Prepare : Lord, lead us in the path of righteousness.
Read : Luke 3:1-14
"Many people look forward to the New Year for a new start on old habits" - Anonymous. Losing weight features as either #1 or #2 on the list of New Year resolutions every year. It is amusing how enthusiastically people make New Year resolutions only to forget them slowly within a few months. Do you have your resolutions ready? Pray that God should enable you to carry them through this whole year and the years to come.
Entitlement : People in Israel during John's time had become complacent in the belief that they were God's chosen people and that they were entitled to all the blessings God had promised to Abraham and his descendants. Is our belief the same about being Christians and hence entitled for salvation and heaven? Let us obey John's exhortation and repent of our sins from today.
Engagement : We realize that salvation is not by entitlement but is free to all who believe and repent. But how do we show our repentance? We should set right our engagement with God and with our neighbour. According to Matt.22:37, we should love the Lord out God with all our heart and with all our soul and with all our mind. And we should love our neighbour as ourselves. It is important that we show our love in practical ways.
Respond : Father help me, everyday, to be a resolute Christian whose life will encourage others to make a resolution to follow You.
Read : Luke 3:1-14
"Many people look forward to the New Year for a new start on old habits" - Anonymous. Losing weight features as either #1 or #2 on the list of New Year resolutions every year. It is amusing how enthusiastically people make New Year resolutions only to forget them slowly within a few months. Do you have your resolutions ready? Pray that God should enable you to carry them through this whole year and the years to come.
Entitlement : People in Israel during John's time had become complacent in the belief that they were God's chosen people and that they were entitled to all the blessings God had promised to Abraham and his descendants. Is our belief the same about being Christians and hence entitled for salvation and heaven? Let us obey John's exhortation and repent of our sins from today.
Engagement : We realize that salvation is not by entitlement but is free to all who believe and repent. But how do we show our repentance? We should set right our engagement with God and with our neighbour. According to Matt.22:37, we should love the Lord out God with all our heart and with all our soul and with all our mind. And we should love our neighbour as ourselves. It is important that we show our love in practical ways.
Respond : Father help me, everyday, to be a resolute Christian whose life will encourage others to make a resolution to follow You.
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