02
Aug '20
Who are the Children of God?
02
Aug '20
SCRIPTURE READINGS FOR AUGUST 2-8, 2020
MEDITATION OF THE WEEK: WHO ARE THE CHILDREN OF GOD?
MEDITATION OF THE WEEK: WHO ARE THE CHILDREN OF GOD?
MALACHI 3:16-17 (AMP) “Then those who feared the LORD [with awe-filled reverence] spoke to one another; and the LORD paid attention and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before Him of those who fear the LORD [with an attitude of reverence and respect] and who esteem His name. 17 “They will be Mine,” says the LORD of hosts, “on that day when I publicly recognize them and openly declare them to be My own possession [that is, My very special treasure]. And I will have compassion on them and spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.”
Sunday 2 Psalm 2
Monday 3 Proverbs 4
Tuesday 4 Romans 8
Wednesday 5 Ezekiel 20
Thursday 6 1 Peter 1
Friday 7 Genesis 3
Saturday 8 1 John 4
Monday 3 Proverbs 4
Tuesday 4 Romans 8
Wednesday 5 Ezekiel 20
Thursday 6 1 Peter 1
Friday 7 Genesis 3
Saturday 8 1 John 4
DAILY FOCUS
SUNDAY 2
CHILDREN OF GOD WORSHIP AND SERVE THEIR MASTER WITH GREAT REVERENCE!
“Now therefore, O kings, act wisely; be instructed and take warning, O leaders
(judges, rulers) of the earth. 11Worship the LORD and serve Him with reverence [with
awe-inspired fear and submissive wonder]; rejoice [yet do so] with trembling.12 Kiss
(pay respect to) the Son, so that He does not become angry, and you perish in the
way, for His wrath may soon be kindled and set aflame. How blessed [fortunate,
prosperous, and favored by God] are all those who take refuge in Him!”
Psalm 2 10-12 (NIV)
“Now therefore, O kings, act wisely; be instructed and take warning, O leaders
(judges, rulers) of the earth. 11Worship the LORD and serve Him with reverence [with
awe-inspired fear and submissive wonder]; rejoice [yet do so] with trembling.12 Kiss
(pay respect to) the Son, so that He does not become angry, and you perish in the
way, for His wrath may soon be kindled and set aflame. How blessed [fortunate,
prosperous, and favored by God] are all those who take refuge in Him!”
Psalm 2 10-12 (NIV)
MONDAY 3
INCLINE YOUR EARS—HEAR AND LET YOUR HEART TAKE HOLD OF YOUR
HEAVENLY FATHER’S WORD: “Hear, O children, the instruction of a father, and pay
attention [and be willing to learn] so that you may gain understanding and
intelligent discernment. 2For I give you good doctrine; do not turn away from my
instruction. 3When I was a son with my father (David), tender and the only son in
the sight of my mother (Bathsheba), 4He taught me and said to me, “Let your heart
hold fast my words; Keep my commandments and live.”
Proverbs 4 1-4 (AMP)
HEAVENLY FATHER’S WORD: “Hear, O children, the instruction of a father, and pay
attention [and be willing to learn] so that you may gain understanding and
intelligent discernment. 2For I give you good doctrine; do not turn away from my
instruction. 3When I was a son with my father (David), tender and the only son in
the sight of my mother (Bathsheba), 4He taught me and said to me, “Let your heart
hold fast my words; Keep my commandments and live.”
Proverbs 4 1-4 (AMP)
TUESDAY 4
CHILDREN OF GOD ARE SPIRITUALLY LED BY HIM AND THEIR HEARTS ARE SET TO
DO HIS WILL! “Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what
the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds
set on what the Spirit desires. 6 The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the
mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace. 7 The mind governed by the flesh is
hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. 8 Those who are in
the realm of the flesh cannot please God…14For those who are led by the Spirit of
God are the children of God.”
