This week, we have been sharing with you some devotionals from Deborah Wilkenson (lives and serves in our town and church) that help to undergird our message from this past Sunday. We have been in a series called I LOVE THIS CHURCH!
Our Four Core Values, those things our church was founded on 10 years ago, are:
#1 - God Deserves Our Best
#2 - Everyone Has Purpose
#3 - Jesus Christ is Relevant
#4 - Grace Wins
Those four values are the "secret sauce" at Victory. It's one thing to HEAR ABOUT our core values, it's another thing to APPLY what we learned. Our key verse through this series is Daniel 6:3.
Here's the final devotion.
In the Old Testament the Priest was the only person who could go behind the “veil” the curtain into the “Holy of Holies”, the place where God came to listen and talk with Israel ONLY through the Priests. In Corinthians it says that when we turn to Jesus “the veil is lifted” II Corinthians 3:16 to “turn” is to “repent” literally to turn around. So if we turn to look at Jesus apparently our back was previously towards him. But when we turn to face Him we are no longer avoiding Him, no longer avoiding the truth that sets us free. When we turn to face Jesus and we seek His Presence, we are no longer focusing on ourselves, our desires, what want or what we don’t have. When we turn to face Jesus we are looking at Him. Isaiah says we are changed when we are in His Presence !!!
READ: John 7:37-38 If any man is thirsty let him come to me and drink. He who believes in Me who cleaves to, and trusts in and relies on Me as the Scripture says from his innermost being shall flow continuous springs of living water. John 8:12 I am the Light of the World. He who follows me will not walk in the dark, but will have the light which is Life. John 17:3 This is eternal life that might know Thee and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
Isaiah 40:31 “… they that wait for, look for and hope for the Lord shall change… !!!” (Amplified Bible)
PRAYER: Jesus I turn to you now and I thank you for Your word for the hope I find in Your Word. help me Jesus, remind me when my focus is on me. Remind me when the evil one comes to condemn me and accuse me and tell me that I am not good enough. Thank You that I can know you in this life. Thank you for Your presence here and now. Jesus You died to set me free. I turn to you now and I nail to the cross my hardness of heart, the brokenness that causes me to protect myself and attempt to control my life. I give You my fears, my disappointments, my dreams, my tomorrow and my today.
Do you like to write devotionals? Email me at cseaburg@victorychurch.ws
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