Some Things to Think About
Every so often read something that grabs my heart and says, “take a look at this!” You sorta go on auto-pilot and then the Spirit of God grabs your attention through an author that makes you think.
This happened recently reading a book by Anne Graham Lotz, Expecting to See Jesus. In the chapter, Rend Your Heart, Anne suggests that we look at some of the areas of our life that could be holding us back from being all that God wants us to be. I will share with you today, and eight more tomorrow:
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Neglect of Bible reading: How many days have you gone without opening your Bible? How many days have you read it yet you can’t remember what you have read?Ingratitude: For what blessing, or answered prayer, have you neglected to thank God?
Unbelief: What promise has God given that you doubt will be fulfilled? Are you doubting that He is willing to forgive any or all of your sin?
Prayerlessness: How often are your prayers just spiritual “chatter” – offered without fervent or focused faith? And remember, daydreaming or fantasizing is not prayer.
Unconcern for the lost: Who do you know who have never received Christ as Savior? When have you shared the gospel with that person? Never?
Ignorance of the lost: Did you skip church when a missionary was scheduled to speak because you thought he or she would be boring? Can you even name one missionary who is on your prayer list?
(Adapted from Expecting to See Jesus by Anne Graham Lotz and published by Zondervan)
Think through the list. Anything that you need to adjust? Taking inventory is hard, but necessary. – Bill Welte is President and CEO of America’s Keswick
Compass Pointers: "Hope is nothing else than the expectation of those things which faith has believed to have been truly promised by God. Thus, faith believes God to be true, hope awaits the time when His truth shall be manifested; faith believes that He is our Father, hope anticipates that He will ever show Himself to be a Father toward us; faith believes that eternal life has been given to us, hope anticipates that it will some time be revealed; faith is the foundation upon which hope rests, hope nourishes and sustains faith….hope strengthens faith, that it may not waver in God’s promises or begin to doubt concerning their truth.” John Calvin
Anchored to the Rock: Do with your hearts as you do with your watches, wind them up every morning by prayer, and at night examine whether your hearts have gone true all that day. Thomas Watson
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