"I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing."
-John 15:5
1. Came up short one day when I was sick. 2. One of the things was searching my heart as I read through Judges and seeing how the Israelites were so up and down in their obedience. I was searching my motives for obeying the Lord. Is it because of self-inflicted expectations? Because I am a pastor? Or is it truly because I love and fear God?
1. I did not meet my goal as far as amount of time spent with God daily and I missed a day or so with my bible reading and prayer.
2. This month showed me as I read through Leviticus how much sacrifice had to be made to approach God and how many different ways man became unclean. It was amazing to see how many animals had to be sacrificed for just one person. There was even a requirement for unintentional sins. How grateful I am that Jesus paid the ultimate sacrifice so that I can approach God!
I also feel that God has been helping me confront some spiritual issues that I need to address. One area is prayer and there has been improvement in being consistent in praying this month.
1. Came up short one day when I was sick.
ReplyDelete2. One of the things was searching my heart as I read through Judges and seeing how the Israelites were so up and down in their obedience. I was searching my motives for obeying the Lord. Is it because of self-inflicted expectations? Because I am a pastor? Or is it truly because I love and fear God?
1. I did not meet my goal as far as amount of time spent with God daily and I missed a day or so with my bible reading and prayer.
ReplyDelete2. This month showed me as I read through Leviticus how much sacrifice had to be made to approach God and how many different ways man became unclean. It was amazing to see how many animals had to be sacrificed for just one person. There was even a requirement for unintentional sins. How grateful I am that Jesus paid the ultimate sacrifice so that I can approach God!
I also feel that God has been helping me confront some spiritual issues that I need to address. One area is prayer and there has been improvement in being consistent in praying this month.