Sunday review: January 10-15

Learning from the example of Nehemiah and considering the poverty advocated by the first Beatitude—those are the possibilities offered by this week’s posts. Which ones do you want to read again? Which would be best for you to share with a friend?

January 10
If you made resolutions or plans this year and you didn’t pray about them, maybe now is time for a reset. If God has put a burden on your heart and you have accepted his call, then it’s time to ask a few friends to be your prayer team. Every kingdom expansion we read about in our Bibles involved prayer. It would be foolish for us to think we can do God’s work in our own strength.
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January 11
When God shows you and me the walls we are to help restore this year, my prayer is that God will also give us the courage to be the kind of leader who is strong enough to call out injustice when we see it but also make us humble and generous in sharing our own resources to meet the needs of those around us.
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January 12
Let’s all agree we will stay on mission this year no matter what. Centuries after Nehemiah, the apostle Paul reminded early Christians that “we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.” But God has provided us protection against this enemy. And no one and nothing can stop God’s work when we surrender our plans and our lives to him.
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January 13
We need to remember the Word of God is living and active and when it is read or heard, it brings conviction of sin and purpose for living. Reading God’s Word and sharing it with others is a part of the restoration work God continues to this day.
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January 14
Maybe prayers that ask God to remember are really more about us remembering that God keeps his promises. I don’t know about you, but it helps me when someone points me back to God’s truth and how he has always provided, always supported, always loved, and always forgiven.
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January 15
How much do we define our own self-worth, how often do we gauge our own success, by looking at bank balances? Can we encounter those in poverty without feeling at least subtly superior to them? If we see poverty as a situation to be avoided at all costs, how will we pursue poverty in our own spirits?
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