Inside Out: Holiness is Life-Changing…
The Word…
So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you:
Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering.
Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him.
Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking.
Instead, fix your attention on God.
You’ll be changed from the inside out.
Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it.
Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you. ~ Romans 12:1,2
The Prayer…
Father, for so long I confused “holiness” with “goodness”. I believed deeds, good deeds, produced holiness. Wow, I was so far off course! Any goodness I have, any goodness within me, is a result of the work you’ve done in me from the inside out. It is your HOLINESS which produces goodness, not the other way around. Please keep my mind focused on You and You alone. Living horizontally focuses on goodness. Living vertically produces holiness. May I keep looking up.
In Jesus’ precious and holy name, amen…
The Share…
If you are joining us today & “Seeing & Praying” THIS WORD, we’d love to encourage each other on the journey. Part of this experience is to share and see what the Lord reveals to each of us we come together in community to share the Holy Word. We encourage you to journal, create & pray through this verse and share that on Wednesday with our community. We hope that with all of us centering on one verse that the Lord will reveal much. Feel free to use any Bible translation that you wish.
…at Canyon Creek Baptist Church, Richardson, TX
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Linking with Word-Filled Wednesday…
Translation: MSG
