Have Great Peace

Discipleship Devotional Study Guide - Promises - Day 196- Psalm 119:161-168 - Have Great Peace - Growing As Disciples

Discipleship Devotional Study Guide – Promises – Day 196- Psalm 119:161-168 – Have Great Peace – Growing As Disciples

Powerful people harass me without cause, but my heart trembles only at your word.  I rejoice in your word like one who discovers a great treasure.  I hate and abhor all falsehood, but I love your instructions.  I will praise you seven times a day because all your regulations are just. Those who love your instructions have great peace and do not stumble.  I long for your rescue, LORD, so I have obeyed your commands.  I have obeyed your laws, for I love them very much.  Yes, I obey your commandments and laws because you know everything I do. Psalm 119:161-168 (NLT)  

Great Peace

Would you like your life to be filled with great peace? Would you like to be kept from stumbling? Yes, I would like both of those things to be true in my life. How can my life be filled with great peace? How can I be kept from stumbling? Take my word deep into your heart and mind and life. Value my word as a hidden treasure. Keep my word ever before you. Listen attentively to me. Allow my word to guard and guide your life. Follow and obey my word. Put my word into practice. Do not be only a hearer of my word. Be a doer of my word. Then you will have great peace. Then you will be kept from stumbling.

How can I go about taking your word deep into my heart and mind? How can I value your word as a hidden treasure? Meet with me daily in my word. Meditate on my word. Allow my word to change the thoughts of your mind. Allow my word to change the words of your mouth. Allow my word to change the actions of your life. My word will mold and shape you. My word will lead you on the path that I have laid out for you. Your heart will be changed, and mind transformed as you continue to meet with me in my word. So, set apart a time and place to meet with me in my word. Keep a daily appointment with me. Hunger for my word. Thirst for the life I have called you to live. Draw near to me and I will draw near to you. Hold on to my word. Put my word into practice as you love, follow and serve me. Then you will be filled with my great peace. Then you will be kept from stumbling. With a willing heart, filled with joy and gladness, this I will do. I will take your word deep into my heart and mind and life. That will be very good. Thank you, Lord.

Lord, I love your word. Your word is like a great treasure. Your word has protected me when I have been under attack. Your word has given me great peace. Your word has kept me from stumbling. I will follow and obey your word. Speak to me. I’m listening. Amen

Key Question… How has loving God’s word given you great peace?

Living It Out… Love God’s word so He can use it to give you great peace and keep you from stumbling.

Seeing It Happen… Have faith that loving God’s word will give you great peace and keep you from stumbling.

Get Ready To Share… Share with another person or your small group how loving God’s word has filled your life with peace.

Prayer To Bless Others… May allow God’s word to give you great peace and keep you from stumbling.

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You Answered Me

Discipleship Devotional Study Guide - Promises - Day 215 - Psalm 138:3-6 - You Answered Me - Growing As Disciples

Discipleship Devotional Study Guide – Promises – Day 215 – Psalm 138:3-6 – You Answered Me – Growing As Disciples

When I called, you answered me; you made me bold and stouthearted. May all the kings of the earth praise you, O LORD, when they hear the words of your mouth. May they sing of the ways of the LORD, for the glory of the LORD is great. Though the LORD is on high, he looks upon the lowly, but the proud he knows from afar.  Psalm 138:3-6 (NIV)

