OCTOBER 6 - BE CAREFUL
READ 1 Corinthians 8
Take care that your actions do not wound another Christian.
INSIGHT
There is an inseparable link between Christ and the church. In Acts 9:4 Jesus appears to Saul (later known as the Apostle Paul) on the road to Damascus and asks, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?" Yet Saul had not persecuted Jesus; he had never even seen Jesus. However, because he was persecuting the church, Jesus rebuked Saul for persecuting Him. Again in 1 Corinthians 8 Paul teaches that if we sin against our brothers in Christ–wounding their consciences when they are weak–we sin against Christ. We must be cautious with our words and actions.
PRAYER
Praise Christ, the Head of the church:
For this reason I kneel before the Father and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. I pray that you, being rooted and firmly established in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the length and width, height and depth of God’s love, and to know Christ’s love that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God (Ephesians 3:14, 17-19).
Pause for praise and thanksgiving. Now pray this confession to the Lord as you seek to keep your life free from sin:
Give us today our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts,
As we also have forgiven our debtors.
And do not bring us into temptation,
But deliver us from the evil one
(Matthew 6:11-13).
Confess any sins that the Holy Spirit brings to your mind. Now pray this affirmation to the Lord:
Listen to my words, Lord;
Consider my sighing.
Pay attention to the sound of my cry,
My King and my God, for I pray to you.
In the morning, Lord, you hear my voice;
In the morning I plead my case to you and watch expectantly
(Psalm 5:1-3).
As you make your requests known to the Lord, include:
Close this time of worship with the following prayer:
Now to him who is able to do above and beyond all that we ask or think according to the power that works in us — to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen. (Ephesians 3:20-21).
Take care that your actions do not wound another Christian.
INSIGHT
There is an inseparable link between Christ and the church. In Acts 9:4 Jesus appears to Saul (later known as the Apostle Paul) on the road to Damascus and asks, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?" Yet Saul had not persecuted Jesus; he had never even seen Jesus. However, because he was persecuting the church, Jesus rebuked Saul for persecuting Him. Again in 1 Corinthians 8 Paul teaches that if we sin against our brothers in Christ–wounding their consciences when they are weak–we sin against Christ. We must be cautious with our words and actions.
PRAYER
Praise Christ, the Head of the church:
For this reason I kneel before the Father and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. I pray that you, being rooted and firmly established in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the length and width, height and depth of God’s love, and to know Christ’s love that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God (Ephesians 3:14, 17-19).
Pause for praise and thanksgiving. Now pray this confession to the Lord as you seek to keep your life free from sin:
Give us today our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts,
As we also have forgiven our debtors.
And do not bring us into temptation,
But deliver us from the evil one
(Matthew 6:11-13).
Confess any sins that the Holy Spirit brings to your mind. Now pray this affirmation to the Lord:
Listen to my words, Lord;
Consider my sighing.
Pay attention to the sound of my cry,
My King and my God, for I pray to you.
In the morning, Lord, you hear my voice;
In the morning I plead my case to you and watch expectantly
(Psalm 5:1-3).
As you make your requests known to the Lord, include:
- Perseverance
- Endurance for those who work with the homeless
- Whatever else is on your heart
Close this time of worship with the following prayer:
Now to him who is able to do above and beyond all that we ask or think according to the power that works in us — to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen. (Ephesians 3:20-21).
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