SPIRITUAL
DIARY FOR 6-03-02
My
Worship Time Focus: More instructions for widows
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: 1Timothy 5:14,15
Message of the verse: “ 14. Therefore, I want younger widows to get
married, bear children, keep house, and give the enemy no occasion for
reproach; 15. for some have already turned aside to follow
Satan.” Paul has said in other places
that some should not marry so that they can serve the Lord, however in the case
of a young widow who has already experienced marriage he says that she should
remarry and have children. He also
speaks about the woman’s role in the house, that this is her domain and that
she should take care of things in her home.
If she does this then Satan will not have anything to accuse her or her
family about. Some of the widows must
not have followed this advice because of what Paul says in verse fifteen. He says there that some of these young widows
have turned away from the faith and done things in their lives that have caused
them to follow Satan.
Spiritual meaning for my life
today: It is sometimes easy to
follow Satan because of the craftiness of him.
He can appeal to the flesh and I as a believer can be convinced that I
am doing the thing that God would have me to do and am actually doing what
Satan would have me to do. I need to
continue to study the Word of God, to pray, to attend my church services, and
to seek advice from others so that I can be assured that the things that I am
doing are in the will of God and not what Satan would have me to do.
The
Word of God was instructive to me today.
My
Steps of Faith Today: I need everyday
to keep up the things that I need to do in order to follow God and not give an
opportunity to the Devil.
Memory
verse for the week: Romans 5:20,21
Moreover
the law entered that the offence might abound.
But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more, so that as sin reigned
in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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