When I Called

Will you come and cry out to me? Will you ask me for all that you need? Why would I not come and cry out to you? Why would I fail to ask you for all that I need? That’s a very good question that you need to think about long and hard. Why is that? Haven’t you been reluctant to come and ask me for all that you need? Yes, that is true. Do you have any thoughts on the subject? There are a variety of possible reasons why I have not come and asked you for all that I need. Let me hear them. I’m not saying that I have any good reasons. I understand. Some of my reasons are so bad that I don’t really want to repeat them out loud. Go ahead anyway. I have not always come and asked for your help because my pride has told me that I don’t need your help. I have foolishly thought that I could rely on myself to handle all of my problems. How has that worked out for you? Without your help I have been weak and faint hearted in many of my efforts. I have been unable to accomplish all that you have given me to do for you. There is a reason for that. What’s that? It is my plan that you will rely on me to accomplish what I have given you to do in life. There is no way that you will ever feel strong and bold and confident without me. Would it serve you well if I allowed you to live your life confidently and boldly without me? No, it would not. Your weakness is meant to cause you to come to rely on my strength. I will be your strength. I will be your boldness. I will be your confidence. Would you like that? Yes, I would. Let me hear one more of your reasons for not asking for all that you need from me. I’m sorry to say that I have wondered if you would hear and answer my prayer. Wondered? I have doubted that you would hear and answer my prayer. How does that sound to you? It sounds terrible. I ask you to forgive me for not coming to you with faith to ask you for all that I need. You have been and are forgiven. What do you want instead? I would like my faith in you to be strong. I would like to pray bold prayers. I would like to ask for all that I need from you. There is only one way for that to happen. How is that? Start praying those prayers right now. Do you sense that there may be a relationship between your power in life and your power in prayer? I have never thought about prayer that way, until now. Now, is a good time to know that this is true, isn’t it? Yes, it is. What do you want to do differently as a result of hearing from me? I want to give you thanks and praise to you for speaking to me. I want to rejoice in knowing that you are watching over me and caring for my life. I want to begin to come and make known to you all that I need. I want to rely fully on you. I want to pray bold and confident prayers with the knowledge that you will hear and answer me. You will make me bold and confident and strong. You will make me able to do all that you have given me to do for you. Yes, I will as you come to rely on me.

Lord, thank you that I can humbly come and cry out to you. That is exactly what I will do. I will not rely on my own strength and abilities. Instead, I will rely on you. You hear and answer my prayer. You make be strong and bold as I follow and serve you. Amen

Key Question… How has the Lord strengthened your heart and made you bold as you have relied on Him?

Living It Out… Rely on God and humbly call out to Him so that He can make you strong and bold for Him.

Seeing It Happen… Have faith that God will make will make you strong and bold as you rely on Him.

Get Ready To Share… Share with another person or your small group how God has made you strong and bold as you have called out to Him.

Prayer To Bless Others… May you humbly call out to God in prayer so that He can strengthen your heart and make you bold for Him.

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Pray With All My Heart

Discipleship Devotional Study Guide - Promises - Day 194- Psalm 119:145-152 - Pray With All My Heart - Growing As Disciples

Discipleship Devotional Study Guide – Promises – Day 194- Psalm 119:145-152 – Pray With All My Heart – Growing As Disciples

I pray with all my heart; answer me, LORD! I will obey your decrees.  I cry out to you; rescue me, that I may obey your laws.  I rise early, before the sun is up; I cry out for help and put my hope in your words.  I stay awake through the night, thinking about your promise.  In your faithful love, O LORD, hear my cry; let me be revived by following your regulations.  Lawless people are coming to attack me; they live far from your instructions.  But you are near, O LORD, and all your commands are true.  I have known from my earliest days that your laws will last forever. Psalm 119:145-152 (NLT)

Pray 

Why is it that you can cry out to me? Why is it that you can lay your prayers before me? Why is it well worth your time and effort to draw near to me? Will I hear you? Will I answer your prayers? Will I help you in your hour of need? Is it my delight for you to choose to live in an intimate relationship with me? Tell me what you think? What is on your heart and in your mind? You love and care for me. You are not distant. You are not far off. You have not removed yourself from me. I can cry out to you because you delight to hear from me. As a son can come to his father, so also, I can come to you. Yet, you are far better, far wiser, and more loving and caring than any human father. Your eye is always on me. Your hand rests on me. There is nowhere I can go that takes me out of your sight. There is no detail of my life that goes unobserved and unnoticed by you. You know me. You know the thoughts I will think before I think them. You know the words I will speak before I speak them. You know the actions I will take before I take them. One might think that with such knowledge you would turn away from me. Why is that? I am a sinner. I have sinned. I will sin. That is all the more reason for you to come and pray to me. Confess your sin. Receive your cleansing. Be made new. Keep on living the life I have given you to live. Cry out to me. Lay your prayers before. Allow me to hear and answer your prayers. Allow me to guard and guide your life. Allow me to fulfill all my promises to you. That I will do. That will be very good. 

