Live as People of Light

If you are a regular follower of this blog, then you will notice a bit of a change for the next 8 weeks. I am serving as a table leader for an 8 week Freedom Workshop. If you'd like to follow along, you can find the resources at the link directly above. Also, I will post here, the daily Bible reading assignment (heartwork) so you can read along. This workshop has been a life changer for me so I'm eager to share it with others. May you be blessed!

BIBLE READING HEARTWORK
Week 2 - Day 7
Ephesians 5; Psalm 28

Ephesians 5:8-11

For once you were full of darkness, but now you have light from the Lord. So live as people of light! For this light within you produces only what is good and right and true. Carefully determine what pleases the Lord. Take no part in the worthless deeds of evil and darkness; instead, expose them.

Lord, help me to live like this! I do have light from you, the Holy Spirit and your word. Help me to live as a person of the light. I want my life to produce only what is good and right and true. I can carefully determine what pleases you as your Holy Spirit guides me in spending time with you getting to know you by reading your word relationally. Don't let me take part in the deeds of evil and darkness but instead, expose them.

Lord, I need your help today. Help me as I homeschool these kids. It's not easy dealing with teenagers, especially when one of them is an aspie. Please give me wisdom.

Lord, RoboBoy's new medication doesn't seem to be helping him. I'm not real sure what to do at this point. Do we increase his dose? I'm sensing the I need to call the doctor and apprise him of the situation. RoboBoy needs to be able to do his schoolwork and that is not happening right now. Lord, you know what the right balance of his medication is to allow him to get the sleep he needs and also be able to do his schoolwork. Please help us to find it. In Jesus' name, amen.

FREEDOM WORKSHOP VERSES

Romans 8:12-14

So, dear brothers and sisters you have no obligation whatsoever to do what your sinful nature urges you to do. For if you keep on following it, you will perish. But if through the power of the Holy Spirit, you turn from it and its evil deeds, you will live. For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.

Romans 8:12-14

Isaiah 1:18

"Come now, and let us reason together," says the Lord. "Though your sins are as scarlet, they will be white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, they will be like wool."

Isaiah 1:18

MEMORY VERSES

Assurance of Salvation

John 5:24

Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes in him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life.

John 5:24

Assurance of Salvation

Assurance of Salvation

1 John 5:13

I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.

1 John 5:13

Assurance of Salvation

Do Those Things That Lead to Holiness

If you are a regular follower of this blog, then you will notice a bit of a change for the next 8 weeks. I am serving as a table leader for an 8 week Freedom Workshop. If you'd like to follow along, you can find the resources at the link directly above. Also, I will post here, the daily Bible reading assignment (heartwork) so you can read along. This workshop has been a life changer for me so I'm eager to share it with others. May you be blessed!

BIBLE READING HEARTWORK
Week 1 - Day 3
Romans 6; Psalm 58

Romans 6:20-22

When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the obligation to do right. And what was the result? You are now ashamed of the things you used to do, things that end in eternal doom. But now you are free from the power of sin and have become slaves to God. Now you do those things that lead to holiness and result in eternal life.

Lord, for years I didn't understand this freedom I have in you. I didn't really know how to avoid doing what my sinful nature urged me to do. Sure I avoided doing really bad things, or what we humans consider to be really bad. But I didn't truly understand how to walk in step with the Holy Spirit. Now you are teaching me how to do those things that lead to holiness and result in eternal life.

Like yesterday, I was hearing two voices. One was telling me to put off doing my homeschool lesson planning and do it later this weekend. The other voice was telling me, "Don't put it off; do it now. Don't rest until you do." Proverbs 6:4 Because I was fighting a bit of a headache, I was tempted to believe that the first voice was yours. So I prayed and asked you to show me which voice I should listen to.

Then you reminded me of what the consequences of putting off my lesson planning would be. I'd most likely end up not doing it and then Tuesday I'd be unprepared for school and feeling ashamed for not doing the planning when I needed to.

Suddenly, it became crystal clear to me that the first voice couldn't possibly be yours. It was trying to fascinate me so that it could then assassinate me. I praise you, Lord, for helping me to recognize and expose that other voice. Please continue to help me learn and grow in this.

I know you allowed me to hear that other voice so that I would turn to you, and also to train me. Thank you for helping me to get my lesson planning done. Now I can enjoy the rest of my weekend without that hanging over my head.

You also helped me to ignore the voice of my sinful nature which didn't want to make dinner or do the dishes last night. But the Holy Spirit was prompting me so I did those things. My husband noticed, because usually he or one of the kids makes dinner and the kids always do dishes because it is one of their chores. I was able to tell MyHero that this is what happens when I stop listening to those other voices and listen to yours instead.

My heart is full of praise for you, Lord God!! Please continue to help me do those things that lead to holiness and result in eternal life. I love you, Lord! In Jesus' name, amen.

FREEDOM WORKSHOP VERSES

Psalm 77:1

I cry out to God without holding back.

Psalm 77:1

Psalm 27:8

My heart has heard you say, "Come and talk with me," and my heart responds, "Lord, I am coming."

Psalm 27:8

MEMORY VERSES

Must Receive Christ

John 1:12

Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.

John 1:12

Must Receive Christ

Must Receive Christ

1 Timothy 2:5

If you declare with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.

1 Timothy 2:5

Must Receive Christ