'Dedication And Commitment.'
Nehemiah 4:21-23.
a) Nehemiah 4:21. We worked early and late,
b) Nehemiah 4:21. From sunrise to sunset.
c) Nehemiah 4:21. Half the men were always on guard.
d) Nehemiah 4:22. I told everyone who lived outside the walls to come and live inside the City (Jerusalem).
e) Nehemiah 4:22. That way, they and their servants could help with guard duty at night and work during the day.
f) Nehemiah 4:23. During this time none of us, not:
1-I.
2-My relatives.
3-My servants.
4-The guards with me.
g) Nehemiah 4:23. Even took off our clothes.
h) Nehemiah 4:23. Each one kept his weapon, even when we went for water.
(This QT teaches me about Dedication And Commitment)
PRAY: For our Dedication and Commitment.
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'Knowing That God Loves Us.'
Romans 5:5.
a) This Hope will not lead to disappointment.
b) For we know how dearly God loves us
c) Because He has given us the Holy Spirit
d) To fill our hearts with His Love.
(This Second one reminds me that we can be Knowing That God Loves Us)
PRAY: For personal assurance of God's Love.
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Chris.
One of the Prayer requests that God puts into the heart of the True Believer is to Pray for their relatives. In many cases, we are the only people who are going to be praying for our relatives - especially for those who do not yet know the Lord Jesus Christ as their personal Saviour. We can also be praying for others in our home, work and Church as we so desire. Prayer is not meant to an emotionally tiring or painful spiritual exercise, it is meant to be a part of our communion with the Lord (Our relationship with Him). There may be something fundamentally wrong with our spiritual foundation or spiritual formation if we do not have a desire to Pray.
A 'personal relationship' with God, through knowing the Lord Jesus as our Saviour should be a vital part of our Faith life. We cannot live on someone else's experience of God. This 'personal relationship' with God is the beginning of a new life in Christ, the Bible describes it as being 'born again'! That really is a new start in life. One of the things that Jesus says 'must' about - and there are not many! - is that we must be born again. The method of how we are born again is not set, it can be anyhow and anywhere, but it involves accepting Jesus Christ as our Lord and Saviour - it may be a sudden decision or it may be a process. (He then becomes Lord of our life and the Saviour of our soul.)
There are so many ways and circumstances in and by which a person may come to accept Christ. We are not necessarily the 'instrument' to lead them to Christ, but we may be their intercessor to pray for them.
God does not manipulate people, neither should we. Manipulation is not the way to help another person into the Kingdom of God.
