CHALLENGE TAKEN from the pdf mentioned back here
Suggestion for today from there:
Day 34: Today’s prayer challenge. Read Matthew 5:8-12. Then glean the essence of those verses and pray to God about your life in application to those verses. This should truly be a powerful and revealing prayer time for you.
Matthew 5:8-12
Matthew 5:8-12
8 “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
9 “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
10 “Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11 “Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.
12 “Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
It is possible to renew the mind to the Word of God. You can replace carnal thoughts of worry, fear, self-pity, and other self-defeating thoughts with peace. You can keep your mind filled with self-doubt, self-rejection and become self-absorbed -- or you can become spiritually minded and change your self-image replacing negative thoughts with God's thoughts toward you. Choose to be God-inside-minded.
PRAYER
Heavenly Father, I bind my mind to the mind of Christ, my will to the will of God and my emotions to the control of the Holy Spirit. I choose to walk according to the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus, setting my mind on the things of the Spirit. To be spiritually minded is life and peace. I count myself dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. Amen.
Scripture Reading: Romans 8:1-8
; Romans 6:11The daily prayer is written by Germaine Copeland, author of the Prayers That Avail Much family book series.
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1 comment:
Dear Heavenly Father, AMEN to the words of Germaine to be spiritually minded and bin myself to Christ in my mind, my will and my emotions.
By seeking Your Truth and abiding in the principles of Matthew 5, I will walk because I choose to walk according to the Spirit. I cannot walk any better than to follow these beatitudes and make them an attitude change in me. Transform me as I grasp a better understanding of the power in living intentionally these precepts.
I desire to be pure in heart. I want to be a peacemaker. Give me the strength to face persecution and insults for Your sake.
Yes, Lord, for then I will rejoice and be glad for my reward in heaven.
Praise You for making a way and leading me as Your Spirit guides me and I listen and obey Your voice.
Thank You for this beautiful teaching on our inheritance as sons and daughters of God and the kingdom of heaven. May we bring others to this truth so that they too will receive Your eternal gift off salvation forever and ever, to You be all glory...
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