SPIRITUAL
DIARY FOR 07-25-03
My
Worship Time Focus: True concerns for others
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: Hebrews 13:3
1. Message of the verse: “3 Remember the prisoners, as though in
prison with them, and those who are ill-treated, since you yourselves also are
in the body.” (NASB) “Don’t forget about those in prison. Suffer with them as though you were there
yourself. Share the sorrow of those
being mistreated, as though you feel their pain in your own bodies.” (NLT)
This verse
instructs us to minister to those who are hurting, especially those who are in
prison. Were as believers in this country
are not as yet being put into prison for our beliefs in Jesus Christ, but there
may come a day in the near future that we will.
In the mean time we are to be in prayer for those who are our brothers
and sisters in Christ who are suffering and dying for the cause of Christ every
day. I have been told that there are on
the average 400 people a day who give up their lives for the cause of Christ,
and many more who are suffering great persecution and pain too. Because we are in the body and know how the
body can cause us pain we should be praying and aiding when possible those who
are suffering for the cause of Christ and also for our brothers and sisters who
are in pain. I believe that this is
called compassion, and to have real compassion it is good to have gone through
the same problems ourselves so that we know what the others are truly going
through.
2. Spiritual meaning for my life today: As I think of ways to put shoe leather on
this verse I think about praying for those who will loose their life each day
for the cause of Christ and those who are suffering for the cause of Christ. I can also have compassion for our neighbors
next door and the circumstance that they find themselves in. I have bee through a troubled marriage that
has ended in divorce and know what pain one can have when gone through trouble
in a marriage so I can help and pray over this for them. I have also had back pain so I can understand
what Jimmy is gone through know. I feel
the pain that Wade is going through, but have never really faced the exact
circumstance that he is facing now, but I can certainly pray for him and Cara
and also Tracy that God will be pleased to show His mighty hand in all of their
pain.
The Word of God has given a challenge to my heart to be
more compassionate to family and friends as they go through different storms in
life.
My
Steps of Faith Today: Continue
to pray for all of those involved in storms, and to put some shoe leather on
the verse that I have studied and help when I can those who are suffering or
going through storms.
Memory verses for the week:
Psalm 121:1-5
1.
I will lift up my eyes to the mountains; From whence shall
my help come?
2.
My help comes from the Lord, Who mad heaven and earth.
3.
He will not allow your foot to slip; He who keeps you will
not slumber.
4.
Behold, He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
5.
The Lord is your keeper; The Lord is your shade on your
right hand.
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