How do I measure up against God's Word?
This week has really been awesome. Running with Jerrel P and Stanley, going to M'sia with mom and dad and having an impactful saturday service. The words above pretty much conclude this week's journey. Early in the morning today, the guys gathered to pray. Nearing the end of it I received a "tug" and I saw this words, "Measure your life according to God's Word". I let it out by faith and prayed over the Word. When the session ended we began to talk and one brother began to confirm the word given. Truthfully, many echoed similar things in their prayers earlier. Soon after, I began to realise that the word began to apply very much to me. God had just began something new.
Every area and every aspect of our 24 hour day to day lives will be brought before God and He will judge. More importantly, our heart atttitude to every single issue in our lives. Common things like praying, evangelism, praise and worship, reading His word, honoring the temple of God, our relationship with each and every family member or even our relationship with our brothers and sisters in Christ and our ambition, career, studies and our life in the army.
How has it been truthfully? is my prayer and my qt done in hunger and desperation or has it been just routine? Do we fear and honor man more than God in our actions? Is my singing and dancing to the ONE awesome God really only for Him or have we lowered ourselves to worship Powerful, Creator God in a not so awe-some manner in our hearts? Am I flirtatious, unaffectionate or even plain selfish towards my brothers and sisters in Christ? Am I taking good care of my body or just blatantly loading it with unhealthy food or even biting my fingernails when I know I shouldn't? Only as the Holy Spirit reveals will our hearts be cut to the heart. Then tears will really begin to flow.
These are not the sins we usually preach about.However they truthfully show our heart attitude towards God and help us to answer whether our lives really fulfill the 1st commandment and even the words of this song-"every breath that I take; every moment I'm awake, Lord have Your way in me". Jesus was whipped 39 times for our sins. So much so that it began to expose His organs. Repentance has to go as deep as that. Beyond the flesh and right to the inner core!
Bro Daryl talked about Charles Finney who cried 4 to 5 hours over His own sin in repentance before his preaching. My mouth fell wide open! how and why did he do that? I am reading his book on "How to experience Revival" and I realized that he named every single sin one by one, towards God and man. He knew the impact of one sin and how it caused the King to die. He really wanted revival! Break up your fallow grounds. Now I really know what it means. RGENers are hungry for revival too. I believe that God is beginning to do a new work. At least for this week, the Spirit of God will hover every leader's heart and convict and convict and convict until there breakthrough comes. This may be the beginning of something awesome. God willing..
Every area and every aspect of our 24 hour day to day lives will be brought before God and He will judge. More importantly, our heart atttitude to every single issue in our lives. Common things like praying, evangelism, praise and worship, reading His word, honoring the temple of God, our relationship with each and every family member or even our relationship with our brothers and sisters in Christ and our ambition, career, studies and our life in the army.
How has it been truthfully? is my prayer and my qt done in hunger and desperation or has it been just routine? Do we fear and honor man more than God in our actions? Is my singing and dancing to the ONE awesome God really only for Him or have we lowered ourselves to worship Powerful, Creator God in a not so awe-some manner in our hearts? Am I flirtatious, unaffectionate or even plain selfish towards my brothers and sisters in Christ? Am I taking good care of my body or just blatantly loading it with unhealthy food or even biting my fingernails when I know I shouldn't? Only as the Holy Spirit reveals will our hearts be cut to the heart. Then tears will really begin to flow.
These are not the sins we usually preach about.However they truthfully show our heart attitude towards God and help us to answer whether our lives really fulfill the 1st commandment and even the words of this song-"every breath that I take; every moment I'm awake, Lord have Your way in me". Jesus was whipped 39 times for our sins. So much so that it began to expose His organs. Repentance has to go as deep as that. Beyond the flesh and right to the inner core!
Bro Daryl talked about Charles Finney who cried 4 to 5 hours over His own sin in repentance before his preaching. My mouth fell wide open! how and why did he do that? I am reading his book on "How to experience Revival" and I realized that he named every single sin one by one, towards God and man. He knew the impact of one sin and how it caused the King to die. He really wanted revival! Break up your fallow grounds. Now I really know what it means. RGENers are hungry for revival too. I believe that God is beginning to do a new work. At least for this week, the Spirit of God will hover every leader's heart and convict and convict and convict until there breakthrough comes. This may be the beginning of something awesome. God willing..
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