Day 20 | Our Comforter

 

8/31/2018

God wants to comfort you in your grief. He wants to support and strengthen you when you feel like you can’t go on. When you’re hurting, sad, or afraid, pray the way Jesus prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane: “Your will be done.” Jesus was saying, “Even though I don’t want to suffer, I believe you know what is best for me.” In his hour of deepest suffering and grief, Jesus gave God his pain and sorrow, and surrendered to the will of God. God wants you to trust him with every part of your life—including your suffering—every day.

 

		“Abba, Father,” he said, “everything is possible for you. Take this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.”
		Mark 14:36 (NIV)

 

REFLECT

 

What did you hear?

What did God say to you as you read today's Bible passage? What word or phrase was most meaningful to you?

 

What do you think?

What does this passage mean to you? How does it apply to your life?

 

What is your prayer?

This is where you turn your thoughts into prayer. It could be a prayer of gratitude or praise. It could be a prayer of confession or a request for God's help. It's up to you. But take a minute to write a prayer of response to God.

Prepared by Saddleback Community Church

Day 19 | Live for God's Purposes

 

8/30/2018

Living for God’s purposes isn’t a one-time decision. Cooperating with him has to be a daily attitude of your heart. Seek him first in all of your everyday, ordinary decisions. Make the commitment now to live this day for God’s purposes.

 

		So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him.
		Romans 12:1 (The Message)

 

REFLECT

 

What did you hear?

What did God say to you as you read today's Bible passage? What word or phrase was most meaningful to you?

 

What do you think?

What does this passage mean to you? How does it apply to your life?

 

What is your prayer?

This is where you turn your thoughts into prayer. It could be a prayer of gratitude or praise. It could be a prayer of confession or a request for God's help. It's up to you. But take a minute to write a prayer of response to God. Prepared by Saddleback Community Church

Day 18 | God's Plan is Best

 

8/29/2018

Because God loves you and you love him, you can know that his plan is the best plan for your life. Even when life is tough and confusing, and you can’t make sense of the troubles you’re going through, you can be confident that God is watching out for you, and he is working everything out for your good. He promised he would!

 

		We know that all that happens to us is working for our good if we love God and are fitting into his plans.
		Romans 8:28 (TLB)

 

REFLECT

 

What did you hear?

What did God say to you as you read today's Bible passage? What word or phrase was most meaningful to you?

 

What do you think?

What does this passage mean to you? How does it apply to your life?

 

What is your prayer?

This is where you turn your thoughts into prayer. It could be a prayer of gratitude or praise. It could be a prayer of confession or a request for God's help. It's up to you. But take a minute to write a prayer of response to God. Prepared by Saddleback Community Church

Day 17 | Thanking God

8/28/2018

God is your Creator who made you, your Father who loves you, and your Savior who forgives you. He is your Shepherd who guides and feeds you. He is your Shield who hides and protects you. He is your Counselor who gives you wisdom and direction. He is your Comforter who gives you strength and help. He is compassionate and patient with you. He is faithful and kind. He is merciful and forgiving. He is the best Friend you will ever have. Take a minute to tell God how much he means to you.

 

		Give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men.
		Psalm 107:15 (NIV)

 

REFLECT

 

What did you hear?

What did God say to you as you read today's Bible passage? What word or phrase was most meaningful to you?

 

What do you think?

What does this passage mean to you? How does it apply to your life?

 

What is your prayer?

This is where you turn your thoughts into prayer. It could be a prayer of gratitude or praise. It could be a prayer of confession or a request for God's help. It's up to you. But take a minute to write a prayer of response to God.

Prepared By Saddleback Community Church

Day 16 | Love Beyond Measure

8/27/2018

God wants you to know how long, how wide, how deep, and how high his love is. His love is long enough to last forever. His love is wide enough to embrace everything about you. His love is deep enough to pull you out of your deepest despair. His love is high enough to overlook every offense. God wants you to experience his love today by spending time with him in prayer.

 

		May your roots go down deep into the soil of God’s marvelous love; and may you be able to feel and understand, as all God’s children should, how long, how wide, how deep, and how high his love really is; and to experience this love for yourselves, though it is so great that you will never see the end of it or fully know or understand it.
		Ephesians 3:17–19 (TLB)

 

REFLECT

 

What did you hear?

