Day 1

Day 1 – Tuesday August 4th

Welcome to the 30 days of Prep for Quest NW – Fall 2009 (QNWF09 for any military folks).

We will be sending you a daily email that we hope will be a blessing for us all as we prepare for our Quest. Our goal is to send out each day’s email the day or evening before so you have the entire next day to review it. They are also published on our blog website. The URL for that is: http://withwingsnw.blogspot.com/

We will be trying to keep a format that will be for ease of understanding. Subject to change from inputs as the month goes on.

This format will be:
A – Reading of the day from the Book of James
- a focal verse from the daily chapter
- a brief review of the day about the chapter
B – “RHEMA Strike Verse” of the day to assist in memorizing it
C – Excerpt from “Wild at Heart” by John Eldridge
D – Input (from the staff)
E – Daily prayer focuses
F – Encouragement and closing thoughts

If at anytime you have a question or comment about the contents of the emails feel free to reply to me. Positive comments appreciated as well.

Let’s get started with our first day.

A – Today’s reading of the day is James Chapter 1 (My bible version of choice this first of six times reading James will be the King James Version (KJV).)
-Focal verse today is James 1:5: “If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.”
-Review of the day: Verse 8 “a double minded man being unstable in all his ways”. Verse 14 “But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust”. Verse 20 “For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God”. Verse 22 includes the phrase “deceiving your own selves”. Verse 26 includes the phrase “deceiveth his own heart”.

B – RHEMA Strike Verse of the day: Proverbs 27:17 “Iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.” (Friendship/Green)

C – Excerpt from “Wild at Heart” by John Eldridge:
“If Christian men are going to change from a pitiful, wimpy bunch of "really nice guys" to men who are made in the image of God, they must reexamine their preconceptions about who God is and recover their true "wild" hearts.”

D – Today’s input: You may not know what to think right now. You may be thinking “Chris, what's this all about?" This is the beginning of 30 days, the beginning of the rest of your life. But you are not in this alone. There are a handful of us getting ready for a Quest, a Quest for God. Are you going to take this 30 days serious or is it just a waste of our time?

E – Today’s prayer focus: The Quest, those leading, those attending. Ask God for his wisdom. Pray for yourself and your family as we start and endure this journey.

F – Encouragement and closing thoughts: Just remember you are not in this alone. Stick with God and stick with us while we all prepare for this Quest. It will be worth it!

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