Lord, I will keep on crying out to you. I will keep on laying my prayers before you. I will keep drawing near to you. I will live in an intimate relationship with you. Thank you for loving and caring for me. Fulfill your promises in my life. Amen

Key Question… How near is God to you that you can call out to Him in prayer?

Living It Out… Place all your hope and trust in God and His word because He will hear and answer your prayers.

Seeing It Happen… Have faith that God’s word will guide the prayers of your heart so you can pray prayers He will hear and answer.

Get Ready To Share… Share with another person or your small group how God’s word is guiding the prayers of your heart.

Prayer To Bless Others… May God’s word guide the prayers of your heart.

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Not Lose His Reward

Discipleship Devotional Study Guide - Promises - Day 167 - Matthew 10:42 - Not Lose His Reward - Growing As Disciples

Discipleship Devotional Study Guide – Promises – Day 167 – Matthew 10:42 – Not Lose His Reward – Growing As Disciples

And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is my disciple, I tell you the truth, he will certainly not lose his reward.” Matthew 10:42 (NIV)

A Cup Of Cold Water

Even the small things matter. Even what kind of small things matter? Giving even small things to people in need is important. Why is that? If you are willing to give in small ways to those in need it means that your heart and mind and life are open to helping those who are in need. If you are giving even a little bit that means that you are not blindly walking through life, ignoring pain and suffering all around you. Giving a little bit is a start, it is a beginning, it is a sign that you are not being tight fisted and closed handed with those who are in need. I see. That’s it exactly. What’s it exactly? I want you to see the opportunities all around you to help others in need. I understand. That’s good.

Have I richly blessed your life? Yes, you have richly blessed my life. Have I given you many good gifts? Yes, you have given me many good gifts. Why do you suppose I have richly blessed your life and given you so many good gifts? I know that you love and care for me. Yes, I love and care for you. But most of all, I think you have blessed my life so that I can be a blessing to others. You want me to follow your example. You want me to love like you loved. You want me to serve like you served. You want me to give like you gave. Yes, I do.

So, will you freely share your time and talents and resources with others? Will you follow my example? Will you give to others what I have given to you? Yes Lord, I will. That will be very good.

Why would it be a foolish mistake to fail to give to others what I have given to you? One day you will reward me for what I have done for others in this life. It would be foolish to try to hold on to what I cannot keep. I came into this life with nothing. I will take nothing of material value into the next life. I like the way that you said that. Why is that? You know that you cannot store up treasure on earth. But you also know that you can store up treasure in heaven. One day, in heaven, you will be rewarded for how you have loved and helped and ministered to those in need in this life. Keep on loving. Keep on giving. Keep on serving. Yes Lord, I will. That will be very good.

Lord, I will freely give of my time and talents and resources to those who are in need. I will not be tight fisted. I will not be closed handed. I will generously give to others what you have given to me. Use my life to richly bless the lives of a multitude of others. Amen

Key Question… Why would it be a foolish mistake to fail to help others who are in great need?

Living It Out… Freely give of your time, talents and resources to those who are in need.

Seeing It Happen… Have faith that you will receive a reward in heaven because you have freely given to those who are in need.

Get Ready To Share… Share with another person or your small group how you are freely given to those who are in need.

Prayer To Bless Others… May you freely give to those who are in need.

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Pant With Expectation

Discipleship Devotional Study Guide - Promises - Day 192 - Psalm 119:129-135 - Pant With Expectation - Growing As Disciples

Discipleship Devotional Study Guide – Promises – Day 192 – Psalm 119:129-135 – Pant With Expectation – Growing As Disciples

Your laws are wonderful. No wonder I obey them!  The teaching of your word gives light, so even the simple can understand.  I pant with expectation, longing for your commands.  Come and show me your mercy, as you do for all who love your name.  Guide my steps by your word, so I will not be overcome by evil.  Ransom me from the oppression of evil people; then I can obey your commandments.  Look upon me with love; teach me your decrees.  Rivers of tears gush from my eyes because people disobey your instructions. Psalm 119:129-136 (NLT)  

Expectation

What is your expectation? What is your great hope? Normally, I would ask you to be more specific. Oftentimes, I would ask you to clarify the nature of your questions. But what you are asking is not hidden to me. There is no mystery in what you are asking of me. So, I will jump right in and start answering your questions. I will start with your second question. I thought you might. In my opinion there is nowhere else to begin. My hope is in you. You are my God and King. You are my Savior and Lord.  You are my Father. I am your child. So, I will place all my faith and hope and trust in you. To place my hope in anyone or anything other than you would be exceedingly foolish. You alone are my hope. Yes, I am. 

