Day 13
Day 13 – Sunday August 16th
A – Today’s reading of the day is James Chapter 3 (MSG for me)
Focal verse today is James 3:9 “With our tongues we bless God our Father; with the same toungues we curse the very men and women he made in his image.”
Review of the day: Verses 14-18 “Mean-spirited ambition isn't wisdom. Boasting that you are wise isn't wisdom. Twisting the truth to make yourselves sound wise isn't wisdom. It's the furthest thing from wisdom--it's animal cunning, devilish conniving. Whenever you're trying to look better than others or get the better of others, things fall apart and everyone ends up at the others' throats. Real wisdom, God's wisdom, begins with a holy life and is characterized by getting along with others. It is gentle and reasonable, overflowing with mercy and blessings, not hot one day and cold the next, not two-faces. You can develop a healthy, robust community that lives right with God and enjoy its results only if you do the hard work of getting along with each other, treating each other with dignity and honor.”
B – RHEMA Strike Verse of the day: Galatians 2:20 “I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and delivered Himself up for me.” (Vision/Red)
C – Excerpt from “Wild at Heart” by John Eldridge:
“A boy learns who he is and what he's got from a man, or the company of men. He cannot learn it any other place. He cannot learn it from other boys, and he cannot learn it from the world of women. The plan from the beginning of time was that his father would lay the foundation for a boy's heart, and pass on to him that essential knowledge and confidence in his strength. Dad would be the first man in his life, and forever the most important man. Above all, he would answer the questions for his son and give him his name.”
D – Today’s input: Who or what has made you the man that you are? What are you doing to show the boys in your life how to be men?
E – Today’s prayer focus: That God would show us what type of man to be and to live in a way that would show others God in us.
F – Encouragement and closing thoughts: Be the man!
A – Today’s reading of the day is James Chapter 3 (MSG for me)
Focal verse today is James 3:9 “With our tongues we bless God our Father; with the same toungues we curse the very men and women he made in his image.”
Review of the day: Verses 14-18 “Mean-spirited ambition isn't wisdom. Boasting that you are wise isn't wisdom. Twisting the truth to make yourselves sound wise isn't wisdom. It's the furthest thing from wisdom--it's animal cunning, devilish conniving. Whenever you're trying to look better than others or get the better of others, things fall apart and everyone ends up at the others' throats. Real wisdom, God's wisdom, begins with a holy life and is characterized by getting along with others. It is gentle and reasonable, overflowing with mercy and blessings, not hot one day and cold the next, not two-faces. You can develop a healthy, robust community that lives right with God and enjoy its results only if you do the hard work of getting along with each other, treating each other with dignity and honor.”
B – RHEMA Strike Verse of the day: Galatians 2:20 “I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and delivered Himself up for me.” (Vision/Red)
C – Excerpt from “Wild at Heart” by John Eldridge:
“A boy learns who he is and what he's got from a man, or the company of men. He cannot learn it any other place. He cannot learn it from other boys, and he cannot learn it from the world of women. The plan from the beginning of time was that his father would lay the foundation for a boy's heart, and pass on to him that essential knowledge and confidence in his strength. Dad would be the first man in his life, and forever the most important man. Above all, he would answer the questions for his son and give him his name.”
D – Today’s input: Who or what has made you the man that you are? What are you doing to show the boys in your life how to be men?
E – Today’s prayer focus: That God would show us what type of man to be and to live in a way that would show others God in us.
F – Encouragement and closing thoughts: Be the man!
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