Romans 8 5-14 (NKJV)
DO HIS WILL! “Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what
the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds
set on what the Spirit desires. 6 The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the
mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace. 7 The mind governed by the flesh is
hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. 8 Those who are in
the realm of the flesh cannot please God…14For those who are led by the Spirit of
God are the children of God.”
Romans 8 5-14 (NKJV)
WEDNESDAY 5
SERVANTS OF GOD OBEY THEIR FATHER’S COMMANDS “And I said to their children
in the wilderness, ‘Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers, nor keep their rules,
nor defile yourselves with their idols. 19 I am the LORD your God; walk in my statutes,
and be careful to obey my rules, 20 and keep my Sabbaths holy that they may be a
sign between me and you, that you may know that I am the LORD your God.’ 21 But
the children rebelled against me. They did not walk in my statutes and were not
careful to obey my rules, by which, if a person does them, he shall live; they
profaned my Sabbaths.”
Ezekiel 20 18-21 (AMP)
in the wilderness, ‘Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers, nor keep their rules,
nor defile yourselves with their idols. 19 I am the LORD your God; walk in my statutes,
and be careful to obey my rules, 20 and keep my Sabbaths holy that they may be a
sign between me and you, that you may know that I am the LORD your God.’ 21 But
the children rebelled against me. They did not walk in my statutes and were not
careful to obey my rules, by which, if a person does them, he shall live; they
profaned my Sabbaths.”
Ezekiel 20 18-21 (AMP)
THURSDAY 6
GOD HAS COMMANDED HIS CHILDREN TO LIVE A HOLY LIFE! “Obey God because
you are his children; don’t slip back into your old ways—doing evil because you
knew no better. 15 But be holy now in everything you do, just as the Lord is holy,
who invited you to be his child. 16 He himself has said, “You must be holy, for I am
holy.”
1 Peter 1 14-16 (TLB)
you are his children; don’t slip back into your old ways—doing evil because you
knew no better. 15 But be holy now in everything you do, just as the Lord is holy,
who invited you to be his child. 16 He himself has said, “You must be holy, for I am
holy.”
1 Peter 1 14-16 (TLB)
FRIDAY 7
DISOBEDIENCE TO THE GOD OF ALL CREATION HAS CONSEQUENCES—OUR DUTY,
AS GOD’S CHILDREN, IS TO ALWAYS OBEY OUR HEAVENLY FATHER: “ To Adam he
said, “17 Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I
commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’ Cursed is the ground because of you;
through painful toil you will eat food from it all the days of your life. 18It will
produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field. 19By the
sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from
it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return.”
Genesis 3 17-19 (NIV)
AS GOD’S CHILDREN, IS TO ALWAYS OBEY OUR HEAVENLY FATHER: “ To Adam he
said, “17 Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I
commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’ Cursed is the ground because of you;
through painful toil you will eat food from it all the days of your life. 18It will
produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field. 19By the
sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from
it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return.”
Genesis 3 17-19 (NIV)
SATURDAY 8
OUR GOD DELIGHTS IN HIS CHILDREN’S LOVE WHICH THEY EXPRESS TOWARDS
EACH OTHER! “Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes
from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God. 8 But anyone who
does not love does not know God, for God is love. 9God showed how much he loved
us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life
through him. 10 This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and
sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins. 11 Dear friends, since God loved us
that much, we surely ought to love each other.”
1 John 4 7-11 (NLT)
EACH OTHER! “Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes
from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God. 8 But anyone who
does not love does not know God, for God is love. 9God showed how much he loved
us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life
through him. 10 This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and
sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins. 11 Dear friends, since God loved us
that much, we surely ought to love each other.”
1 John 4 7-11 (NLT)
WORD OF ENCOURAGEMENT: GALATIANS 3:26 (AMP) says: “For you [who are born-again have been reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, sanctified and] are all children of God [set apart for His purpose with full rights and privileges] through faith in Christ Jesus.”