Keep going, I’m sure that you have much more to say. Yes, I do have more to say. Because you are worthy of all my faith and hope and trust, I can rely on your word. Your promises are wonderful. How wonderful is my word? Your word takes my breath away. You word has me panting for more. I wait with great eagerness and anticipation and expectation for your word to be fulfilled in my life and in the world around me. Your word has even brought me to tears because it has both revealed your kindness and mercy and love to me, but also, how I and others in this life fall short in obeying you and your word. What has my word already been doing in and for you? Your word has and will continue to give me light. You have been helping me to understand what, on my own, I could not begin to understand. Your word has been and will continue to guide my steps through life. Your word has been molding and shaping my life. Your word has been making me into the person you want me to become. Your word has been making me able to resist temptation and fight against evil. Your word has been changing my heart and transforming my mind. Not one of my thoughts or words or actions have been left untouched by your word. I do know why you have given your word to me. Why is that? You have given me your word because you love me. That is true. That is right. That is certain. And I will follow and obey your word because I also love you with all that is within me. That is very good.

Lord, thank you for the wonderful promises in your word. The teaching of your word has guarded and guided my life. Your word has made me able to stand against temptation and fight against evil. I will pant with expectation the fulfillment of your word. Amen

Key Question… How are you panting with expectation the fulfillment of God’s promises in your life?

Living It Out… Pant with expectation over the fulfillment of God’s promises in your life.

Seeing It Happen… Have faith that God will fulfill the promises of God’s word in your life as you love, follow and obey Him.

Get Ready To Share… Share with another person or your small group how you are panting with expectation the fulfilment of God’s word.

Prayer To Bless Others… May you pant with expectation of the fulfillment of God’s promises in your life.

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Give Discernment To Me

Discipleship Devotional Study Guide - Promises - Day 191 - Psalm 119:121-128 - Give Discernment To Me - Growing As Disciples

Discipleship Devotional Study Guide – Promises – Day 191 – Psalm 119:121-128 – Give Discernment To Me – Growing As Disciples

Don’t leave me to the mercy of my enemies, for I have done what is just and right.  Please guarantee a blessing for me. Don’t let the arrogant oppress me!  My eyes strain to see your rescue, to see the truth of your promise fulfilled.  I am your servant; deal with me in unfailing love, and teach me your decrees.  Give discernment to me, your servant; then I will understand your laws.  LORD, it is time for you to act, for these evil people have violated your instructions.  Truly, I love your commands more than gold, even the finest gold.  Each of your commandments is right. That is why I hate every false way. Psalm 119:121-128 (NLT)  

Discernment

How much of that do you have? How much of what do I have? How much discernment do you have? Is this a trick question? No, it is not a trick question. Well, the answer is obvious for both you and me. It is obvious to me. I’m checking on you. Tell me your thoughts. On my own, without your help, I have very little discernment. That may even be an understatement. Correction, that is a dramatic understatement. At times, I am quite dense. How so? I don’t see what I need to see. I don’t get what I need to get. I make dumb decisions and stupid mistakes. I wander into difficulty. I drift away from you. Without your discernment, my life has no hope of staying on course. I desperately need your discernment to keep my life on track. Yes, you do, there is no doubt about that. I am glad that we agree.

So, it is my prayer that you will give me discernment. What will my discernment do for you? Your discernment will help me to know and do your will. Your discernment will help me to see your work in the world around me. Why is that important? I know that you want me to join you in the work that you are doing all around me. Without your discernment, I would not recognize your activity in the world. Without, your discernment I have and will continue to run off in a hundred different directions, bouncing from one thing to another, doing what will amount to no value. It is your discernment that will make me fruitful as your servant in this world. It is your discernment that will bless my life so that I can be blessing to others in ways that will bear fruit for your kingdom and bring glory to your name. This is what I want. This is my desire. This is my prayer. Give me discernment so that I can serve you well. I will hear and answer this prayer of yours. You will receive discernment from me. Thank you, Lord, 

Lord, often I cannot see what I need to see. Frequently, I am oblivious to your working in the world around me. Use your word to give me discernment. Use your word to guide my path through life. Use your word to help to think, speak and act rightly and justly. Amen

Key Question… When has God’s word given you discernment to know what you could have not known by yourself?

