SOUTHERN BAPTIST’S DAY OF PRAYER: Humble Yourself and Put Away Pride
“God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.’ Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.” (1 Peter 5:5-6, NIV) Quoting from Proverbs, Peter wrote, “ ‘God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.’ Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time” (1 Peter 5:5-6, NIV). Pride is a sin that stands in opposition to God. He aggressively opposes it. Consecrate yourself and put away pride. ❍ To get an idea of God’s thoughts about pride, read the Scriptures below and...
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“Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.” (Mark 12:30 HCSB) One way your love for Christ declines or grows cold is that you begin to love someone or something more than you should. His first and greatest command to you is “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength” (Mark 12:30, HCSB). When anything distracts you from this first and wholehearted love for Christ, you need to return to your first love. In Ezekiel 14 God said Israel’s elders had...
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CONSECRATE THE PEOPLE – PDF Download Consecrate the People is an abbreviated process designed to help Godʼs people prepare to renew their covenant commitments to Him. Several of the daily devotionals have been adapted from a more thorough process of preparing for and celebrating a sacred assembly at a Lordʼs Supper observance. Come to the Lordʼs Table by Claude King is a 28-day devotional guide that helps a church celebrate the Lordʼs Supper as a meaningful time of refreshment and renewal in its love relationship with Jesus Christ. Individual copies and case-lot quantities are...
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SOUTHERN BAPTIST’S DAY OF PRAYER: Return to Your First Love
“Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks; I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars: And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name’s sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted. Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. Remember therefore from whence thou art...
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