Tuesday, March 31, 2020 Devotional
โ๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐๐จ๐จ๐๐จ, ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐ฃ๐ค ๐ข๐ค๐ง๐, ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ช๐จ ๐๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐ก๐๐จ๐๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ง.โ -Proverbsโฌ โญ10:25โฌ
How is it with you and the Lord? Are you finding it difficult to hang on to your faith, to resist temptation, and to be faithful in the things of God now, while we arenโt able to gather together at church?
In many places around the world, this is normal. Christians have to meet in small groups in their homes, because gathering for public worship as Christians is forbidden.
God has given us the opportunity to see what weโre really made of.
Will we come out of this time of โsocial distancingโ stronger, more committed to Jesus, more determined than ever to guide our own decisions and lead our families in Godโs way? Or will we come out of this having lost the habit of worship, of prayer and the reading of Scripture, and with no desire for Christian fellowship? Will our commitment to Christ and our trust in His Word and His faithfulness crumble and be replaced by other habits and attitudes?
Men, now is the time to step into the role of being the spiritual leader in your home. Women, support your men in this most essential of masculine duties.
Those who are single, men and women, focus on the things of the Lord and on pleasing Him. Letโs treat this as a practice run for the time that will surely come, when we as Christians donโt have the freedom that we have enjoyed in this country for more than two centuries. We donโt know what or when the future holds for us, but we can read what the Bible reveals about the days before Christโs return.
โ๐ฝ๐ ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฎ! ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ, ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐ฃ.โ -Luke 12:40
Pastor Dan Giles