Living It Out… Receive God’s word into your life so that you will have all the discernment He wants to give you.

Seeing It Happen… Have faith that God will use His word to give you discernment in how to live your life.

Get Ready To Share… Share with another person or your small group when God’s word has given you powerful and timely discernment.

Prayer To Bless Others… May you allow God’s word to give you discernment to guide your life.

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Source Of Hope

Discipleship Devotional Study Guide - Promises - Day 190 - Psalm 119:113- 120 - Source Of Hope - Growing As Disciples

Discipleship Devotional Study Guide – Promises – Day 190 – Psalm 119:113- 120 – Source Of Hope – Growing As Disciples

I hate those with divided loyalties, but I love your instructions.  You are my refuge and my shield; your word is my source of hope.  Get out of my life, you evil-minded people, for I intend to obey the commands of my God.  LORD, sustain me as you promised, that I may live! Do not let my hope be crushed.  Sustain me, and I will be rescued; then I will meditate continually on your decrees.  But you have rejected all who stray from your decrees. They are only fooling themselves.  You skim off the wicked of the earth like scum; no wonder I love to obey your laws!  I tremble in fear of you; I stand in awe of your regulations. Psalm 119:113-120 (NLT)

Your Hope 

What is your source of hope? Where will you turn and what will give you hope when you find yourself in what appears to be a hopeless situation? Who will give you counsel? Where will you seek advice? How will you be sustained and strengthened and encouraged when you are in great difficulty? Do you have divided loyalties? Do you have a double mind? Are you trying to live your life with and for me while at the same time you are you following the ways of the world? What forms your thinking? What guides your speech? What directs your activities? That is a lot of questions. Take your time. I am anxious to hear your answers. Let me take one of the last questions first. Go ahead. I do not have a double mind. I have no interest in living according to the thoughts and opinions of this world. My thoughts and words and actions are guided by your word. I want to live a life that is good and right and pleasing to you. My only source of hope in this life is you and your word. It is foolish and unwise to turn to any other source of counsel and guidance than you. Yes, I do know that you will bring good and wise and godly people to speak into my life. I will listen to all counsel and instruction and advice that clearly comes from you. But first and foremost, when I am in a seemingly hopeless situation, filled with great difficulty, I will draw near to you. This will be my pattern and practice. I know that I can never go wrong by turning to you, waiting in your presence, meeting with you in your word. You will counsel me. You will watch over me. You will sustain and strengthen. You will fill my life with hope. Of that, I am sure. Of that, I have no doubt. I will hold on to you and your word. That will be very good. Then you will receive all the hope I want to give to you. Thank you, Lord. 

Lord, help me to not be double-minded in my thinking, speaking and acting. I know I cannot live for you and the world. Both can never coexist. Give me a single-hearted devotion to you. Use your word to sustain and strengthen me as I love, follow and serve you. Amen

Key Question… How are you relying on God’s word to give you hope even when situations appear to be hopeless?

Living It Out… Allow the promises of God’s word to fill your life with hope.

Seeing It Happen… Have faith that the promises of God’s word will fill your life with hope.

Get Ready To Share… Share with another person or your small group how the promises of God’s word have filled your life with hope.

Prayer To Bless Others… May you have hope in all the promises of God.