What did God say to you as you read today's Bible passage? What word or phrase was most meaningful to you?

 

What do you think?

What does this passage mean to you? How does it apply to your life?

 

What is your prayer?

This is where you turn your thoughts into prayer. It could be a prayer of gratitude or praise. It could be a prayer of confession or a request for God's help. It's up to you. But take a minute to write a prayer of response to God. Prepared by Saddleback Community Church

Day 15 | Jesus' Model of Prayer

8/26/2018

The Lord’s Prayer is the most famous prayer in the world. It is one of the greatest gifts Jesus gave us. It is not a magic spell or incantation. It’s not meant to be prayed as a mindless ritual. Instead, the Lord’s Prayer is a pattern for prayer that addresses everything you need in life. It’s a ten-step pathway, and each step leads you to a deeper relationship with God. Pray it slowly, phrase by phrase, and let Jesus speak to your heart.

 

		Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
		Matthew 6:9–13

 

REFLECT

 

What did you hear?

What did God say to you as you read today's Bible passage? What word or phrase was most meaningful to you?

 

What do you think?

What does this passage mean to you? How does it apply to your life?

 

What is your prayer?

This is where you turn your thoughts into prayer. It could be a prayer of gratitude or praise. It could be a prayer of confession or a request for God's help. It's up to you. But take a minute to write a prayer of response to God. Prepared by Saddleback Community Church

Day 14 | Forever Your Father

8/25/2018

Are you certain God is your Father? The Bible tells us that God created everybody, and God loves everybody, and God wants everybody in his family. But you’re not in his family until you place your faith in Jesus Christ. Then God becomes your caring, consistent, close, competent Father, and you can pray with confidence the way Jesus taught us to pray, “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.” Have you received Jesus Christ into your life and accepted his gift of forgiveness and his invitation to join God’s family? There is no greater hope than the hope of eternal life in Jesus Christ.

 

		To all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.
		John 1:12 (NIV)

 

REFLECT

 

What did you hear?

What did God say to you as you read today's Bible passage? What word or phrase was most meaningful to you?

 

What do you think?

What does this passage mean to you? How does it apply to your life?

 

What is your prayer?

This is where you turn your thoughts into prayer. It could be a prayer of gratitude or praise. It could be a prayer of confession or a request for God's help. It's up to you. But take a minute to write a prayer of response to God. Prepared by Saddleback Community Church

Day 13 | Beyond Your Imagination

8/24/2018

God can handle any problem you bring to him. No task is beyond his ability. No question is above his wisdom. No need can exhaust his resources. Think of your most daunting challenge or fear. Not only can God handle it, he can do immeasurably more than all you could ask or imagine.

 

		No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined the things that God has prepared for those who love him.
		1 Corinthians 2:9 (GW)

 

REFLECT

 

What did you hear?

What did God say to you as you read today's Bible passage? What word or phrase was most meaningful to you?

 

What do you think?

What does this passage mean to you? How does it apply to your life?

 

What is your prayer?

This is where you turn your thoughts into prayer. It could be a prayer of gratitude or praise. It could be a prayer of confession or a request for God's help. It's up to you. But take a minute to write a prayer of response to God. Prepared by Saddleback Community Church

Day 12 | The Perfect Provider

8/23/2018

God loves to meet your needs. That’s why his name is Jehovah Jireh, the Lord Who Provides. You can come to God at any time of day, with any kind of request. He never gets tired of hearing your voice. There is no shortage of his abundance. There is no limit on what you can ask. He wants to bless your life, and he will give you what he knows is best.

 

		If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!
		Matthew 7:11 (NIV)

 

REFLECT

 

What did you hear?

What did God say to you as you read today's Bible passage? What word or phrase was most meaningful to you?

 

What do you think?

What does this passage mean to you? How does it apply to your life?

 

What is your prayer?

This is where you turn your thoughts into prayer. It could be a prayer of gratitude or praise. It could be a prayer of confession or a request for God's help. It's up to you. But take a minute to write a prayer of response to God. Prepared by Saddleback Community Church