Thursday, January 17, 2013

40 Days to a Better You! Day 17


January 17

It's Thursday. The weekend is nearly here and the Lord wants to do amazing things in and through you today!


1) Please remember to choose something to stop doing. 

Whether it is.... 
- a bad habit
- a sin you have struggled with, or
- some kind of food or drink that you know is not good for you.

Whatever it is break free over this next 40 days

2) Keep reading Grace Walk and/or Holiness, Truth and the Presence of God

3) Get some kind of exercise - Go for a walk, park farther away from the store or the office. Take the stairs instead of the elevator. Find some way to help you physical body work    harder and better for you.

4) Read the following Scriptures and think and pray about it through out the day. See what revelation the Lord will give you about it for you day, week, year, or life.

Proverbs 22:6


Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

Acts 16:31

So they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.

2 Peter 3:9

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.

What do you think God's desire is for your not yet saved family and friends? Is there hope for everyone?


5) Please pray about the following items

In the Lord's prayer we are told to ask first for our daily bread

- Pray today and every day during our fast, a prayer of thanksgiving to God for what He has done for you!

 Pray for your salvation blessing. God's desire is for every man woman and child to enter into relationship with Him. Pray today for those in your life that need the Lord. Even if they have been impossible to this point, expect God to do amazing things for them during our time of fasting!

- Pray for your the Dean and Lori Carlson and Dan Platt, and all of those who volunteer to help with the grounds and the building. They work tirelessly to keep the building and grounds in tip top shape. Often at the church when no one else is around or can see all the work they do. Everyone of is is blessed by their work and rarely realize it.

         - Pray for the Spirit of Kindness in our culture. The fruit of the Spirit will be evident wherever the Holy Spirit is present. Have you ever had someone just drop a door closed in your face or blatantly cut you off on the highway. There are so many ways every day that we can show kindness to people. From big things to little things pray that the Lord releases a spirit of kindness in our hearts and those around us.
         
          - Pray for one family in our church. perhaps someone who either their first or last name begins with "B". Pray that the Lord would bless and encourage them in some way today!