Devotionals for December 4, 2024
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READ
PHILIPPIANS 3:15-17
Let all who are spiritually mature agree on these things. If you disagree on some point, I believe God will make it plain to you. But we must hold on to the progress we have already made. Dear brothers and sisters, pattern your lives after mine, and learn from those who follow our example.
Let all who are spiritually mature agree on these things. If you disagree on some point, I believe God will make it plain to you. But we must hold on to the progress we have already made. Dear brothers and sisters, pattern your lives after mine, and learn from those who follow our example.
REFLECT
Have you ever used the word “rizz” or “gyatt”? If so, you are following someone’s example. Our culture is infatuated with influencers - we give people we have never met the opportunity to tell us what to think and how to live. But Paul had something better in mind for the Philippian church, and for us. He wants us to find people in our communities that are walking with God, and then follow their example. Sounds crazy - giving local people the role of influencer in our lives. But it’s not crazy at all if they are following Jesus!
APPLY
Q: How do you know if someone is “following Paul’s example?”
Q: Who in your immediate circle fits that criteria? What makes them stand out to you?
Q: What would it look like to intentionally learn the pattern of life of that person? Consider reaching out to them today and asking to get together regularly to learn from one another.
Q: Who in your immediate circle fits that criteria? What makes them stand out to you?
Q: What would it look like to intentionally learn the pattern of life of that person? Consider reaching out to them today and asking to get together regularly to learn from one another.
SING
PRAY
"Give us today our daily bread."
Lord, place people in my life who are following you so that I may learn from them and pattern my life after them. Open my eyes to see the people in front of me that love you and want to walk with you. Give me the humility to learn and then practice what I learn, that I might reflect your character in my daily life.
Lord, place people in my life who are following you so that I may learn from them and pattern my life after them. Open my eyes to see the people in front of me that love you and want to walk with you. Give me the humility to learn and then practice what I learn, that I might reflect your character in my daily life.