Absolute love? Absolute hope? Absolute trust? Absolute belief? Absolute faith? Absolute obedience? Absolute disobedience? Absolute good? Absolute evil? Absolute truth? Are you able to live in a world of absolutes or do you prefer to live in the grey areas? So where do you stand when it comes to God? Are you living inside or outside of God’s will? Are you leaning on God’s Word or the ways of the world? Are you deciding to live in absolute obedience to God’s will and God’s Word or are you trying to partially obey? You realize that partial obedience is disobedience right?
How well do you deal with absolutes at home? How well do you deal with absolutes at work? How well do you deal with absolutes in the community? How well do you deal with absolutes in the church? How well do you deal with absolutes in the government? How well do you deal with absolutes in the judicial or laws of the land? How well do you deal with absolutes when it comes to what is and isn’t a sin?
So how would you respond to being tested in any of those areas? Would you be ready and willing to testify of how it went? Would you be ready and willing to share your testimony of how it all played out?
The One Year Daily Insights with Zig Ziglar and Dr. Ike Reighard
for August 16th
Life’s Biggest Test
MEMORY VERSE OF THE DAY:
‘Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love to him. For to this end I also wrote, that I might put you to the test, whether you are obedient in all things. ‘
II Corinthians 2:8-9
POINTS FROM THE DEVOTIONAL:
- How do you deal with and respond to when bad things are taking place?
- How do you respond when you are directed to deal with the problem?
- Are you obedient?
- How do you respond when the problem is fixed and there is a change of heart?
- Are you obedient?
- Are you able to forgive?
- Are you able to restore?
- Are you able to accept?
- Disciplining is to help get the person back on track, and so if it works how will you respond?
- Are you able to be obedient and discipline when necessary?
- Are you able to be obedient and accept when necessary?
- How about if you are the one being disciplined? Are you ready to repent? Are you ready to ask for forgiveness?
- When you have the test of needing to discipline someone for their sins will you pass the test?
- When you have the test of needing to forgive, restore, and accept someone who has repented and turned from their wicked ways will you pass the test?
- Are you able to be firm enough to require that someone who has gone off track change?
- Are you able to forgive them if they admit to their wrongdoing and change?
- As church, as a family, how will you deal with sin when it shows up?
DISCUSSION TOPICS FROM TODAY’S DEVOTIONAL:
- How did your family handle significant sins like additions, abuse, and rebellion (if they were present in your family)?
- Describe the purpose and process of dealing with others’ sins.
QUOTE(S) FROM TODAY’S DEVOTIONAL:
“If you are not living in the will of God, you are uncomfortable in the Word of God.”
— Zig Ziglar
Today’s reading from Tanakh:
So where are you at? How do you handle the test of obedience? How do you handle the test of dealing with people who have gone off track? How do you respond when you have gone off track? Where do you turn? How do you know what to do? Are you ready to turn to God and invite Jesus into the situation? Are you ready to do what is asked of you? Let’s pray:
I come to you in prayer asking for the
forgiveness of my Sins. I confess with my
mouth and believe with my heart that
Jesus is your Son, And that he died on the
Cross at Calvary that I might be forgiven.
and have Eternal Life in the Kingdom of
Heaven. Father, I believe that Jesus rose
from the dead and I ask you right now to
come in to my life and be my personal
Lord and Savior. I repent of my Sins and
will Worship you all the day’s of my Life!
Because your word is truth, I confess with
my mouth that I am Born Again and
Cleansed by the Blood of Jesus! In Jesus
Name, Amen
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