Expecting God
Sowing our
Prayer… Reaping the Spirit
The
“practice” that prepares us for righteous living includes not only putting our
body through the motions of actions directly commanded by our Lord. It also
involves engaging in whatever other activities may prepare us to carry
out his commands – and not just carry them out, but carry them out with
strength, effectiveness, and joy. And this is where the standard,
well-recognized spiritual disciplines become involved.
I submit my
body to righteousness when I do my good deeds without letting them be known, though
my whole frame cries out to strut and crow. And when I do, I offer up my body
as the place of God’s action. I prepare myself for God’s action in me just as
Abraham prepared the sacrifice in Genesis 15 and would have no fire touch it
but what God himself sent…
~ Dallas
Willard ~
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Monday
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Matthew
25:1-13
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Tuesday
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1
Peter 1:13
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Wednesday
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1 Samuel 3:1-11
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Thursday
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Isaiah
6:1-10
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Friday
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Luke 12:36-48
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Saturday
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Revelation
19:1-8
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This week’s passages focus on
readiness. It is the job of Christ’s
church to be ready for him at all times.
But this does not just include being ready for his second coming. It also is about being ready to do his work
here on earth when he calls us to. These
passages have some parables and examples of being ready, and ends with a
passage from Revelation, showing what happens to the church who made themselves
ready!
Why should we live in a state of
readiness? What happens if we are not
ready? How can you prepare yourself this
week for God’s action? How can you live
in expectation of God?
Prepare yourself…
Pray for the Spirit to give Oak
Chapel the power to fulfill the mission of evangelism in our community.
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