Embracing Daily Fellowship and Spiritual Growth with God
Summary
In this sermon, I emphasized the importance of daily fellowship with God, not just on Sundays or during church services. I stressed that we should not pick and choose when to be in fellowship with God, but rather, we should strive to make Him a part of our everyday lives. I also highlighted the importance of daily reading and meditating on God's word, even if it's just a verse a day. I further discussed the need to be prepared for Satan's attacks and to make God real in our lives every moment of every day. I also touched on the importance of spiritual growth and maturity, and the need to walk daily in a way that pleases God.
Key Takeaways:
- Daily fellowship with God is crucial, not just during church services. [ [38:51](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y495gFj-yRg&t=2331.8s])
- Reading and meditating on God's word daily is important, even if it's just a verse a day. [ [39:33](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y495gFj-yRg&t=2373.8s])
- We must be prepared for Satan's attacks and make God real in our lives every moment of every day. [ [40:49](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y495gFj-yRg&t=2449.8s])
- Spiritual growth and maturity are necessary, and we need to walk daily in a way that pleases God. [ [41:44](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y495gFj-yRg&t=2504.8s])
- We need to allow God to work in our everyday life and become more God-conscious. [ [27:53](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y495gFj-yRg&t=1673.8s])
Study Guide
Bible Reading:
1. Colossians 3:1 #!!41:44!!#
2. Colossians 1:9-10 #!!23:51!!#
3. James 1:14-15 #!!52:46!!#
Observation Questions:
1. What does Colossians 3:1 tell us about our relationship with God?
2. How does Colossians 1:9-10 describe the process of spiritual growth and understanding?
3. What does James 1:14-15 warn us about the consequences of giving into temptation?
Interpretation Questions:
1. How does Colossians 3:1 challenge our understanding of daily fellowship with God?
2. What does it mean to be "filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding" as described in Colossians 1:9-10?
3. How does James 1:14-15 relate to the concept of personal responsibility in our spiritual lives?
Application Questions:
1. Reflect on the past week. Can you identify moments when you consciously chose to submit to God's will? How did it impact your day?
2. What is one way you can increase your knowledge of God's will this week? How can you apply wisdom and spiritual understanding in this process?
3. Can you recall a recent instance when you gave into temptation? How could you have applied James 1:14-15 to avoid falling into temptation?
4. How can you make God more real in your everyday life? What specific steps can you take to achieve this?
5. Reflect on your daily walk with God. Are there areas in your life where you are not allowing God to work? How can you change this?
Devotional
Day 1: Consistent Living with the Lord
Consistency in our relationship with God is crucial. It's not about being perfect, but about continually moving forward, growing, and submitting to God. This process takes time and patience, but it's through this daily submission that we experience deliverance from darkness and find true joy. [01:02:33]
Psalm 37:23-24 - "The Lord makes firm the steps of the one who delights in him; though he may stumble, he will not fall, for the Lord upholds him with his hand."
Reflection: Reflect on your daily routine. How can you incorporate consistent time with God into your day?
Day 2: Resist the Devil through Submission to God
Resisting the devil isn't about fighting him on our own strength. It's about submitting to God and allowing Him to fight for us. When we try to resist the devil without first submitting to God, we set ourselves up for failure. [01:03:18]
James 4:7 - "Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you."
Reflection: Think about a recent time you faced temptation. How could submission to God have changed the outcome?
Day 3: Desire to Seek the Lord
Our relationship with God should be intimate, personal, and passionate. It's not about putting on a show or doing things for others. It's about genuinely seeking the Lord and desiring to have Him in our everyday life. [01:03:55]
Psalm 27:8 - "My heart says of you, 'Seek his face!' Your face, Lord, I will seek."
Reflection: What are some ways you can cultivate a deeper desire to seek the Lord in your daily life?
Day 4: Make the Lord Real in Your Life
Making the Lord real in our lives means allowing Him to guide us in all truth. It's about seeking Him daily and allowing Him to work in our lives. When we fail to seek God, we open ourselves up to destruction. [38:51]
Jeremiah 29:13 - "You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart."
Reflection: Reflect on a recent situation where you failed to seek God. How could seeking Him have changed the outcome?
Day 5: Desire to Please Him
We can't have God in our everyday life if we don't desire to please Him. This means submitting our temptations and sins to Him and seeking His forgiveness. It's about living in the moment with Him and allowing Him to guide our actions. [51:46]
1 Thessalonians 4:1 - "As for other matters, brothers and sisters, we instructed you how to live in order to please God, as in fact you are living. Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus to do this more and more."
Reflection: Reflect on a recent time when you acted out of a desire to please God. How did this impact your relationship with Him?
Quotes
1. "We got to get to consistent living with the Lord. Now that takes time. And people around us hopefully will be patient with each other as we grow. But we got to move forward. Joyfulness. We'll know to give thanks. We'll be delivered from the power of darkness all when I'm submitted to God." - 01:02:33
2. "If you're trying to fight the devil by yourself, you're going to join the long list of people who have failed miserably. You have to submit the Lord. If you look at this half-hazardly and don't seek God and put him in your everyday life, you'll find destruction." - 01:03:18
3. "We need to have a desire to seek the Lord, to submit the Lord, and have Him in our everyday life. God works in your life, if you lie, and do so. What my focus to be on God. What your focus to be on God. I want it to be a real intimate, personal, passionate relationship with the Lord." - 01:03:55
4. "The goal is for each and every one of us to walk daily with the Lord. I know that for many, church is something that we do. It is something boring. It is a good place to get an app. But here at gospel light, bad to church, we want to make it real. I want this church to have a real intimate, personal, passionate relationship every day with God." - 01:04:32
5. "The more we allow him to work in our life, the more God conscious we will become. The more power we will have in our everyday life. The more prayers we will see answered in our life. The more effect we will have in our own lives and in the lives of others." - 30:06
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