Allowing God to Drive, Devotional I gave, my study guide,
Written by joannabrynn
Posted on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 at 11:46 AM.
Study for a devotional I gave (I needed to study this myself)
Deuteronomy 8, 11, 13
ALLOWING GOD TO DRIVE - the entire devotional can be viewed at www.gather.com/joannbrynn For some reason all of this is not showing up!
Too often we ask God to control our lives without making us give up the goals for which we strive. We ask God to help us get where WE want to go.
The first step in correcting this tendency is to turn over both the control and destination of our lives to Him.
The second step is to do what we ALREADY KNOW God requires of us.
The third step is to listen for further direction from His word - God's map for life.
- the significance of what people accomplish is directly related to their relationship with God
- the kind of person we are is more important than anything we might do or have
- God wants obedience from the heart, not mere acts of religious ritual
- obedience always involves sacrifice; but sacrifice is not alway obedience
- weakness should remind us of our need for God's guidance and help
- although we may feel caught up in a chain of events, we are still responsible for the way we participate in those events
- a sin may seem like one small seed, but the harvest of consequences is beyond measure!
- In the worst possible situations, God is still able to bring about good when we truly seek hm
- while we must live with the natural consequences of our sins, God's forgiveness of sin is total
- we frequently know only a small part of the significance of events in our lives as they relate to God's large plan for the world
- Effective leadership can be nullified by an ineffective personal life
- careless efforts to correct another's errors often lead to the same errors
- mistakes always occur when we attempt to take over God's role in a situation
- Fierce commitment needs control because it can result in recklessness
- As helpful or hurtful as others may be, we are individually responsible for what WE do
- God does not always protect us from trouble, but cares for us in spite of trouble
- God wants us to do more than drift through life, He wants us to be an inflluence for Him
- The business of serving God can become a barrier to knowing Him personally
- It is better to be a follower of Christ who sometimes fails, than someone who fails to follow
- God's Faithfulness can compensate for our greatest unfaithfullness
- My character is revealed by my response to the unexpected
- Real freedom doesn't come until I no longer have to prove my freedom . . .
- Personal maturity usually comes from a combination of time and mistakes- I discovered this last year when I fell in my sobriety one night. I beat myself up until I realised that instead of running I went back, admitted my failure, and grew stronger. I don't recommend anyone doing this! But for me, I grew stronger. My grandfather always said mistakes were only mistakes if you didn't learn from them! And my Mom always said the same - thus the chorus for the song I wrote for her called Live and you Learn
- Mistakes are not usually as important as what we learn from them
- Effective living is not measured as much by what we accomplish as by what we overcome in order to accomplish it.
My devotionals are geared toward helping those who I counsel with to help them beat their addictions and come to walk with God. But I think I get so blessed by preparing for them!!!!
Sorry I ramble so long . . .
