Based on “Living and Dying for What?” by Pastor Mark Balmer; 7/10-11/10,
Message # 6054; Daily Devotional #5 - “Jesus on Weekdays”
Preparing the Soil (Introduction): Most of us spend 40 hours a week at work, Monday through Friday. We arrive home to spend much of our evenings busily doing chores, errands, preparing dinner, or a number of other important tasks. We attend a church service during the weekend, and then it’s back to work Monday morning. Although our focus is on Jesus while we’re at church, it’s often easy during all the hustle and bustle of the week to not think much upon Christ. There are, however, a few things I am sure of: God is with us everywhere at all times of the week (Psalm 139), God is interested in every detail of our lives (Matthew 10:30), and it was God who gave each of us the job, home, and family we have (James 1:17).
Planting and Watering the Seed (Growth): God knows how busy you are, but because God has authority over everything, He is able to do the following for you: But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. (Matthew 6:33) If we make our relationship with Jesus as important throughout the week as it is on the weekends, we’ll be blessed.
Harvesting the Crop (Action/Response): By allowing Christ to be the center of our lives, we’ll receive endless benefits and blessings, some of which are that everything in life seems to fall into place, we can have a much better perspective on all the various aspects of our lives, and we’ll have a peace within our lives, (John 16:33).
Cultivating (Additional Reading): Proverbs 2:1-6, Psalm 5:3, Psalm 59:16, Psalm 88:13, Psalm 90:14
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