OCTOBER 4, 2023

LOOK TO THE WORD

“2 Corinthians 3:18 – But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

What you pay attention to and set your mind on becomes your reality. This is why you must not have affinity for idle talks, or bad news, because if you do, you will be beholding the wrong thing and importing chaos into your own life. But the person who will experience transformation is the one who has learnt to esteem God’s Word more than anything else, because the power of transformation is in the Word.

Just as our opening text shows us, change comes from beholding. As we behold God’s Word, we are changed from every unwanted state into what is written about us in the Word; from being rejected to being sought after, from having no business to being sold out, and from hopelessness to greatness.

Are you battling with a situation that seems to have defied all known solutions? What you need now is to study God’s Word voraciously and feed your heart with the Word in meditation, especially in the direction of the change you desire. This is the secret to a speedy transformation.

▫ DAILY PRAYER GUIDE
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Startup Prayer:
Father in the name of Jesus, give me the grace to esteem your Word highly above the situations and challenges around me, so that my transformation will happen speedily in Jesus name.

PRAYER FOR A NATION – PORTUGAL
As a predominantly Catholic country, Portugal is even further unified by the culturally embedded traditions and practices of the Church. The Portuguese youth in particular are overlooked, and New Age ideals, Mormonism, and Jehovah’s Witnesses are beginning to take hold of those who do not know Christ. Increasing pursuit of individualism and material gain further blind the people from seeing their need for a Savior.

Prayer for the Nation:
Father in the name of Jesus, we pray that a burning desire for the Lord will fill the hearts of the people of this nation, and that they will no longer run after material gain, but put their trust in the Lord.

Prayer for the Leaders:
Father in the name of Jesus, cause your fear to rest in the hearts of the leaders of this nation, that they will lead the people in all wisdom and godly piety, in Jesus name

Prayer for Israel – (Ps 122:6)
Father in the name of Jesus, we ask today, that there will be peace in Jerusalem and that your purposes be established in that city. Amen. (Ps 122:6)

PRAYER FOR UNITY IN THE CHURCH
Father in the name of Jesus, we pray that the Church will walk in love, with one purpose and one vision to take the Gospel to the ends of the earth, in Jesus name, Amen.

PRAYER FOR SOULS / REVIVAL
Father in the name of Jesus, we pray that as we go into our cities and environs to share the Gospel, that your word will have a free course in the hearts of all that hear us, and that your Word will cause a transformation in their lives, in Jesus name.

DAILY BIBLE STUDY
1Chronicles 25 & 26, Psalm 112, 1 Thessalonians 1