Friday, February 1, 2013

40 Days to a Better You! Day 32 of our fast


February 1

It is Friday! Great day for fellowship, remember we have service at 7. What a wonderful way to kick off the weekend!

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.

Hebrews 4:12,13

For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two- edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. 13 And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.

1 John 4: 4 - 6

You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. 5 They are of the world. Therefore they speak as of the world, and the world hears them. 6 We are of God. He who knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

How does God's Word help you to understand what is real and what is fake? How does it help you see the truth in people's hearts?


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 relationship blessings, that the Lord will continue to heal and strengthen every relationship in your life! Pray that He will order your relationships as well, eliminating those that are not a blessing to you and strengthening all those where you can be a blessing. He can and will heal and strengthen every relationship we place in His hands!

 - Pray for those in impossible situations. We have some in our church that need healing, that according to the doctors are impossible. There are some in our church that are in need of a financial miracle that would be impossible except for God. There are some in our church who have challenging relationships that apart from a miracle, have no hope. God is in the business of bringing truth to every situation, God's truth of healing, freedom, and deliverance. 

         - Pray for the Spirit of Gentleness in our culture. Let's pray that God will be able to raise in our culture Gentlemen and Gentlewomen who treat people with respect and honor. Every person  deserves an element of respect and when they receive it most people will respond in kind.

          - Pray for one family in our church. perhaps someone who either their first or last name begins with "U". Pray that the Lord would bless and encourage them in some way today!