This is the audio from the August 9, 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
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 27 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 four with an important reminder that walking God’s way will lead you on a path of goodness.
“Then you will understand what is right and just and fair — every good path.”
Proverbs 2:9 (NIV)
What is your standard for determining if a thought, a word, or an action is good or bad? When you hear of someone being called a good person, what qualities about them come to your mind? What are some tangible expressions of goodness that a person could show to you? How often do you do those things for someone else? How does wisdom from God help you to purify your definition of goodness?
Solomon says that God gives wisdom so that we would know how to walk a path that is right and just and fair — a path of goodness. As you pray, ask God to fill you with a wisdom that can only come from Him. Pray that your life would reflect goodness from His point of view. Pray that you would be more concerned about how you represent the goodness of God than you are about others being good to you. Pray that you would seek to know and do that which is right and just and fair. Pray that the people around you would know the goodness of God because they see it expressed in the path you walk each day.
In prayer,
Tom
This is the audio from the August 8, 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
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 28 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 four with an important reminder that walking God’s way will lead you on a path of freedom.
“I run in the path of your commands, for you have set my heart free. I will walk about in freedom, for I have sought out your precepts.”
Psalm 119:32, 45 (NIV)
Do you usually think of laws as giving freedom or restricting freedom . . . Or some of each? Why? How do you feel when you find yourself in a situation that you are unsure about what is allowed? How much freedom do you desire in the way you live? How much freedom do you tend to allow others to have in the way they live? How would your life change if you were to daily view God’s commands as “safety rails”, giving you freedom and protection to live life at full speed within them?
David says that he can walk about in freedom, even run in the path of God’s commands, because he seeks out God’s laws. As you pray, ask God to help you see His love through the commands He has given. Pray that you would learn to love the laws of God as you understand more fully their purpose in protecting you and giving you freedom. Pray that you would help others to walk that same path of freedom without binding them with rules of your own making. Pray for wisdom to not use your freedom as an excuse to sin or as a stumbling block to others.
In prayer,
Tom
This is the audio from the August 7, 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
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 29 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 three with an important reminder that walking God’s way will lead you on a path of fellowship.
“But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.”
1 John 1:7 (NIV)
Who do you enjoy spending time with? Why? From your perspective, what makes a person a good friend and someone you want to spend time with? Of the qualities you just listed, how many are present in your life on a consistent basis? What do you think of the statement, to have a friend you must first be a friend? Are there times you can be a friend to someone that does not yet know how to be a friend?
Relationships with people are hard for me but I suspect that you know that because they are probably difficult for you too. It is often our faults, our sins, that destroy the fellowship we long for with one another. God says that when we walk in the light of Jesus we can walk in fellowship with one another because He cleanses us from all sin. As you pray, ask God to help you walk daily in fellowship with Him. Pray that you would know the fellowship of God’s presence as you forgive and are forgiven. Pray that living in God’s forgiveness would help you to walk a path of fellowship with the people around you each day.
In prayer,
Tom
This is the audio from the August 6, 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
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 30 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 two with an important reminder that walking God’s way will lead you on a fearless path.
“Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.”
Psalm 23:4 (NIV)
What things tend to fill you with fear? Where is the scariest place that you have ever walked? What made you so fearful there? What brings you comfort and peace when you are in the midst of frightening circumstances? What gives you the courage to overcome your fears? How would you walk in a way that shows no fear?
For most of us, having a trusted friend with us in the midst of our fears can be a great help and comfort. We gain courage in knowing we don’t have to walk our path alone. In the familiar twenty-third Psalm, David says he can walk a fearless path because he knows God is with him. As you pray, ask God to continually remind you of His presence in the midst of all your fears. Pray that your trust of Him would grow as you recognize His ever-abiding presence. Pray that your life would be lived in a way that you become the presence of Jesus that someone else needs when facing their fears. Pray that you would not be distracted in your walk with God by fear but that you would enjoy a fearless walk with Christ.
In prayer,
Tom
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