The Word Worship Prayer... These are my Roots
TRIALS {30 Days of Thanks}
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READ: James 1:2-12
Webster’s
Dictionary describes a Trial as “a test of the quality, value, or usefulness of something”
In Job
chapters 1 and 2, Job had no idea that a heavenly conversation had taken place
over his life and that all he would endure was a Trial that would prove his
life to be of great quality, value and usefulness. He was blameless and a man of integrity even
though he faced horrendous loss and sickness.
James 1:2
says that we can “count it all joy when (not if) we face trials of many
kinds”. Trials and tests in life will
come. That is a given. However, God
intends to prove you a man or woman of integrity and faithfulness to a world
that is desperate to know that God is real.
RESPOND: What difficulty are you facing in life today?
Is it a trial or just a set back?
However you view your current situation and circumstance, remember this: God intends to prove you are valuable to Him.
He is for you. Trust Him even on your
hard days.
The Word Worship Prayer
These are my Roots
TESTS {30 Days of Thanks}
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Read James 1:12
My husband has a recurring theme
when it comes to dreams. He is always
about to take a major test and feels unprepared. In his dream, he is anxious and concerned that
he will not be on time or that he will somehow have the wrong information.
Many times we find ourselves anxious
and stressed when life throws us a curve and we feel ill equipped and
unprepared. In our Faith Walk, this is
called a Test of Faith.
James chapter 1 tells us that the purpose of tests and trials in our lives are cause to rejoice because we are being prepared to receive wisdom and maturity in our walk with the Lord.
I’m not sure if you leap and skip
and dance for joy when life gets hard and you don’t know what to do… but the
Word tells us that we can be joyful simply because God is doing a work in us
that will be for His glory and for our good.
The Word Worship Prayer
These are my Roots
FAITH {30 Days of Thanks}
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READ:
Hebrews 11:6
Dr.Tony Evans has been quoted: “Faith is acting like
something is so even when it is not so in order that it might be so simply
because God said so.”
In Hebrews 11, the author gives a
list of lives who simply believed God-even when it didn’t make sense to do so- and their great faith is celebrated.
These lives were not unlike yours or mine. They were ordinary people, living ordinary
lives, accomplishing extraordinary things simply because they believed God and
obeyed His word to them.
RESPOND:
What has God been speaking to you
about in His Word? Have you responded in
obedience even if it doesn’t make sense to do so? If it seems really hard to obey, then you can
consider it a testing of your faith… Go ahead.
Be faithful!!
The Word Worship Prayer
These are my Roots
OBEDIENCE {30 Days of Thanks}
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READ:
John 14:15
The
words “love, worship, obey” are found together in the account of Abraham and
Isaac. When God told Abraham to take his
son, his only son whom he loved, to go and sacrifice him to the Lord, Abraham
obeyed.
God did not, in fact, require
Abraham to sacrifice Isaac, however, Abraham was willing to obey the word of
the Lord.
His faith in God was evident in what he said to his servants before leading his son up the hill to be sacrificed “Stay here … while I and the boy go over there. We will worship and then we will come back to you.” (see Genesis 22)
Worship is an Obedient Response to
Truth.
RESPOND:
What has God said to you in His Word that you need to obey? Obedience shows that we love God and worship
Him.
The Word Worship Prayer
These are my Roots
WORSHIP {30 Days of Thanks}
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READ: John 4: 23
Worship is an obedient response to
Truth. Truth is God’s Word- Jesus Christ
made flesh (see John 1). God is spirit
and His worshipers much worship in Spirit and in Truth.
Worship is not a place or time or sound
of music played in church or on your mp3 player. It is not a time on the schedule of your
week. Worship is an obedient response to Truth.
When we obey God’s word, we demonstrate
that we love Jesus. God is spirit. Jesus
is the Word. This is true worship.
The Word Worship Prayer
These are my Roots
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