26) Is peace with you today? Not with you, like walking beside you, but with you. In you, filling you, oozing out of every pore of your very being? Peace that can overcome locked doors, silence, pain, sorrow and desires of all kinds.
Wednesday, September 9 – “Being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised.” (Romans 4:21) Several questions today: (1) Do you believe in God? (2) Do you believe that God can do what God’s promised to do? (3) Do you know what God’s promised to do? This is your mission, these are your questions, if you choose to accept it and them. Oh, and this isn’t a “once-and-done” proposition. You want to ask these questions of yourself every single day of your life.
Thursday, September 10 – “But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry.” (2 Timothy 4:5) How do you “keep your head in all situations”? You stay in your lane. You focus on being the best you, that you can be. You can’t control anything in this world, besides yourself. Don’t worry about someone else’s head.
Friday, September 11 – “Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day.” (Colossians 2:16) The apostle Paul wrote those words and now you want to live into them. Eleanor Roosevelt gives you a suggestion about how: “Do what you feel in your heart is right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.” The lesson: You being you will bother someone. But be you anyway.
Saturday, September 12 – “I am convinced, being fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for that person it is unclean.” (Romans 14:14) Sin is anything that separates you from God. So, one person’s sin might not be another person’s sin. The focus of sin isn’t an action. The focus of sin is your being. Who you are, as opposed to what you do. For standing under who you are will open the door for understanding what causes separation between you and God.
You try to eat right. You drink plenty of water. you exercise. don't forget your spirit - feed it!
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