We pray for revival. We pray for many to be saved, on our campuses, in our cities. God, we pray this fervently, while we at Moody have been so lazy. We haven't been getting out into the community and sharing Your Truth with the people. We think our assigned ministry experience (PCM) covers our responsibility of service to You. God, please give us more grace, give us motivation, desire and drive, to take the next steps in our walk with You. We Moody students are sheltered in the Moody bubble, and we don't see the weight of the need to be stepping up in our devotion and commitment to Him. We pray so often for Christians in our school, in our church, and in our city, to rise up and bring a revival, but we don't pray for ourselves to do it. Until we give ourselves to God to be that one person that makes the difference even when my plans were different, revival will not come! O God please help us! We want so much for your holy name to be revered and honored, but we don't lift more than a finger when it comes to being that person.
God, we are so lost, so hopeless. We as Christians are failures so much! God, we ask for grace, for mercy, for power and strength; and when you give it to us, we squander it. Oh God, how dare we squander your gifts, your good and perfect gifts! But we do! God, we realize our utter dependence on you, even as Christians, to do anything that pleases You. But God, we seem to be content to ask for your power and then use it for “our” outreaches or in “our” lives. God, we are so wrong. You give us these things for your glory, and we still see the perfection of ourselves as the object of our pursuit. God I know that as long as we focus on ourselves, we will never worship You. God I have experienced the difference when I work so hard to be a good Christian, and when I go into Your sanctuary it doesn't matter. It only matters if I worship You! And God there are so many times when I don't worship You.
So what are we to do then, if we are utterly dependent on You to pour out Your grace on us to do good, yet when you do, we still squander it? Father, we confess our utter depravity. Father, we are still bent to do evil, by doing good things without giving You honor. What then, do we do? [And God says, “Acknowledge Me in all your ways.”] Yes, Lord, for when we acknowledge You, You will direct and smooth our paths. When we acknowledge You, You alone get the glory, and we work not for ourselves. And when we acknowledge You in all our ways, You will lead us to righteousness, for Your name's sake!
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This all makes so much more sense now, that as we live our lives for God, we honor Him by acknowledging Him in all our ways; we obey Him by acknowledging Him in everything we do. Acknowledging God in everything is a really good way to make sure you do everything with pure motives, and God said if you do, He will direct your paths. So acknowledge God in all your ways, and you'll find it much harder to go wrong! In doing that, don't lean on your own understanding – follow God's, even when (especially when) it conflicts with yours; but instead, trust God's understanding and obey it, even if your plans were different. And how do we seek it? Acknowledge God in all your ways, and He has no other choice but to come through with directing (smoothing) your paths.
In acknowledging God in all your ways, you are Tieing your life more completely to God's, and your way becomes clearer, straighter, stronger.
God, we are so lost, so hopeless. We as Christians are failures so much! God, we ask for grace, for mercy, for power and strength; and when you give it to us, we squander it. Oh God, how dare we squander your gifts, your good and perfect gifts! But we do! God, we realize our utter dependence on you, even as Christians, to do anything that pleases You. But God, we seem to be content to ask for your power and then use it for “our” outreaches or in “our” lives. God, we are so wrong. You give us these things for your glory, and we still see the perfection of ourselves as the object of our pursuit. God I know that as long as we focus on ourselves, we will never worship You. God I have experienced the difference when I work so hard to be a good Christian, and when I go into Your sanctuary it doesn't matter. It only matters if I worship You! And God there are so many times when I don't worship You.
So what are we to do then, if we are utterly dependent on You to pour out Your grace on us to do good, yet when you do, we still squander it? Father, we confess our utter depravity. Father, we are still bent to do evil, by doing good things without giving You honor. What then, do we do? [And God says, “Acknowledge Me in all your ways.”] Yes, Lord, for when we acknowledge You, You will direct and smooth our paths. When we acknowledge You, You alone get the glory, and we work not for ourselves. And when we acknowledge You in all our ways, You will lead us to righteousness, for Your name's sake!
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This all makes so much more sense now, that as we live our lives for God, we honor Him by acknowledging Him in all our ways; we obey Him by acknowledging Him in everything we do. Acknowledging God in everything is a really good way to make sure you do everything with pure motives, and God said if you do, He will direct your paths. So acknowledge God in all your ways, and you'll find it much harder to go wrong! In doing that, don't lean on your own understanding – follow God's, even when (especially when) it conflicts with yours; but instead, trust God's understanding and obey it, even if your plans were different. And how do we seek it? Acknowledge God in all your ways, and He has no other choice but to come through with directing (smoothing) your paths.
In acknowledging God in all your ways, you are Tieing your life more completely to God's, and your way becomes clearer, straighter, stronger.
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