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Aug '20
Duties Of The Believer!
23
Aug '20
SCRIPTURE READINGS FOR AUGUST 23-29, 2020
MEDITATION: DUTIES OF THE BELIEVER!
MEDITATION: DUTIES OF THE BELIEVER!
Sunday 23 Psalm 62
Monday 24 2 Peter 3
Tuesday 25 Ezekiel 13
Wednesday 26 Exodus 7
Thursday 27 Revelation 2
Friday 28 James 4
Saturday 29 Job 1
Monday 24 2 Peter 3
Tuesday 25 Ezekiel 13
Wednesday 26 Exodus 7
Thursday 27 Revelation 2
Friday 28 James 4
Saturday 29 Job 1
DAILY FOCUS
SUNDAY 23 JESUS STATES THE TWO GREATEST COMMANDMENTS OF ALL
IT IS THE BELIEVER S DUTY TO ACTIVATE AND LIVE BY HIS COMMANDS “Jesus replied, “The most important commandment is this: ‘Listen, O Israel! The LORD our God is the one and only LORD. 30 And you must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength.’ 31 The second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.”
Mark 12 Vs 29-31 (NLT)
IT IS THE BELIEVER S DUTY TO ACTIVATE AND LIVE BY HIS COMMANDS “Jesus replied, “The most important commandment is this: ‘Listen, O Israel! The LORD our God is the one and only LORD. 30 And you must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength.’ 31 The second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.”
Mark 12 Vs 29-31 (NLT)
MONDAY 24 SET ASIDE VALUABLE TIME TODAY TO EARNESTLY SEEK AND WORSHIP YOUR CREATOR
“You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water. 2 I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory. 3 Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. 4 I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands. 5 I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods; with singing lips my mouth will praise you”.
Psalm 63 Vs 1-5 (NIV)
“You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water. 2 I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory. 3 Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. 4 I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands. 5 I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods; with singing lips my mouth will praise you”.
Psalm 63 Vs 1-5 (NIV)
TUESDAY 25 AS PART OF OUR COMMITMENT TO OUR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE MUST ALWAYS SET HIM BEFORE US AND ALWAYS MAKE HIM OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY
“The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot. 6 The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage. 7 I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons. 8 I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. 9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope…. 11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fullness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.”
Psalm 16 Vs 5-11 (KJV)
“The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot. 6 The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage. 7 I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons. 8 I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. 9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope…. 11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fullness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.”
Psalm 16 Vs 5-11 (KJV)
WEDNESDAY 26BE COMMITTED AND BE FIRM IN PRAYER LET US NOT FORGET TO PRAY FOR OTHERS IT IS EVERY CHILD OF GOD S RESPONSIBILITY “I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers; 17 [I always pray] that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may grant you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation [that gives you a deep and personal and intimate insight] into the true knowledge of Him [for we know the Father through the Son]. 18 And [I pray] that the eyes of your heart [the very center and core of your being] may be enlightened [flooded with light by the Holy Spirit], so that you will know and cherish the hope [the divine guarantee, the confident expectation] to which He has called you, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints (God’s people).” Pray for all your brothers and sisters in Christ and please be encouraged to also pray for the world and the unsaved! Ephesians 1 Vs 16-18 (AMP)
THURSDAY 27 JOY, PEACE AND THE ANSWERS TO WHICH WE SEARCH FOR WILL COME WHEN WE SEEK GOD WITH ALL OUR HEARTS HE HONOR S OUR COMMITMENT TO HIM ! “The family got up early the next morning, worshiped before the LORD, and returned to their home in Ramah. Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and the LORD remembered her [prayer]. 20 It came about in due time, after Hannah had conceived, that she gave birth to a son; she named him Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked for him from the LORD.”
1 Samuel 1 Vs 19-20 (AMP)
1 Samuel 1 Vs 19-20 (AMP)
FRIDAY 28 IT’S IMPERATIVE THAT WE KNOW THE LORD GOD FOR OURSELVES WE MUST CONTINU ALLY LIVE IN OBEDIENCE AND CONTINUA LLY SEEK TO D O HIS WILL “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me on that day [when I judge them], ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, and driven out demons in Your name, and done many miracles in Your name?’ 23 And then I will declare to them publicly, ‘I never knew you; DEPART FROM ME [you are banished from My presence], YOU WHO ACT WICKEDLY [disregarding My commands].” Matthew 7 Vs 21-23 (AMP)
SATURDAY 29 MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO SHARE THE WORD OF GOD WITH SOMEONE TODAY AND BE INCLINED TO TELL OTHER S THAT JESUS SAVES! “After seven days the LORD gave me a message. He said, 17 “Son of man, I have appointed you as a watchman for Israel. Whenever you receive a message from me, warn people immediately. 18 If I warn the wicked, saying, ‘You are under the penalty of death,’ but you fail to deliver the warning, they will die in their sins. And I will hold you responsible for their deaths. 19 If you warn them and they refuse to repent and keep on sinning, they will die in their sins. But you will have saved yourself because you obeyed me.”
Ezekiel 3 Vs 16-19 (NLT)
Ezekiel 3 Vs 16-19 (NLT)
WORD OF ENCOURAGEMENT: Jeremiah 29:13 (ESV) “You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.”