Romans 14:5-9

Good Morning,

For many of us we set New Year resolutions that we have already failed to keep. I pray that that you are still walking in your Communion Commitment of intentionality.  “Those who intend to lead a new life draw near with faith.”  One of the communion challenges of intentionality was the call to Intentional Citizenship. This call brings with it the understanding that Citizen/Membership has both privilege and responsibility. Citizen/membership requires intentional obedience. The really great thing is that when we fulfill those responsibilities it serves as a testimony of our submission to God.

As we continue to walk in our Communion Commitment let’s fortify our faith by the application of the word via the devotional for today. Today lets us  know that we do not live for ourselves alone.

Blessings

Barbara

TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 2014

SCRIPTURE

⁵ One person considers one day more sacred than another; another considers every day alike. Each of them should be fully convinced in their own mind. ⁶ Whoever regards one day as special does so to the Lord. Whoever eats meat does so to the Lord, for they give thanks to God; and whoever abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God. ⁷ For none of us lives for ourselves alone, and none of us dies for ourselves alone.⁸ If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. ⁹ For this very reason, Christ died and returned to life so that he might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.

OBSERVATION

1. Those things we consider special should be special unto the Lord.
2. We do not live our lives in a vacuum  for ourselves only.
3. We live and die for the Lord.

APPLICATION

1. The things that you are holding sacred are they held sacred to the Lord?
2. What things in your life need to change because you are not living your life for yourself alone?
3. How will your life change as you live and die for Christ?

PRAYER

Father, so much of my life has been spent doing my own thing, living to please me. Since my life is not for me alone, work in me to live my life as one that belongs to you. In Jesus’ name AMEN.