DEVOTIONAL FOR MEDITATION--DETERMINE TO BE A DOER OF THE WORD

THIS DEVOTIONAL STUDY IS FOR THE WEEK AUG 25 thru AUG 31

DETERMINE TO BE A DOER OF THE WORD

IF WE, AS CHRISTIANS , WANT TO EXPERIENCE THE FULLNESS OF OUR LIFE IN CHRIST, IT IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL THAT WE ARE MORE THAN HEARERS OF THE WORD. WE MUST ALSO BE DOERS OF THE WORD. IN JOHN 2, WE READ THE STORY OF THE WEDDING FEAST AT CANA IN GALILEE. MARY WHO HAD ASKED JESUS TO INTERVENE BECAUSE THE WINE HAD RUN OUT, TURNED TO THE SERVANTS AND INSTRUCTED THEM, "WHATEVER HE SAYS TO YOU, DO IT"(JOHN 2:5). THIS SAME PRINCIPLE IS THE BASIS FOR OUR WALK WITH GOD, THE PRINCIPLE OF OBEDIENCE TO THE WORD OF GODAND THE COMMITMENT TO DO WHAT JESUS SAYS. IT WAS THROUGH THEIR OBEDIENCE TO JESUS THAT THE SERVANTS PARTICIPATED WITH THE LORD IN THE MIRACLE OF CHANGING THE WATER INTO WINE. OBEDIENCE OPENS THE DOOR FOR THE MIRACLE POWER OF GOD TO WORK.

MONDAY: SCRIPTURES: JAMES 1:22-27; JOHN 2:1-25; MATTHEW 11:1-30
CONFESSION(PRAYER): I AM DETERMINE, LORD, TO BE A DOER OF
THE WORD AND NOT A HEARER ONLY.

TUESDAY: SCRIPTURES: DEUTERONOMY 26:16-19; 2 CHRONICLES 20:15-22;
MATTHEW 12:1-21
CONFESSION(PRAYER): FATHER, I WILL BELIEVE IN YOU AND BE
ESTABLISHED. I WILL BELIEVE YOUR WORD AND PROSPER.

WED: SCRIPTURES: DEUTERONOMY 10:12; MATTHEW 22:34-40;
MATTHEW 12:22-50
CONFESSION(PRAYER): LORD, I LOVE YOU WITH MY WHOLE HEART
WITH ALL THAT IS WITHIN ME.

THURS: SCRIPTURES: PROVERBS 8:32-36; 1 SAMUEL 15:12-23; MATTHEW
13:1-32
CONFESSION(PRAYER): LORD, YOU DELIGHT IN PBEDIENCE. I WILL
BE A DOER OF YOUR WORD AND FIND LIFE AND FAVOR.

FRIDAY: SCRIPTURES: PROVERBS 9:9-11; PROVERBS 2:1-9; MATTHEW
13:33-58
CONFESSION(PRAYER): MY HEART DESIRES YOUR WORD AND YOUR
WISDOM. YOUR WISDOM BRINGS INCREASE TO MY LIFE.

WKEND: SCRIPTURES: PROVERBS 3:19-26; PROVERBS 4:1-13; MATTHEW
CONFESSION(PRAYER): I WILL NOT FORSAKE YOUR WORD. I WILL
KEEP YOUR WORD AND YOUR WORD WILL KEEP ME ALL THROUGH
THE DAY.

MEMORY VERSE: "BUT BE DOERS OF THE WORD, AND NOT HEARERS ONLY,
DECEIVING YOURSELVES." JAMES 1:22

QUESTION: WHAT ARE YOUR PRAYER FOCUSES FOR THIS WEEK?