Roman 4:20

Select the Text

Roman 4:20

Watch the Context

Paul was describing the Faith of Abraham and how he stands for God i all things

Observe the Word

Not Waver - Not shaken

In His Faith - Fully commitment to the belief he has

Glorifying God - Contrast

Reflect into the Message

Abraham's faith was fully rooted in the belief that God do not change His promise. For He has shown Himself as a faithful God. It is in our part that we can put our trust and faith in Him as well.

Develop a New Spiritual Walk with God

Lord, i want to walk in FAITH with You, despite the discouraging circumstances surround me. Yet your power is there to be with me.

SWORD for Deuteronomy 17:19

Select the Verse of Today:

Deuteronomy 17:19

Watch the Context:

The verse in part of God's Instruction regarding the Criteria for the Future King of Israel

Observe the Word:

Read - A process of knowing, information gathering

Follow Carefully - Obedience

Reflect the Lesson Taken:

Have i take a special consideration of meditating in the word of God? Have my busy life have taken me from spending enough time with the Word? Have i set aside the love of the word and replace it with my personal entertainment such as Facebook. Youtube, and Games? For if i do, probably i actually did not revere God and revere my personal idol - Disobedience of 10 Commandments.

Develop a new commitment to Lesson:

By your Grace today let me be:

OBEDIENCE to giving my time reflecting and meditating upon the word of God

Prayer

Hebrew 10:24-25

S - Select the Bible Text of Today

Hebrew 10:24-25

W - Watch the Context of the Text

Paul reminded the Church upon their duties, including supporting one another and meet one another.

O - Observe the Important Word

Spur - Assertive, yet fulfilling

Encourage - To give and affirm with good word for other to move on

R - Reflect the Message for your Personal Growth

The Message tell me That:

1. I have a role in Church by spurring one another to do the good and loving thing

2. I have a role of encouraging one another through meeting

D - Develop a walk in My Spiritual Life

By God's Grace i pray that God will help me to:

1. HAVE the courage to spur

Prayer Journal of Today (16 March 2011)

Phillipians 4:13

S - Select the Verse of the Day

Philippians 4:13

W - Watch The Context of the Text

Paul is describing what is his ministry experience is all about, and where did he find his strength and courage


O - Observe the Significant Word

I can do - Personal conviction, especially related to Philippians 4:12 where he reminds the church of his life and struggle


R - Reflect the Message

In his particular verse that often misquoted, Paul's expression of strength is not that he can achieve anything but rather to be content even when things does not go the way he expect it. The source of strength and the result of strength in Paul's life is not by doing more and more but rather by finding peace, joy and comfort in limited situation and action. Often time especially in this modern world we are forced and deceived to understand the simple fact of life. We often driven to do more and more because our value seems to be judged by that view. That is the reason why many people dont find peace in God without having to DO something. Interesting to know that we didnt hear much from the life of Jesus' Disciple other than folllowing him and learning from the Master. I can do all things in this view must be seen as a way to see what God can do for us, rather than what we can do all the time. We are not the center but He is.


D - Develop the Verse into Something practical

ACCEPT God's empowerment in my limited resources.

Pray

John 17:3

S - Select the Text

John 17:3

W - Watch the Context

The verse is part of Jesus' Prayer for His disciple before His crucifixion. It consist of the summary of His ministry and the message of the Gospel.

O - Observe the Important Word

Eternal Life - That it goes beyond living endlessly. Eternal life is the restoration of God's Ideal upon humanity that was lost during the Fall. Eternity was take when Adam and Eve fall.

Know - Knowledge that is not driven by intellectual gain (brain exercise) but by constant relationship. It driven by internal factor rather than external need.

R - Reflect the Message

Do i know God? Do i know Jesus? - The question might sound very philosophical but the answer is not. What drives me actually to know Him? Is it because i need to have some kind of emotional support for things that i am insecure of? Or is it because i am really want to be with God that Created me? When my knowledge of God is driven because of opinion,doing the right thing,impression,how people look then that relationship is only based on external factor. That is not knowing that God wants to have with him. Rather, i know him because it is Life itself. Its the energy that drives all the event and actions of my life.

D - Develop a Spiritual Journey with Him

Lord, i want to know you for you are life itself. Outside of You, there is no life and purpose. Help me to not build my relationship with you because of external factor, or just because i want to fill in my emotional insecurities.

Hebrews 10:24-25

S - Select the Verse of the Day

Hebrews 10:24-25

W - Watch the Context

The verse is part of Paul's message regarding living up the faith that has been given by God to us

O - Observe the Word

Spur - giving an encouraging comment

Meeting Together - Fellowship

R - Reflect the Message

It is God's desire for His people to be together in a fellowship of believers. By spur one another, and meeting together God's people will be encouraged and that is how a person actually practicing their faith. Faith can grow by nurturing each other through meeting and encouraging one another.

D - Develop the Message into Practical Lesson

By the grace of God i shall:

ENCOURAGE my fellow believers

MEET them in regular basis to strengthen each other spiritual life as well as emotional and social life too

Prayer

SWORD for Proverbs 3:5,6

S - Select the Verse

Proverbs 3:5-6

W - Watch the Context of the Text

Like many Solomon's Proverbs, this particular verse is part of his saying regarding the wisdom and path of searching for God

O - Observe the Word

Trust - come from the from the Hebrew word bytakh that literally means "leaning on support". The word often used to express false trust on items, or power but in this particular verse it was used for the opposite function - trusting the reliable source (God)

Heart - Heart is the full expression of the center of cognitive and affective part of us, in which means trusting the Lord took all that we have without any doubt.

Acknowledge - derived from the word yada that can be translated into - a full knowledge of God in which our trust and obedience lies.

Path Straight - the word actually means, smoothen or grinding. We can imagine a road that is filled with gravel and rough edges but then smoothen with the machine.

R - Reflect

When we trust the LORD and Acknowledge Him as the guide of our life, He will lead us and our walk of life even when its rough will be smooth for His assurance and guidance are with us. We need to fully comprehend Him even when life is very unpredictable. Allow Him to be God and experience His miracle in life the way we never thought.

D - Develop a New Way of Life

TRUST - I want to Trust God today, completely, knowing He is the true Guide of my life

Prayer