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----- Original Message ----- From: "Gwen Tweedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 9:23 AM Subject: {dbilg} Fw: Mens Email Devotional - Tuesday September 23, 2008 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "TruthMedia Mens Devotional" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Gwen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 6:40 AM > Subject: Mens Email Devotional - Tuesday September 23, 2008 > > > : > : > : SEEKING AFTER GOD > : > : > : By Charles Stanley > : > : Also available as a podcast at: > : > : > http://thelife.com/blogs/experience/kindle/2008/09/23/seeking-after-god-4/ > : > : ** Praying is a way to seek after God more closely. If you'd like us to > help you pray, please contact us with your prayer requests here: > http://mentodayonline.com/chat/share.html > : > : Please open your Bible and read Luke 12:29-34. > : > : The pursuit of God through His Son Jesus is to be our highest aim. It > requires an attitude of wholeheartedness, diligence, persistence, > confidence, and humility. To seek Him, what actions can we take? > : > : First, we need to study the Scriptures. A structured, ongoing > examination of them will cause our faith to grow and provide what we need > to for life and godliness. (2 Peter 1:3) Next, we must maintain an active > prayer life. Prayer is conversation with God - it includes both speaking > and listening. Third, we are to meditate, which involves prayerful > consideration of what we read in the Word. This means digesting a passage > of Scripture verse by verse and asking the Lord questions about what it > means. Through the guidance of the Holy Spirit, we will gain understanding > of its application to life. This process helps us absorb His truths so we > can live by them. > : > : As we assimilate scriptural principles, we gain wisdom. It becomes > easier to identify where the Lord is at work and to evaluate our > circumstances in light of His character and plan. We will also recognize > when we are to act. As we listen to messages based on God's Word, we will > grow in the Lord. Listening includes a desire to hear, a willingness to > act, and a determination not to be distracted. Lastly, we should observe > how God is working in others' lives, which will benefit us as well. > : > : God promises to reward our seeking. Sometimes we will be blessed with > greater understanding, at other times with inexplicable joy. Best of all, > seeking always leads to finding Him. (Jeremiah 29:13) > : > : Question: Often when we read large sections of the Bible at a time we > may miss some important points. Do you "digest scripture verse by verse" > as the devotional author suggests? > : > : About this Author: > http://thelife.com/experience/devotionalformen/authors/charles-stanley/ > : > : > : Comment on the devotional blog. Interact with others who are reading > today's devotional. Visit > http://thelife.com/blogs/experience/devotionalformen/2008/09/23/seeking-after-god-3/#comments > : > : Copyright > : This devotional is protected by copyright laws and may not be reprinted > or posted to a site without permission from TruthMedia Internet Group. All > readers are welcome to forward the devotional to a friend or link to it. > If you would like to seek permission to reprint the devotional in full, > please see our guidelines: > http://tmdevotionals.com/men/reprint-permission/ > : > : > : > : ----------End of Newsletter Text---------- > : You are currently subscribed to the TruthMedia Daily Men's Devotional as > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > : To unsubscribe send a blank email to > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > or visit http://www.tmdevotionals.com/unsubscribe and fill in the required > information. > : > : Feel free to forward this devotional to a friend. If you received it > from a friend and would like to subscribe, visit > http://www.tmdevotionals.com/subscribe and fill in the required > information. > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Internal Virus Database is out of date. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.169 / Virus Database: 270.6.21/1674 - Release Date: 9/16/2008 > 8:15 AM > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/DBILG?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
