What drives your life?
Many people are driven by guilt.
Many people are driven by resentment and anger.
Many people are driven by fear.
Many people are driven by materialism.
Many people are driven by the need for approval.
We need a PURPOSE-FOCUSED life!
Benefits of purpose-driven living:
Knowing your purpose gives meaning to your life.
Knowing your purpose simplifies your life.
Knowing your purpose focuses your life.
Knowing your purpose motivates your life.
Knowing your purpose prepares you for eternity.
One day you will stand before God, and He will do an audit of your life, a final exam, before you enter eternity.
First, "What did you do with my Son, Jesus Christ?" God won't ask about your religious background or doctrinal views. The only thing that will matter is, did you accept what Jesus did for you and did you learn to love and trust him?
Second, "What did you do with what I gave you?" What did you do with your life - all the gifts, talents, opportunities, energy, relationships, and resources God gave you? Did you spend them on yourself, or did you use them for the purpose God made you for?
1st August - at HIS feet Devotional.
In Word
When Jesus tells us to take His yoke - the piece that binds and guides a beast of burden - upon us, He is not telling us to leave a state of freedom for His captivity. We're already captive. We already have a yoke on us - our own. We are already slaves to our sense of independence and self-management - and it is a horribly burdensome yoke. No, when He offers us His yoke, He is offering us a way out of this self-effort we've insisted on for years. He is offering us life-giving direction and purpose. He is generously giving us His own life.
In Deed
Dependence on Jesus is a prerequisite for obedience. We cannot reverse the order without being crushed beneath the obligations of life and our attempts at sellf righteousness. We must be taught dependence first.
Deeper - email devotion
Romans 14:5-7: "For none of us lives to himself alone and none of us dies to himself alone. If we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord."
My life is in His hands and whatever happens in life is under His control. That means that even when stuff is happening that looks out of control, it’s all about perspective. What that really means is that it is all about faith. If I have faith in God I will trust Him in my life. It does not mean that stuff doesn’t happen. It’s just that in Christ, we can choose how we look at things. Tough times, health issues, family struggles or anything else can defeat us if we let them but if we look at life from the right angle, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. That changes things!
Rick Warren's daily devotion (Day 20)
Help the helpless....
"I'm watching to see if you are a blessing to other people. If you are, I will bless you." - Says the Lord.
Psalm 41 : 1 - 2
"God blesses those who are kind to the poor and helpless. He helps them out of their own troubles. He protects them and keeps them alive; he publicly honors them and destroys the power of their enemies."
HIS Word
Acts 5:40-41
King James Version (KJV)
40 And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
41 And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
41 And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
Fear not public humiliation when you are doing God's work. Instead, rejoice in the fact that you are worthy to suffer shame for His name.
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