Daily Prayer_April 7, 2011

The Word for wisdom:

Proverbs 7:1-2 (HCSB)
¹ My son, obey my words, and treasure my commands. ² Keep my commands and live; protect my teachings as the pupil of your eye.

The Word for inspiration:

Psalm 119:11-12 (HCSB)
¹¹ I have treasured Your word in my heart so that I may not sin against You. ¹² Lord, may You be praised; teach me Your statutes.

Psalm 119:15-16 (HCSB)
¹⁵ I will meditate on Your precepts and think about Your ways. ¹⁶ I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.

The Word for encouragement:

James 1:22 (HCSB)
But be doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

My observation:

It is true that we should not judge others, that is an area that God has reserved for himself alone. However, we should be able to see the results of God's work in the lives of those who confess with their mouths that they are believers in Jesus. Someone has suggested that we can be fruit inspectors. Jesus said that everyone who believes in him will bear much fruit.

John 15:5 (HCSB)
"I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in Me and I in him produces much fruit, because you can do nothing without Me.

David said we are to treasure the word of God in our heart. To memorize the word of God is a good thing, but not the most important thing. The most important thing is to obey the word of God. To do otherwise is to deceive ourselves.

James 1:22 (MSG)
Don't fool yourself into thinking that you are a listener when you are anything but, letting the Word go in one ear and out the other. Act on what you hear!

My prayer:

Father God, my dear Father, I pray that if we have any doubt about whether we are genuinely Christ followers, then help us by the power of the Holy Spirit of God to examine ourselves to see if we are truly a child of God. Father God, please save us from the folly of self-deception. Father, may our lives show by the fruit we bear that when we confessed that we believed in Christ, that we truly turned from our sins, and turned to Christ, and he came into our lives to remain forever.

My song:

Since Jesus Came into My Heart (Click on link below to listen to this song):

http://biblestudycharts.com/SH_Since_Jesus_Came_into_My_Heart.html

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Proverbs 3:5-6 (HCSB)
⁵ Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding; ⁶ think about Him in all your ways, and He will guide you on the right paths.