Day 6: Lord, Where Are You Leading Me?: Part 1
Lord,
where do You want me to go and what do You want me to do with the next year and
this new beginning? Answer this question in your prayer journal.
PRAYER
JOURNALING AND CONTEMPLATION QUESTION:
Does
the previous question mean more to you than what you want or desire? Explain
your answer. Be thorough and be brutally honest.
Prove
your answer to the above. If you said yes, look at your schedule over the last
year. Does your schedule reflect that God’s desire is first in your life? Or
are your desires?
If you
said no, that is okay. It’s important to be honest with ourselves and with God.
Now, don’t feel guilty for a second. That’s not the intent. Nor is guild
worthwhile. After all, you cannot change the past. But, you can sure learn from
it, apply those lessons, and choose how you will do things in the future.
A
LITTLE REMINDER…
Don’t
forget your yearly Bible verse or your memory verses. Pray them back to God at
this time, whether by memory or by looking at them.
GOD,
LEAD ME PRAYER
God,
lead me. Tell me what Your purpose is for me and my life this morning, this
afternoon, this evening, tonight, tomorrow, this week, this month, this
quarter, this year, the next two years, three years, five years, decade, twenty
years, twenty-five years, etc. Help make it abundantly clear to me and help me
not to miss it. Teach me how to live Your purpose this day as well as tomorrow.
I want to live for You and bring You glory. I want to live according to Your
will, not mine. Please teach me to do so and guide me.
Write
out what you said to God and what He said to you in your prayer journal.
HOW DO
WE KNOW WHERE GOD IS LEADING US OR THAT HE IS SHOWING US THE WAY AND HIS
PURPOSE?
The
best way to know God’s purpose for us each and every moment is to be in the
Word of God, the Bible. It’s really that simple. He will show us the way
through the Scripture. This is why it’s so important for us to be in the Bible
each and every day—preferably throughout the day each day. It is the Word of
God, after all. It’s how He speaks to us.
Prayer
journal your thoughts.
Now,
let’s look at some verses which should help us know what to pray and how to
pray for the next year and our new beginning. With each verse listed after this
section, prayer journal these 4 things about each verse:
1 What
jumped out at you and why?
2 What
did you learn from this verse?
3 What
did God say to you through this verse?
4 What
does this verse mean to you and your life today, this week, this month, this
quarter, this year, etc.?
Psalm
16:7 NCV
7 I praise
the Lord because he advises me.
Even at
night, I feel his leading.
-- NCV:
Scripture taken from the New Century Version®. Copyright © 2005 by Thomas
Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Don’t
forget to prayer journal the four things before we continue.
I do
not know about you, but that verse teaches me a great deal of what to do and
what I haven’t been doing. (Sigh.)
SELAH.
PAUSE.
Selah. Pause.
Do not
press forward for a moment.
Savor
the moment instead.
Listen
to God and stop speaking.
Pause. Rest.
You do
not have to continue at any time if God is speaking to You. Just stop and
pause. Hang out here for a while. If your brain is working like crazy, if God
is speaking, if you feel like you are on the precipice of something big, or if
you experience and A-HA moment, then stop. Selah. Pause.
If you
are tired and exhausted. Selah. Pause.
There
might be days when you need to do this several times throughout your day. Do
it.
Psalm
23:3 NOG
He guides me along the paths of
righteousness
for the sake of his name.
-- NOG:
Scripture is taken from NAMES OF GOD BIBLE (WITHOUT NOTES) ®, © 1995 God’s Word
to the Nations. Used by permission of Baker Publishing Group.
Don’t
forget to prayer journal the four things before we continue.
Psalm
25:5 GW
5 Lead me
in your truth and teach me
because
you are God, my savior.
I wait
all day long for you.
-- GW:
Scripture is taken from GOD’S WORD®, © 1995 God’s Word to the Nations. Used by
permission of Baker Publishing Group.
Don’t
forget to prayer journal the four things before we continue.
Id o
not know about you, but with the last three verses we just read, I could spend
a month or two thinking about those verses over and over, prayer journaling
about them, and memorizing them. They are quite powerful and are motivational. I
can learn a great deal from each of those verses.
This
verse, Psalm 25:5 GW teaches me a great deal and I want to apply the lessons to
me life—and do so immediately. After all, it’s the ‘I wait for God all day
long’ that really gets to me. How often do I wait for God? When was the last
time I waited for God? When was the last time I waited on God ALL day long?
Ouch. Now, prayer journal your responses to those three questions. Be thorough
and honest.
MEMORY VERSES
Do not
forget to continue to memorize Philippians 4:4-8. These will be due by the end
of Week 2.
PRAYER JOURNALING AND
CONTEMPLATION QUESTIONS
What
did you learn today?
How is
God guiding you?
Where
is God guiding you?
What
did you say to God?
What
did He say to you?
What is
His purpose for you and your life today? This week? This month? This quarter?
This year?
A
LITTLE REMINDER…
Don’t
forget your yearly Bible verse or your memory verses. Pray them back to God at
this time, whether by memory or by looking at them.
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