Life Lessons

Walk This Way: Walk an Obedient Path
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Walk This Way: Walk an Obedient Path

Every day you and I face a variety of choices regarding the path we take.  Many things influence our decisions for both good and bad, yet God wants us to choose daily to walk according to His ways.  Over the next 14 days I will be sharing from the devotional journal, “Walk This Way”, with the prayer that it helps you to grow in your walk with God as you pursue a greater understanding of the path He calls you to.

Here is day eighteen with an important reminder that walking God’s way will lead you on a path of obedience.

Walk an Obedient Path

“The LORD your God commands you this day to follow these decrees and laws; carefully observe them with all your heart and with all your soul.  You have declared this day that the LORD is your God and that you will walk in his ways, that you will keep his decrees, commands and laws, and that you will obey him.  And the LORD has declared this day that you are his people, his treasured possession as he promised, and that you are to keep all his commands.”
Deuteronomy 26:16-18 (NIV)

How obedient do you think you are?  How do you feel others would answer that question about you?  How do you decide what rules or laws should be obeyed and which ones shouldn’t be?  How do you decide when to obey a person?  Are there times when it would be appropriate to disobey rules, laws, or people?  Why?  How much effort do you put into knowing God’s laws and commands found in His Word?  How careful are you to obey them?  When someone points out an area of disobedience to God’s Word, are you more likely to attempt to justify your actions or change?

As Christians, we have agreed to submit to the Lordship of Christ meaning that we will obey all that He has commanded.  As you pray, ask God to help you identify any areas of disobedience in your life.  Pray that you would daily commit to walking a path of obedience to God.  Pray that the people around you would see the value you place on your relationship with Christ by observing your commitment to obedience.

In prayer,

Tom  

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Encouragement & Prayer (8/21/20)

This is the audio from the August 21, 2020 live social media broadcast of encouragement and prayer by Impact Prayer Ministry’s director, Tom Lemler.

You can find the live video feeds of these encouragement and prayer times on Impact Prayer Ministry’s Facebook page and YouTube channel.

In prayer,
Tom

Walk This Way: Walk a New Path
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Walk This Way: Walk a New Path

Every day you and I face a variety of choices regarding the path we take.  Many things influence our decisions for both good and bad, yet God wants us to choose daily to walk according to His ways.  Over the next 15 days I will be sharing from the devotional journal, “Walk This Way”, with the prayer that it helps you to grow in your walk with God as you pursue a greater understanding of the path He calls you to.

Here is day seventeen with an important reminder that walking God’s way will lead you on a new path.

Walk a New Path

“We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.”
Romans 6:4 (NIV)

Do you like new places, new adventures, new paths?  What things excite you the most about the idea of going somewhere new?  What do you find most frightening about new things?  What does it take for you to leave a familiar path for something new?  Do you tend to cling to comfortable ways even when you know the familiar path is headed in the wrong direction?  When a path before you is closed, how do you decide on a new path to follow?  Why is it important to die to the old path before you can walk the new path?

I am often amazed at the things I find when I put the old ways behind me and venture on a new path.  Paul writes that when we are baptized into Christ we die to our old way of life so that we can be raised to walk a new path.  As you pray, ask God to help you let go of all that you have died to.  Pray that you would walk a path that brings glory to God in all that you do.  Pray that the new path you walk would always be grounded in the eternal Word of God.  Pray that the people around you would seek a new path because of your example in walking it with God.

In prayer,

Tom  

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Encouragement & Prayer (8/20/20)

This is the audio from the August 20, 2020 live social media broadcast of encouragement and prayer by Impact Prayer Ministry’s director, Tom Lemler.

You can find the live video feeds of these encouragement and prayer times on Impact Prayer Ministry’s Facebook page and YouTube channel.

In prayer,
Tom

Walk This Way: Walk a Path of Love
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Walk This Way: Walk a Path of Love

Every day you and I face a variety of choices regarding the path we take.  Many things influence our decisions for both good and bad, yet God wants us to choose daily to walk according to His ways.  Over the next 16 days I will be sharing from the devotional journal, “Walk This Way”, with the prayer that it helps you to grow in your walk with God as you pursue a greater understanding of the path He calls you to.

Here is day sixteen with an important reminder that walking God’s way will lead you on a path of love.

Walk a Path of Love

“And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love.”
2 John 1:6 (NIV)

What are you willing to do for the people you love?  What do you actually do?  If there is a different answer to those questions, why?  How willing are you to do the things that someone you love asks you to do?  What might your unwillingness to do what someone asks say about your actual love of them?  How much does your obedience to God say about your love of Him.  How closely would you follow the Word of God if you deliberately walked a path of love each day?

God says that we express our love for Him by walking in obedience to His commands.  His commands are centered in His love for us and our response to Him should be centered in our love for Him.  As you pray, ask God to help you walk a path of love that is lived in obedience to Him.  Pray that your path would share the love of God to the people around you.  Pray that your motives for obeying God’s commands would always come from a heart of love for Him.  Pray that the people around you would come to know the joy that is found in walking a path of love.

In prayer,

Tom  

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Encouragement & Prayer (8/19/20)

 

This is the audio from the August 19, 2020 live social media broadcast of encouragement and prayer by Impact Prayer Ministry’s director, Tom Lemler.

You can find the live video feeds of these encouragement and prayer times on Impact Prayer Ministry’s Facebook page and YouTube channel.

In prayer,
Tom

Walk This Way: Walk a Living Path
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Walk This Way: Walk a Living Path

Every day you and I face a variety of choices regarding the path we take.  Many things influence our decisions for both good and bad, yet God wants us to choose daily to walk according to His ways.  Over the next 17 days I will be sharing from the devotional journal, “Walk This Way”, with the prayer that it helps you to grow in your walk with God as you pursue a greater understanding of the path He calls you to.

Here is day fifteen with an important reminder that walking God’s way will lead you on a path among the living.

Walk a Living Path

“For you, O LORD, have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before the LORD in the land of the living.”
Psalm 116:8-9 (NIV)

What makes a life worth living?  Do you feel that your day to day existence is filled with life?  Do you think that the people around you would say that you are full of life?  Why?  Do you think of your life in Christ taking place now or only in the future?  How might walking a living path today show that your soul has been delivered from death, your eyes from tears, and your feet from stumbling?  Why is it important to walk a living path before the Lord where you are at each day?

David writes that God delivered him in order that he would walk before the Lord in the land of the living.  He understood that he wasn’t rescued simply to be with God, he was rescued to walk a path among the living.  As you pray, ask God to help you remember all that you have been delivered from.  Pray that you would live life to the full as you represent Jesus in your daily activities.  Pray that you would daily understand how to live for God in your present circumstances.  Pray that you would be faithful in walking a path among the living.  Pray that the people around you would know hope because of your walk.

In prayer,

Tom  

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Encouragement & Prayer (8/18/20)

 

This is the audio from the August 18, 2020 live social media broadcast of encouragement and prayer by Impact Prayer Ministry’s director, Tom Lemler.

You can find the live video feeds of these encouragement and prayer times on Impact Prayer Ministry’s Facebook page and YouTube channel.

In prayer,
Tom