Kingdom Foreshadowed Part 14 Devotionals

Day 1: Hearing and Doing

Devotional The Shema, found in Deuteronomy 6:4-9, calls us to hear and obey God’s word. It emphasizes loving God with all our heart, soul, and strength. This prayer urges us to move from passive hearing to active doing. Isn’t it much easier to hear than it is to do? And that’s the struggle that we have and all of us have really had from the beginning. We often find ourselves listening to God’s word but failing to act on it. Today, let’s focus on not just hearing God’s word but also putting it into practice in our daily lives.

Bible Verse “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.” – Deuteronomy 6:4-5

Reflection Question In what areas of your life do you find it easier to hear God’s word than to act on it?

Quote Isn’t it much easier to hear than it is to do? And that’s the struggle that we have and all of us have really had from the beginning.

Prayer Lord, help me to not only hear Your word but to also put it into action. Give me the strength and courage to live out Your commands daily. Amen.

Day 2: The Heart of the Matter

Devotional The heart that we have is part of the problem. When the Bible talks about the heart, it’s referring to the control center of our lives. A circumcised heart is one that serves God not out of obligation, but out of a genuine desire. This transformation is something we cannot achieve on our own; it is a work of God. Today, let’s examine our hearts and ask God to transform them so that we may serve Him genuinely.

Bible Verse “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.” – Ezekiel 36:26

Reflection Question What areas of your life need a transformation of the heart?

Quote The heart that we have is part of the problem. And when the Bible talks about heart, it’s talking about sort of the control center of your life, the command center.

Prayer Father, I ask for a new heart, one that desires to serve You genuinely. Remove my heart of stone and give me a heart of flesh. Amen.

Day 3: The Promise of a New Heart

Devotional Prophets like Ezekiel and Jeremiah foretold of a time when God would give His people new hearts. This promise is fulfilled in Jesus, who offers us a transformed heart through His sacrifice. When we accept Jesus, we receive a new heart that enables us to love and obey God fully. Today, let’s embrace this promise and allow Jesus to transform our hearts.

Bible Verse “I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the Lord. They will be my people, and I will be their God, for they will return to me with all their heart.” – Jeremiah 24:7

Reflection Question How can you embrace the promise of a new heart through Jesus today?

Quote Jesus tells Nicodemus he needs to be born again, which is another sort of way of saying, you need a transformed heart.

Prayer Jesus, thank You for the promise of a new heart. Help me to embrace this transformation and live a life that fully loves and obeys You. Amen.

Day 4: Living Abundantly

Devotional Through Jesus’ sacrifice, we are offered a transformed heart that leads to a life of true abundance and joy. This transformation impacts the way we love, obey, and live. We love God just because He’s God, and we love Him because we want to love Him. Today, let’s focus on living abundantly by loving and obeying God with our transformed hearts.

Bible Verse “I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” – John 10:10

Reflection Question What does living an abundant life in Christ look like for you?

Quote He wants you to live a full and abundant now and forever life.

Prayer Lord, thank You for the abundant life You offer through Jesus. Help me to live fully in Your love and obedience. Amen.

Day 5: Shifting the Center

Devotional One of the ways you know that transformation is taking place is when you realize the lengths and depths that God has gone to so that you can have life with Him. When you can make that shift and get yourself out of the center, you begin to live for God and His ways. Love me and live. Live for Him, and you’ll find it’s the best life you can imagine. Today, let’s focus on shifting the center of our lives from ourselves to God.

Bible Verse “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” – John 3:16

Reflection Question How can you shift the center of your life from yourself to God today?

Quote When you can make that shift and get yourself out of the center where we keep putting ourselves by going to the stupid wrong tree, and we go, no, God, I want to live for you, and I want to live your way.

Prayer God, help me to shift the center of my life from myself to You. I want to live for You and Your ways. Amen.

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