TODAY'S LESSON: A.S.A.P.
(ALWAYS SAY A PRAYER)
PRAY WITHOUT CEASING.
I THESSALONIANS 5:17
AS CHILDREN WE WERE TAUGHT
TO ALWAYS SAY GRACE BEFORE A MEAL
AND TO SAY OUR PRAYERS
BEFORE GOING TO BED,
BUT WHAT ABOUT NOW?
WHEN I WAS A CHILD, I SPAKE AS A CHILD, I UNDERSTOOD AS A CHILD, I THOUGHT AS A CHILD: BUT WHEN I BECAME A MAN, I PUT AWAY CHILDISH THINGS.
I CORINTHIANS 13:11
IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT
GROWING UP IS INEVITABLE,
BUT MATURING IS OPTIONAL.
AS ADULTS, IT IS GOOD TO REFLECT ON OUR CHILDHOOD
AND GLEAN FROM IT,
BUT WE SHOULD NOT BE SETTLED IN THE PAST.
I PRESS TOWARD THE MARK FOR THE PRIZE
OF THE HIGH CALLING OF GOD IN CHRIST JESUS.
PHILIPPIANS 3:14
IF WE ARE TO MAKE THE MARK WE MUST FIRST
"TAKE IT UP A NOTCH".
EVERY RELATIONSHIP KNOWN TO MAN REQUIRES
ONE MAJOR INGREDIENT-COMMUNICATION
PRAYER IS ONE OF THE WAYS WE COMMUNICATE WITH GOD.
IN ORDER FOR US TO RECEIVE HIS INSTRUCTIONS
WE MUST KEEP THE LINES OF COMMUNICATION OPEN.
IF MY PEOPLE, WHICH ARE CALLED BE MY NAME,
SHALL HUMBLE THEMSELVES, AND PRAY, AND SEEK MY FACE,
AND TURN FROM THEIR WICKED WAYS;
THEN WILL I HEAR FROM HEAVEN, AND WILL FORGIVE THEIR SIN,
AND WILL HEAL THEIR LAND.
II CHRONICLES 7:14
TELL ME, SINCE I'M AN ADULT NOW
IS THERE ANY NEED TO ME TO PRAY BEFORE EVERY MEAL?
YES!
WHETHER THEREFORE YE EAT, OR DRINK,
OR WHATSOEVER YE DO,
DO ALL TO THE GLORY OF GOD.
I CORINTHIANS 10:31
HOW ABOUT BEFORE I GO TO BED?
YES!
YOU CAN START HERE:
OUR FATHER WHICH ART IN HEAVEN
HALLOWED BE THY NAME
THY KINGDOM COME
THY WILL BE DONE
IN EARTH, AS IT IS IN HEAVEN
GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD
AND FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS
AS WE FORGIVE OUR DEBTORS
AND LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION
BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL
FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM
AND THE POWER
AND THE GLORY
FOREVER
IN JESUS NAME I PRAY,
AMEN.
MATTHEW 6:9b-13
AFTER ALL, HE DID BRING YOU THROUGH THE DAY.
THINK OF IT AS SAYING GOODNIGHT TO A REAL GOOD FRIEND.
