During last week’s message in Church, we learned about The Growth Choice:
“I reserve a daily time with God for Bible reading, self-examination, and prayer to know God and His will for my life and to gain the power to follow His will.”
John Baker introduces this next choice simply writing, “In the last six chapters, you’ve been learning about coming out of the dark and exposing your problems to the light of God’s love. At whatever level, you’ve been able to accomplish this, God has been healing the hurts, hang-ups, and habits that have messed up your life. Many of you are already experiencing some of the amazing changes in your life” (Life’s Healing Choices, pg. 206).
Like any parent, we want our children to grow: physically, mentally, and spiritually. If we see they are not growing, we worry and take action to promote their growth. Here are some of the things we can do to help us grow in our walk with God:
- I need to schedule a daily time with God.
- I must fill my mind with Scripture.
- Focus on my goal, not my habit.
- I face and forsake my failures quickly.
- I have to flee temptation, but I don’t have to fear it.
- If I’m going to make it to the finish line, if I’m going to grow continuously, I must get involved in an ongoing support group.
- Follow Christ to the finish line.
Each day this week, we are going to steer our prayer focus to specific areas of our lives in need of growth.
MONDAY
Personal
Separate a time to pray for individual growth. Have a pen and paper ready and ask God to give you direction in different areas in your life. I would have my Bible nearby and ask God to show you Scriptures relevant to the areas of growth needs.
TUESDAY
Finances
Pray for guidance that you may use your finances wisely and achieve financial growth.
WEDNESDAY
Family
Pray for your family that they have spiritual growth.
THURSDAY
Church
Continue to pray for our growth in number of persons in our Church and for the personal spiritual growth of our congregants with the Lord.
FRIDAY
Leaders
Pray for our leaders, that they will grow spiritually as well and be equipped to help the Church reach Gods vision and purpose.
SATURDAY
Co-workers/Classmates
Pray for your workplace and co-workers that your company will grow and prosper.
SUNDAY
Lost Souls
Pray for salvation of the lost souls that are around us, especially pray for the city of Doral that is growing at an exponential rate.
LOOKING AHEAD
Pray for the Nicky Cruz event on May 21st. Ask God to show you who to pray for and invite to Church. Use Facebook as a tool to reach out to others and keep yourselves informed. Make sure you acquire your tickets and share the event webpage with all of your Facebook friends. If someone likes your page, ask them to like and share the event page as well. That way, we can create a huge digital “net” to bring in those people God is leading us to.
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