Choices..is our prayer focus and I suppose that this first verse, while not our prayer prompt, is a perfect way to delve into choices..and when I went on biblegateway.com this was the verse of the day.
“He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you but to do justly, and to love kindness and mercy, and to humble yourself and walk humbly with your God?” Micah 6:8 AMP
Here’s our verse today:
1 Corinthians 10:31
Amplified Bible (AMP)
31So then, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you may do, do all for the honor and glory of God.
So to begin, quoting from blb.org, “The apostle concludes the subject by giving them a general rule, sufficient to regulate every man’s conscience and practice,–that whether they eat, or drink, or whatsoever they do, to do it all with an habitual aim to the glory of God; by considering his precepts, and the propriety, expediency, appearance, and tendency of their actions.”
Next, I have to share a song with you guys that says everything I would want to say..
Steven Curtis Chapman: give it a try: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEqdDdvFXZ0
I am actually just about done..this next set of verses is so perfect for why we are praying focused on our spouses. Why we are doing what we are doing:
Again from Paul…
17And whatever you do [no matter what it is] in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus and in [dependence upon] His Person, giving praise to God the Father through Him.
18Wives, be subject to your husbands [subordinate and adapt yourselves to them], as is right and fitting and your proper duty in the Lord.
19Husbands, love your wives [be affectionate and sympathetic with them] and do not be harsh or bitter or resentful toward them.
20Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord.
21Fathers, do not provoke or irritate or fret your children [do not be hard on them or harass them], lest they become discouraged and sullen and morose and feel inferior and frustrated. [Do not break their spirit.]
22Servants, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not only when their eyes are on you as pleasers of men, but in simplicity of purpose [with all your heart] because of your reverence for the Lord and as a sincere expression of your devotion to Him.
23Whatever may be your task, work at it heartily (from the soul), as [something done] for the Lord and not for men,
24Knowing [with all certainty] that it is from the Lord [and not from men] that you will receive the inheritance which is your [real] reward. [The One Whom] you are actually serving [is] the Lord Christ (the Messiah).
Pray on, dear sisters in Christ. Pray on.
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