Faith WOD

TODAY'S STEPS
READ:  1 Corinthians 1 - 3

REFLECT:  What caused the divisions among the Corinthians?

RESPOND:  List 3 people in whom you have attempted to find your identity.

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"I don’t want to hear any of you bragging about yourself or anyone else. Everything is already yours as a gift—Paul, Apollos, Peter, the world, life, death, the present, the future—all of it is yours, and you are privileged to be in union with Christ, who is in union with God." (The Message)

Faith WOD

TODAY'S STEPS

READ:  2 Corinthians 3

REFLECT:  Who are the "we" or "us" in these verses?

RESPOND:  Locate three descriptions within this chapter of WHO YOU ARE as a servant of Christ.

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"God said to Moses, 'I am who I am.^' And he said, 'Say this to the people of Israel, ‘I am has sent me to you.’” (Exodus 3:14)

Faith WOD

TODAY'S STEPS

READ:  Romans 5

REFLECT:  When did Christ decide to die for you?

RESPOND:  What makes you - "you?"  Identify three things that compose your identity in the eyes of the world.

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"For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly."

Faith WOD - 9/20/2012

Identify 3 things the "heavens declare" about YOU.

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"The sun’s tent is set up in the heavens. ⁵ It comes out like a happy bridegroom from his bedroom.  It begins its path across the sky like an athlete eager to run a race. ⁶ It starts at one end of the sky and runs all the way to the other end.  Nothing can hide from its heat." (Psalm 19:4-6)

(Psalm 19:3-4)

Faith WOD - 9/18/2012

Read PSALM 19:1-6.  Write the entire passage on a note card, and carry it with you all day.  Read it every time you think of it.

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"The heavens declare the glory of God..."

Faith WOD - 9/13/2012

Describe how the four categories listed below are affected when we become more aware of our real identity (made in God's own image):

1 - Family interactions

2 - Social interactions

3 - Professional decisions

4 - Physical fitness & nutrition decisions

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"In a large house there are things made of gold and silver. But there are also things made of wood and clay. Some of these are used for special purposes, others for ordinary jobs. ²¹ The Lord wants to use you for special purposes, so make yourself clean from all evil. Then you will be holy, and the Master can use you. You will be ready for any good work." (2 Timothy 2:20-21)

Faith WOD - 9/12/2012

Identify 3 people who are "tough to love."  Using paper and pen, write this statement & place their names in the blank:

"God made  ____________  in His own image." 

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"Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, O Lord. ⁵ You hem me in—behind and before; you have laid your hand upon me. ⁶ Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain." (Psalm 139:4-6)

Faith WOD - 9/11/2012

On the hour, every hour...speak this truth to yourself:

"God created [ME] in His own image." (Genesis 1:27)

"I am nature's greatest miracle.  No beast, no plant, no wind, no rain, no rock, no lake had the same beginning as I, for I was conceived in love and brought forth with a purpose.  In the past I have not considered this fact but it will henceforth shape and guide my life.  I am nature's greatest miracle." (Og Mandino, The Greatest Salesman in the World)

Faith WOD - 9/10/2012

Identify two ways your culture attempts to deny the truth found in the Scripture below...

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"So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.  ²⁸ God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground.” (Genesis 1:27-28)

Faith Weekend WOD - 8/24/2012 to 8/26/2012

Add to your knowledge...

Commit this passage to memory:  "I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. ²¹ I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!” (Galatians 2:20-21)

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Faith WOD - 8/23/2012

List 3 things that could happen within your social relationships that would create the "worst-case scenario."  What would you lose?

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"Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. ⁶ Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone." (Colossians 4:5-6)

Faith WOD - 8/22/2012

List 3 things that could happen within your family that would create the "worst-case scenario."  What would you lose?

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"While [Job] was still speaking, yet another messenger came and said, 'Your sons and daughters were feasting and drinking wine at the oldest brother’s house, ¹⁹ when suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on them and they are dead, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you! ' ²⁰ At this, Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground in worship ²¹ and said:

'Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will depart.  The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised.'" (Job 1:18-21)

Faith WOD - 8/21/2012

List 3 things that could happen physically that would create the "worst-case scenario."  What would you lose?

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Faith WOD - 8/20/2012

What if...the "worst-case scenario" really happened?

List 3 things that could happen at your job that would create the "worst-case scenario."  What would you lose?

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"Then Job replied:  ^'If only my anguish could be weighed and all my misery be placed on the scales!  ³ It would surely outweigh the sand of the seas -  no wonder my words have been impetuous. ⁴ The arrows of the Almighty are in me, my spirit drinks in their poison; God’s terrors are marshaled against me.'" (Job 6:1-4)