We all know that we are on a journey - that someday God has promised to complete the work He started in us - but that we are not there yet. Sometimes a good chart can help us plan this journey a little better. When Mark Daniel spoke to us last Sunday he presented us with a flow chart to help us seek God and it was so helpful. So this Monday morning, here's another one for you, this time from 2 Peter 1:5-8:
Make every effort to respond to God's promises. Supplement your faith with a generous provision of moral excellence, and moral excellence with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-contral with patient endurance, and patient endurance with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love for everyone. The more you grow like this, the more productive and useful you will be in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
There's a lot to think about in this list and we aren't going to get it all straight away. But God will help us build little on little and grow more and more. Even during Love 40 days, you will have grown in this way. Be encouraged to begin this week continuing to grow - and ask God for each of these qualities as you seek to have His love for everyone today.
For the kids:
Make a list of some of the qualities from 2 Peter 1:5-8 above and see if the children can explain what they mean and think of some real-life examples of how they can demonstrate these qualities. Then spend some time praying together for God to help you grow in each of these areas.
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