#GOFAMINTDailyDevotion Fri. 10/11/2017
Quarter’s Theme: CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN THE CHURCH
UNIT 3 – Steps To Resolving Conflict In The Church (Lessons 8-12)
LOYALTY CAMPAIGN MONTHS
Suggested Hymns: G.H.B. 113, 146
Devotional Reading: ISA. 25:1-15
Topic For Adults
DESIRING GOD DAILY
Topic For Youths
LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE
Topic For Intermediates
YE ARE THE SALT OF THE EARTH
Lesson Scriptures
ISA. 43:7; 60:1-3; 2 COR. 4:7; ROM. 12:1; MATT. 5:1-16; LK. 6:22-23
12/11/2017 LESSON 11
LET YOUR ACTION GLORIFY GOD
MEMORY VERSE
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father in heaven (Matt. 5.16) KJV
DAILY DEVOTIONAL READING
Fri. 10/11/2017
Be Faithful
1 Pet. 4:10-14
In today’s Bible text for our morning devotion, Peter the Apostle reminds believers that each one of us has at least one spiritual gift to serve other brethren. Be informed that you are not the owner of your spiritual gifts, you are a steward (v. 10). Use your gift as if you are serving the Lord because God is the source and the power that makes the gifts work. It is expedient for you to know that if you don’t put your gifts to use, you are disobedient and make the body of Christ to suffer and the name of God not to be glorified. Therefore, be faithful to use your gifts for the edification of the body of Christ. Without faithfulness to God there can be no Christian life. Christianity is based first on faith that God is, and then that through Christ Jesus we can be forgiven and be saved. Our faithfulness is a commitment to adhere to the One God who is true and supreme and to keep His commandments. In fact, the first two of the Ten Commandments (Exo. 20:3-5), deal directly with our being faithful to God. These were the words given directly from God to Moses for all people, for all times. Since God assumes a covenant relationship with His people, He is declaring that He will not tolerate unfaithfulness and competition with anything else. An idol can be in the form of anything that you might place in a higher priority over God. This includes false images of worship or placing anything in our lives that has pre-eminence over God. In the days we now live in, we are unsure of what will happen next across the globe. There are wars, famines, economic failures, and many natural disasters. Being faithful to God gives us great peace and assurance that we will be brought through by His promises of blessings and the reward of eternal life in Heaven. Our faithful allegiance to Almighty God is the only thing that we can really count on; He is our hope in a fallen world. His provision of forgiveness and salvation through Jesus is the greatest benefit of all if we are faithful believers.
Point Of Emphasis: The most significant element in our Christian life is faithfulness to God.
Prayer Point: Dear Lord, help me to live a consistent Christian life and utilize my gifts for the edification of the body of Christ.
