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Reserve a daily time to read the Bible, examine yourself, and pray, gaining the knowledge of God's will and the power to follow it. Test everything, hold on to the good, and avoid evil. Seek God's guidance and acknowledge Him in all circumstances. Think of yourself with sober judgment and resist temptation. Fix your eyes on Jesus and regularly evaluate your faith.
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Mark 14:38 • “Watch and pray • so that you will not • fall into temptation. • The spirit is willing, • but the body is weak.”
Healing Choice #7 “The Growth Choice” I Reserve a Daily Time with God for Bible reading, Self-examination, and Prayer in order to know God and His Will for my life and to gain the power to follow His Will.
1 Thessalonians 5:21 • 21 “Test everything. • Hold on to the good. • 22 Avoid every kind • of evil.”
Psalm 25: 4-5 • 4 “Show me your ways, • O LORD, teach me your paths; 5guide me in your truth • and teach me, for you are God my Savior, • and my hope is in you • all day long.”
Hosea 6:3 • “Let us acknowledge the LORD; • let us press on • to acknowledge him. As surely as the sun rises, he will appear; he will come to us • like the winter rains, like the spring rains • that water the earth.”
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 • 16 “Be joyful always; • 17pray continually; • 18give thanks in • all circumstances, • for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”
Romans 12:3 • “I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather • think of yourself with • sober judgment”
1 Corinthians 10:13 • (New Living Translation) • “The temptations in your life are • no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. • He will not allow the temptation • to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, • he will show you a way out • so that you can endure.”
Hebrews 12:1-2 • “Let us throw off everything • that hinders and the sin that • so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance • the race marked out for us. • 2Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter • of our faith”
2 Corinthians 13:5 • (The Message) • “Test yourselves to make sure you are solid in the faith. • Don't drift along taking everything for granted. • Give yourselves • regular checkups.”