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Promises – Day 190 – Psalm 119-113-120 – Source Of Hope – 4 Page Discipleship Devotional Study Guide

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Lamp To Guide My Feet

Discipleship Devotional Study Guide - Promises - Day 189 - Psalm 119:105- 112 - Lamp To Guide My Feet - Growing As Disciples

Discipleship Devotional Study Guide – Promises – Day 189 – Psalm 119:105- 112 – Lamp To Guide My Feet – Growing As Disciples

Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path.  I’ve promised it once, and I’ll promise it again: I will obey your righteous regulations.  I have suffered much, O LORD; restore my life again as you promised.  LORD, accept my offering of praise, and teach me your regulations.  My life constantly hangs in the balance, but I will not stop obeying your instructions.  The wicked have set their traps for me, but I will not turn from your commandments.  Your laws are my treasure; they are my heart’s delight.  I am determined to keep your decrees to the very end. Psalm 119:105-112 (NLT)

Where Are You Going?

Do you know where you are going? Do you know what steps to take and which steps to avoid? Are you sure of what is the right path for you to follow? Do you know how to keep your life on course? What will keep you together when much of life is falling apart all around you? What will you do, how will you respond, when others and every kind of evil tries to throw you off track? What will keep you in the running? What will help you to run strong and finish well? Without, your word I have no idea where I am going. I have tried to go it alone, by following my own counsel and listening to my own advice. That has not worked well for me. I have taken many missteps. I have made many mistakes.  I have wandered off course. I have gotten entangled in the evil of this world. I have sinned against you. Forgive me. You are forgiven. Keep on answering the questions that I have set before you. Only your word, will keep me on course. Only your word, will keep me together when much of life is falling apart all around me. And these days, that is exactly what is happening. I can’t recall more widespread, world-wide crises, happening all at one time. On top of that, intolerance and hate are at almost unprecedented levels, at least in my life. It would be easy to become discouraged and depressed and defeated. But I am holding on to your word. Your word is encouraging and strengthening me. Your word is lifting me up. So, with a heart filled with joy, that I can’t really comprehend, I will keep on following and obeying you. I will keep on putting your word into practice. Your word will continue to have first place in my life. I will never stop listening to you. Your word will guard and guide me. Your word will show me the steps I should take. Your word will keep me on the path you have laid out for me. I know that you will help me to run strong and finish well. Yes, my word will accomplish all these things for you. Keep on listening to me. Yes Lord, I will. That will be very good. 

Lord, thank you that your word is a lamp to my feet and light to my path. Your word has prevented me from stumbling in the darkness of this world. Your word has been light to my path to guide me through life. I will keep on following and obeying your word. Amen

Key Question… How have you been allowing God’s word to illuminate the path you are walking through life?

Living It Out… Allow God’s word to be a lamp to your feet and a light to your path.

Seeing It Happen… Have faith that God’s word will be a lamp to your feet and a light to your path.

Get Ready To Share… Share with another person or your small group how God’s word has been guiding you through life.

Prayer To Bless Others… May God’s word be a lamp to guide your feet and a light to your path.

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Promises – Day 189 – Psalm 119-105-112 – Lamp To Guide My Feet – 4 Page Discipleship Devotional Study Guide

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My Constant Guide

Discipleship Devotional Study Guide - Promises - Day 188 - Psalm 119:97 - 104 - My Constant Guide - Growing As Disciples

Discipleship Devotional Study Guide – Promises – Day 188 – Psalm 119:97 – 104 – My Constant Guide – Growing As Disciples

Oh, how I love your instructions! I think about them all day long.  Your commands make me wiser than my enemies, for they are my constant guide.  Yes, I have more insight than my teachers, for I am always thinking of your laws.  I am even wiser than my elders, for I have kept your commandments.  I have refused to walk on any evil path, so that I may remain obedient to your word.  I haven’t turned away from your regulations, for you have taught me well.  How sweet your words taste to me; they are sweeter than honey.  Your commandments give me understanding; no wonder I hate every false way of life. Psalm 119:97-104 (NLT)

Your Guide 

Do you love my instructions? Do you think about them all day long? Has my word made you wiser than your enemies? Are you allowing my word to be your guide? Has my word given you insight far beyond what you have ben taught by your teachers? Has my word helped you to walk on the path of life, far away from evil? Yes, I love your instructions. Yes, I do think of your word all day long. There is no place I would rather be or nothing I would rather do than meet with you in your word. Your word has given me new thoughts to think. Your word has given me new words to speak. Your word has given me new deeds to do. Your word has formed in me new prayers to pray. Yes, your words taste sweet, they are sweeter than honey to me. Nothing is of more valuable or more desirable to me than your word. Your commands have helped me to stand against temptation. Your word has helped me to turn away from evil of every kind. Your word has made me able to keep on walking on the path of life with you. My heart burns with desire to live my life with and for you. This the work of your word in my heart and mind and life. But that is not all. Your word has given me more insight than I could have ever hoped for from my teachers. Your word has given me even more wisdom than my elders. I will keep on holding onto your word. Your word has given me a new appetite and a distaste for the things of this world. Thank you, that your word has made me to hunger for you. I will keep on following and obeying you, all the days of my life. That will be very good.  

