Faith WOD

TODAY'S STEPS
READ:  Ecclesiastes 3

REFLECT:  What is the consistent purpose for which we are given the different seasons of life?

RESPOND: Identify the "time" that applies to you presently in life.

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"For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven."

Faith WOD

TODAY'S STEPS

READ:  Acts 9:1-31

REFLECT:  Why was Saul (Paul) traveling to Damascus?

RESPOND:  Describe a time in your life when you had a plan, but God showed you His purpose was much different than what you had planned.

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"Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God according to the promise of the life that is in Christ Jesus..." (2 Timothy 1:1)

Faith WOD

TODAY'S STEPS

READ:  2 Peter 1

REFLECT:  Where was Peter's confidence?

RESPOND:  Identify two reasons we obtain confidence in anything.

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"May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord."

Faith WOW - 10/26/2012 to 10/28/2012

Add to your knowledge...

Commit this passage to memory:  "Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, ¹³ for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose." (Philippians 2:12-13)

How does God "work" in you?

What is His "good purpose?"

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Faith WOD - 10/17/2012

Review your list from yesterday.  If needed, add to it.  Then, do the following:

1 - Read over the principles this morning.

2 - Read them again at the lunch hour.

3 - Read them again before you go to bed - but this time, read them aloud.

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"I will walk about in freedom, for I have sought out your precepts. ⁴⁶ I will speak of your statutes before kings and will not be put to shame, ⁴⁷ for I delight in your commands because I love them. ⁴⁸ I lift up my hands to your commands, which I love, and I meditate on your decrees." (Psalm 119:46-48)

Faith WOD - 10/16/2012

Imagine you have to write a brief list of life principles to pass on to the next generation. List 3 of those principles.

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"My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments, 2 for length of days and years of life and peace they will add to you." (Proverbs 3:1-2)

Faith WOD - 8/28/2012

Reflect on the favor of God yesterday.  Identify one way God used your life to touch another.

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“The Lord bless you for showing this kindness to Saul your master by burying him. ⁶ May the Lord now show you kindness and faithfulness, and I too will show you the same favor because you have done this. ⁷ Now then, be strong and brave, for Saul your master is dead, and the house of Judah has anointed me king over them.” (2 Samuel 2:5-7)

Faith Weekend WOD - 8/10/2012 to 8/12/2012

Add to your knowledge...

Commit this passage to memory: "Everything is permissible for me”—but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible for me”—but I will not be mastered by anything...Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; ²⁰ you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body." (1 Corinthians 6:12, 19-20)

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"It's not necessarily what you achieve in life that matters most.  It's who you become in the process of those achievements - that really matters." (Curtis Martin)

Faith WOD - 8/9/2012

As you encounter "unfavorable" circumstances today, ask yourself this question:

What can God do with this?

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"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. ²⁹ For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son..." (Romans 8:28-29)

Faith WOD - 8/8/2012

As you go through the day, identify 3 opportunities to live your PURPOSE within the context of professional.

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"Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, ²⁴ since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving." (Colossians 3:23-24)

Faith WOD - 8/7/2012

As you go through the day, identify 3 opportunities to live your PURPOSE within the context of physical fitness.

*For more description on PURPOSE - reference last week's workouts.

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"Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; ²⁰ you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body." (1 Corinthians 6:19-20)

"May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. ¹⁵ Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything; what counts is a new creation." (Galatians 6:14-15)


 

Faith WOD - 8/3/2012

As you go through the day, identify 3 opportunities to live your PURPOSE among family members.

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"Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. ² “Honor your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise— ³ “that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.”

⁴ Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord." (Ephesians 6:1-4)

Faith WOD - 8/2/2012

As you go through the day, identify 3 opportunities to live your PURPOSE through your social interactions.  What did God provide?

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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 - 8/1/2012

Write your PURPOSE VERSE on a note card.  Recite it every hour, on the hour...

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^"Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. ⁶ These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. ⁷ Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. ⁸ Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. ⁹ Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates." (Deuteronomy 6:5-8)

Faith WOD - 7/30/2012

Locate a Bible verse that spells out your PURPOSE (check out last week's posts).

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"Your Word, O Lord, is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens." (Psalm 119:89)

"Direct my footsteps according to Your Word; let no sin rule over me." (Psalm 119:133)

Faith WOD - 7/26/2012

How does your PURPOSE enter these areas of your life?

1 - Family

2 - Job or Life Role

3 - Physical Fitness

4 - Social Life

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"And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men." (Luke 2:52)

Faith WOD - 7/24/2012

Define the "WHY" behind your purpose.

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"But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have." (1 Peter 3:15)

Faith WOD - 7/23/2012

What is your PURPOSE today?

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"For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified." (1 Corinthians 2:2)

“I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth will I apply ALL my efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy.” (Og Mandino)

Faith WOD - 6/20/2012

Retrace your steps in the last 48 hours.  Take note of every event that was placed in your life for a higher purpose.

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"Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.  ¹⁷ How precious to me are your thoughts, God!  How vast is the sum of them!  ¹⁸ Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand — when I awake, I am still with you." (Psalm 139:16-18)

 

Faith WOD - 6/18/2012

Have you ever considered who God made when He made YOU?

List 3 characteristics God has placed within your heart that make you unique for His service.

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"You formed the way I think and feel.  You put me together in my mother’s womb. ¹⁴ I praise you because you made me in such a wonderful way. I know how amazing that was!" (Psalm 139:13-14 - ERV)