12 / Change
Zoo of Lusts (Edition of 5 + AP) / Jeremie Riggleman / 2015 / Acrylic, photos, and resin
Morning meditation
Read Genesis 17:15-16
Does your Bible tell you what Sarah’s name means?
Write down what your name means.
—Scripture Notes and Additional Questions
Morning Prayer
This week we are asking GOD for powerful testimonies each morning:
Heavenly Father, You made me one of a kind, placed me in the exact time and place You want me, and surrounded me with a unique group of friends and family. Help me demonstrate humility and sacrifice today—considering others before myself, bringing You glory. May Your peace lead me wherever I go and keep me blameless in all my steps. Strengthen me through Your Holy Spirit so my life is a powerful testimony of Your love, grace and peace. Your divine power has given me everything I need for a godly life!
—Adapted from John 14:26; Philippians 2:3-4; 1 Thessalonians 5:23; 2 peter 1:3
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Today’s motivation
Identity precedes productivity. If you don’t know who you are you won’t know your purpose. When you start with who God says you are then Ephesians 2:10 comes alive: “For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” What good works has He created for you today?
keep daily goals in focus
Set yourself up to keep your habits going this week.
☑️ Emotional - Cutting something out of your life makes room for God. That’s called sacrifice.
☑️ Mental - Being generous blesses others and it blesses you. Keep moving toward your giving goal this week!
☑️ Physical - Here’s a thought about fasting: it comes down to why you are fasting: (1) alignment; (2) breakthrough; or (3) clarity. Which one explains why you are fasting?
Evening Prayer
Set an alarm for this evening so you remember to end your day with God.
Lord, how I can better live out of Your love for me? Show me. Where do I need to change? Show me. Before I declare that I am going to make better choices; before I declare that I want to grow spiritually; I declare that apart from You, I am lost! I illustrate Isaiah 53:6 really well. I am one of those sheep that has turned to his own way. I am refocusing my life on You. I am throwing out the trash of my own sin and preparing for the power of the resurrection to transform me. Let’s do this. Amen.
Pray that God would create a powerful testimony through the creative ways you come up with to bless your neighbors. Pray for each neighbor by name. They matter to God!