Lord, I will keep your word ever before me. I will meditate on your word so that you can teach and train and guard and guide me. Your word will be my constant guide through life. Your word will help me to think and speak and act in ways that are pleasing to you. Amen

Key Question… When has the Holy Spirit brought something from God’s word to your mind and applied it to your life?

Living It Out… Allow God’s word to be ever before you so it will be your constant guide through life.

Seeing It Happen… Have faith that God’s word will be your constant guide through life.

Get Ready To Share… Share with another person or your small group how you are allowing God’s word to be your constant guide in life.

Prayer To Bless Others… May you keep God’s word ever before you so that it will be your constant guide through life.

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Promises – Day 173 – Psalm 119-97-104 – My Constant Guide – 4 Paged Discipleship Devotional Study Guide

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True To This Day

Discipleship Devotional Study Guide - Promises - Day 187 - Psalm 119:89-96 - True To This Day - Growing As Disciples

Discipleship Devotional Study Guide – Promises – Day 187 – Psalm 119:89-96 – True To This Day – Growing As Disciples

Your eternal word, O LORD, stands firm in heaven.  Your faithfulness extends to every generation, as enduring as the earth you created.  Your regulations remain true to this day, for everything serves your plans.  If your instructions hadn’t sustained me with joy, I would have died in my misery.  I will never forget your commandments, for by them you give me life.  I am yours; rescue me! For I have worked hard at obeying your commandments.  Though the wicked hide along the way to kill me, I will quietly keep my mind on your laws.  Even perfection has its limits, but your commands have no limit. Psalm 119:89-96 (NLT)

Stand Firm 

Do you believe that you can stand firm on my word? Is my word a secure foundation on which your life can be built? Have you found my word to be faithful and true? Has not my word, sustained and strengthened you through all the twists and turns of life? Has not my word filled your heart and mind with hope and peace and joy? Where would you be without my word guiding the course of your life? Has not my word guarded, guided and protected you from danger? Is there any limit to what my word can and has done for you? Lord, your word has done all these things in, for and though me. Your word has truly molded and shaped my life. Your word has changed my heart and transformed my mind. Your word has fought in and for me like a sword. Your word has purified my heart and mind and given me a passionate desire to love and follow and serve you with all that is within me. I give all my thanks and praise to you for your word. Your word has been and will continue to be on my heart and in my mind. I will meditate on your word throughout all the moments of my life. I will turn your word into the prayers and songs of my heart. Continue to use your word to help me to fully live the life you have called me to live. Draw me deeper and closer to you, as I meet with you in your word. Set my heart on fire to serve you, as I meet with you in your word, so I will shine like a star in universe for you. Use your word to help me to bear fruit for your kingdom and bring glory to your name. Use your word to me to accomplish your purposes and fulfill your plans. I have been and will continue to do these things for you, as you continue to take my word deep within you. That I will do. That will be very good. Thank you, Lord. 

Lord, thank you for your word that is as powerful and relevant today as it has ever been. Your word has sustained me with joy. Your word has sustained and strengthened me through every twist and turn in life. I will keep my heart and mind fully on your word. Amen

Key Question… When have you personally discovered that God’s word is a relevant and powerful as it has ever been?

Living It Out… Allow the promises of God to sustain, strengthen and fill you with joy as you follow Him.

Seeing It Happen… Have faith that God’s word is as relevant and powerful today as it has always been.

Get Ready To Share… Share with another person or your small group how the promises of God’s word sustain you as you follow Him.

Prayer To Bless Others… May you rely fully on the relevance, timeliness and power of God’s word to sustain you.

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