God is Enough - pgs 54-55
Realize
1. Think about some of the advertisements and commercials you have seen recently. What are some of the things our culture tells us we must have in order to be truly fulfilled, happy, and complete?
Read Colossians 2:9-10. What does it mean that you have been given "fullness" of "completeness" in Christ?
Reflect
3. Do you really believe that if you have God, you have enough? What are some of the "pluses" that you tend to think you have to have to be happy?
4. What are some practical ways we can wean ourselves from dependence on earthly, temporal things and find full satisfaction in the Lord?
Respond
5. Read Psalm 73:23-26. Personalize the psalmist's prayer and write it in your own words. Ask God to make this prayer the true expression of your heart.
Prayer for the Day
Father, I am so prone to look to people and things other than You to fill the empty places of my heart and to satisfy my needs and longings. Your Word tells me that when I have You, I am complete. Thank You that no matter what else I may or may not have in this life, with You I have enough. Amen.
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2 comments:
How true this lie rings for me. I say I trust the Lord and am happy in Him, yet I continue to spend, go, and do and not all for Him. I need to do away with some "things" that I put ahead of my love for God.
This lie goes directly against what we're taught to be the "American Way". It is also a very easy lie to acknowledge but a very hard lie to weed out of our lives.
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