Devotionals for December 5, 2024
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READ
PHILIPPIANS 3:18-19
For I have told you often before, and I say it again with tears in my eyes, that there are many whose conduct shows they are really enemies of the cross of Christ. They are headed for destruction. Their god is their appetite, they brag about shameful things, and they think only about this life here on earth.
For I have told you often before, and I say it again with tears in my eyes, that there are many whose conduct shows they are really enemies of the cross of Christ. They are headed for destruction. Their god is their appetite, they brag about shameful things, and they think only about this life here on earth.
REFLECT
Christ possessed me… for a heavenly prize… and calls me to press on… and surrounds me with godly men and women as examples… and then we hit this wall. People within the church who are not walking with God. And Paul’s response is to… weep over them??
APPLY
Q: How do you typically respond to a person within the church who is not speaking or acting in a way that you feel is appropriate?
Q: When was the last time that you shed a tear over the brokenness of another person in our church?
Q: What would loving someone who is hurting look like? Consider reaching out to someone in this situation and reminding them of the kindness of God.
Q: When was the last time that you shed a tear over the brokenness of another person in our church?
Q: What would loving someone who is hurting look like? Consider reaching out to someone in this situation and reminding them of the kindness of God.
SING
PRAY
"Forgive us our sins, as we have forgiven those who sin against us."
Lord, we started this week reminding ourselves of our imperfections - that we need to be captured by your grace. But we followed it quickly with the reminder that you have captured us, that our past is forgiven and forgotten, and that we are called to press on in our pilgrimage to heaven. Lord, use me today as an instrument of this same beautiful good news for another - that their sins too can be forgiven and they can be made holy by your relentless grace.
Lord, we started this week reminding ourselves of our imperfections - that we need to be captured by your grace. But we followed it quickly with the reminder that you have captured us, that our past is forgiven and forgotten, and that we are called to press on in our pilgrimage to heaven. Lord, use me today as an instrument of this same beautiful good news for another - that their sins too can be forgiven and they can be made holy by your relentless grace.