FBC Glenpool Youth Choir Tour Devotions
3-17-10
Don’t Just Go Through the Motions
Psalm 143:8
“Let me hear Your lovingkindness in the morning; For I trust in You; Teach me the way in which I should walk; For to You I lift up my soul.”
Trusting God with your daily life can easily be overlooked when you are wrapped up in a busy schedule of school, activities, friends, homework, facebook, cell phones, texting, jobs, family, church, and then of course everyone wants fun time, right? Well here is your challenge, as well as your blessing from the Lord today. If you will seek Him in the morning, embrace His love letter to you, the Bible, and meditate on it, you will be able to trust Him and He will teach you His ways and show you how you are to live. He will lift your soul and you will know clearly what His will is for your life.
As you go through this day, as well as the days to come, take God’s Love Letter and read it to remind you of His love for you. We are growing closer to His return for us and we need to be waiting for Him when He arrives. When you are in love with the Savior you will have a passion for His will and His ways and you will develop a heart like His.
Challenge yourself to really focus on your relationship with Him. Read His Word for what it is, His love letter to you, because God so loved you that He gave you His son to die for your sins and to give you everlasting life with Him. He loves you. Repeat that phrase out loud, He loves you. Now make it personal. He loves me!!!
Say it over and over again, He loves me, He loves me, He loves me. It isn’t hard to submit to someone who loves you. So if you truly understand and believe He loves you won’t you want to obey Him and let Him teach you His ways?
We have had an amazing week, yet I feel that someone needs to be reminded today, Jesus loves you. Jesus died for you and wants a relationship with you. You are forgiven. You may know Him, but are you embracing Him daily? Submitting to His will daily? Reading His love letter to you daily? Let Him fill you up with His peace and joy. Let Him fill those empty places in your life. Let Him be, not just your Savior, but Your Lord. He loves you. Don’t just go through the motions; be real with God and yourself. Let your commitment to Him show through the way you live your life in every area of your life.
We, the sponsors have been praying for you to know God’s will and we are confident that you have learned a great deal about Him this week. However, now that the trip is about over, all the singing is finished, and we are headed out to enjoy ourselves at Six Flags, take what you have learned with you. Write “His” on your mind as you go out this morning so you can remember who you belong to and how you should act, talk, and respond to one another and to strangers. You are His child. Don’t let what you have done and heard and learned this week come across as just going through the motions of being a Christian, but let it be from within your heart, a real desire and passion to obey the Lord. Be a testimony of His love to the world. He is waiting for your reply to be; yes Lord I will obey Your word. He is with you. He will show you how to live. He trusts you with HIS name. He loves you.
Take a moment to write the verse at the top of this devotion. Psalm 143:8.
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Think about that verse and what it means to you. If you will apply that verse to your life you will have the confidence that you can face every day with an attitude of hope and praise. You will be His witness and others will come to know Him as their Savior because of you.
Write a letter to the Lord now. Tell Him you are sorry for anything you have thought, said, or done, that may have been dishonoring to Him. Then, ask Him to help you today while you are out having fun, to remember that you are HIS and that you need to act like, your are HIS. Ask Him to remind you of how to act, talk, and respond to others. Ask Him to give you an opportunity to share Jesus with someone at the park. Thank Him for using you and for loving you.
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God bless you as you step out on today’s test of your faithfulness to Him. Have fun but don’t forget who you are, a child of God who loves you with His life. We are praying for you and want to enjoy this day with you. We love you too.
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