Midweek Motivation: God Is Just

Just = fairness aligned with God's Holiness

Grace = receiving something undeserved

Mercy = not receiving something we deserve

Do you trust God's Justness?

Titus 2:11-14 Live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age.

Deuteronomy 4:23 The Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.

Deuteronomy 6:1-19 Do you love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, and might?

Jen Wilkin - In His Image

Charles Swindoll - The Swindoll Study Bible

Are you delighted or distracted?

Luke 10:38-42

God is our portion. In Hebrew, "portion" is our "inheritance".

Psalm 16:5; Lamentations 3:24; Psalm 73:26; Numbers 18:20

As a daughter of The King, is your first priority to be in relationship with Him?

To learn from Him?

To have an overflow from Him?

To work only out of His overflow?

Do you seek Him in prayer? Luke 11:1-4

Psalm 76:1-12 "Happy people are those who are filled with the knowledge of God which fills their hearts." Matthew Henry

Psalm 76:11 Are you given yourself in surrender to God?

Romans 12:1 "Present yourself a living sacrifice."

Allow your true emotions to lead you to God's Truth and His character!

God Most Good - 1 John 1:5, Genesis 1:31, Psalm 106:1, Titus 3:4-5, James 1:17

Take a break, use a spiritual checklist, and refocus your walk with God.

Luke 6:43-45 FRUIT CHECK

This will guide us to examine what comes out of our mouth and therefore our heart.

Luke 6:46-49 FOUNDATION CHECK

This will guide us to examine how strong we stand in the face of adversity.

Luke 7:1-10 FAITH CHECK

This will guide us to examine how our faith is in God's sight.

Allow your true emotions to lead you to God's Truth and God's character.

Agape is the word used to describe the love of God.

Eros is the word used to describe romantic love.

Philia is the word used to describe brother-sister love or love shared between peers.

Storge is the word used to describe a parent's love for a child.

Agape love - Romans 5:8, Luke 6:35, 1 Corinthians 13:4-8

Becoming Fully Devoted - Table Talk with my daughter, Madison.

Numbers 13 & 14

Are you a Caleb? Willing to stand alone for God? Who do you surround yourself with?

Numbers 15:37-41

What is your blue tassel? What stirs up your minds in remembrance of God? What refocuses you?

Midweek Motivation - How do I bear the image of Christ?

"When my emotions pull me astray, God's Word lights my way!"

"You'll know everything you need to know, when you need to know it!"

"It's not what we should DO for God, but who we should BE for God."

Who is God?

God is Holy! - Exodus 15:11; 1 Samuel 2:2; Isaiah 6:3; Revelation 4:8;

God has called us to holiness. - Hebrews 10:10; Leviticus 11:44-45; Leviticus 19:2; 1 Peter 1:14-16; 1 Thessalonians 4:3,7; Hebrews 12:14;

Jesus prayed for us to be holy! "Sanctify them." John 17:6-19

Resources

Paulette Sherrer

"In His Image" - Jen Wilkin

"Unite Them, Protect Them, Sanctify Them" - Charles Swindoll

Becoming Fully Devoted -Table Talk with my daughter, Madison.

Dedicated vs Devoted to God - Leviticus 27

Do you have spirit of contentment or discontentment? - Numbers 11

Who are the "handful" or 5 people you surround yourself with the most?

Do we bear the likeness of God, our Creator?

Psalm 139:13; Deuteronomy 32:6; Genesis 1:27; Colossians 3:10; Hebrews 1:3; Ephesians 2:10

How do I become more like Christ? John 15:10-11

How do I align my emotions to God's character? John 3:30

1. Maintain a conversation with God - 1 Thessalonians 5:17
2. Meditate on God's Word - Joshua 1:8&9

References:

"In His Image" by Jen Wilkin

"New Morning Mercies" by Paul David Tripp

"The Feeling Wheel" by Geoffrey Roberts

Seeking and Applying God's Truth - Table Talk with my daughter, Madison.

Mark 7:6-8

Honor God with your heart and lips for worthy worship.

Do not leave the commandments of God.

"A corrupt fountain sends forth corrupt streams, so does a corrupt heart send forth corrupt reasonings, appetites, and passions." Matthew Henry

John 4:13-15 "Jesus said, The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life."

Mark 10:17-31 "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?" "And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, "You lack one thing: go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have the treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."

Mark 9:42-50 BE the salt of grace to the world.