Devot. Lessons to Learn

Hi Folks,

 

I hope you had a super week!

The devot. for today is one learning.  

 

I was thinking as I read this devot. that May and June are graduation months.

 

One phase of learning has been completed, another chapter of learning begins.  

 

 When I think in that context, this passage always comes to mind in regards to encouraging continued spiritual growth in the life of a person (and encouraging a graduate to hold onto their faith in Jesus Christ).

 

Colossians 2:6-8 states, "As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:

 Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.   Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ."

 

These verses are a reminder to me that just as someone as trusted the Lord Jesus as their way to get to Heaven, they need to continue to  walk in Him, spiritually rooted and grounded in the Word of God and they have been taught, thriving (abounding) with thanksgiving.  And to be careful of being corrupted by the world's philosophies and teachings, which are contrary to God and His Word.

 

This is a good admonition to all of us to continue growing in Jesus!    I pray the devot. is a blessing to your weekend!   Below I also have a few added links.

 

For those of you who have expressed an interest in Pastor Andrew Brunson, his 2nd trial Turkey was May 7th and the outcome was not good. There is an update on the American Center for Law and Justice's website (Home page, link below) on how the trial went.   Please keep praying for him and his family! 

 

I've also included a petition calling for his release that you can sign if you have not already.  

Pass it along!

 

 In addition is another update on ACLJ's website (Home page) Christian mom Asia Bibli who has been on death row in Pakistan for her faith in Jesus (for those of you who may remember her from previous posts.)

 

Lastly is the offer of a free book through Christian Book Distributors.  It's the story of Pastor Richard Warmbrand, the founder of Voice of the Martyr's that I have mentioned in recent posts.

 

I pray all this would be insightful/encouraging to your weekend.   Feel free to pass this devot. and its content along.   Lord bless you and yours! (Devot. below all the links.)

 

Petition for Pastor Andrew:   https://aclj.org/persecuted-church/save-pastor-andrew-from-a-turkish-prison?utm_medium=Email&utm_source=ExactTarget&utm_campaign=d-04132018_top-PC_seg-NexN20plFBR_typ-PT

 

ACLJ Website:  https://aclj.org/

 

Free Book: https://etools.ncol.com/a/tfc/bg_vomtfc_cbd-tfc50-email_309.html

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April 27, 2018 Lessons to Learn “But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.” (Matthew 9:13) The Lord Jesus called all who would be His disciples to “learn of me” (or “from me,” Matthew 11:29), and our text verse contains the first use of “learn” in the New Testament, thus indicating a basic item we must learn when we become Christians. The Lord stressed that God cared nothing about the ritualistic offering of animal sacrifices, as such, but rather desired understanding of the meaning of those sacrifices, accompanied by the motivating love and faith of a repentant heart. He referred them back to their own Scripture: “For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings” (Hosea 6:6). This is the most difficult but most basic lesson to learn by one seeking forgiveness and salvation. There are many subsequent lessons to learn, of course; many of them very difficult even for sincere, believing Christians. Paul notes one of them he had learned the hard way: “I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content” (Philippians 4:11). Another difficult but vital lesson has to do with Christian humility in leadership, “that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another” (1 Corinthians 4:6). Even the Lord Jesus Christ in His perfect humanity had lessons to learn. “Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered” (Hebrews 5:8). Finally, having learned these and many other such lessons, we must not forget them. Paul, in his final letter, so reminds us: “Continue thou in the things which thou hast learned” (2 Timothy 3:14). HMM     This email was sent to | Print this article Unsubscribe | Subscribe