تأملات فى آيــة اليوم...
هذه آية تحدي، أليس كذلك؟! لقد سلم كل واحد منا قلبه إلى الله وانساننا العتيق قد صلب مع المسيح عندما اصبحنا مسيحيين (رومية 6:6). و يذكرنا يسوع بان هذا التسليم هو أمر يجب ان نفعله كلنا كل يوم (لوقا 23:9). يجب ان نضع حياتنا الآثمة القديمة جانباً كل يوم ونختار ان نعيش ليسوع كاستجابة لنعمة الله. و نحن نبدأ هذا العام الجديد ، دعونا نجعلها عادتنا الروحية اليومية بان نقدم انفسنا للرب بالتمام ونعيش بفرح تحت قيادة يسوع كل يوم.
Thoughts on Today's Verse...
Paul gives us several challenging verses when we read Ephesians 4:22-24. We will take each of these verses one day at a time. Today, Paul reminds us that we surrendered our hearts to God. Our old selves were crucified with Christ when we became Christians (Romans 6:6). Jesus reminds us that this kind of surrender is something each of us should do daily (Luke 9:23). We need to put the old sinful life aside every day — "put off your old self" — and choose to live for Jesus in response to God's grace. Why is this "putting off" so important? Because our way of life before being united with Christ was full of sinful influences and the deceitful desires that the evil one seeks to reawaken in us. So, as we begin this new year, let's make it our spiritual habit to consciously offer ourselves to the Lord daily as we seek to live joyously under his lordship.
صلاتي
ربي القدوس القدير، آبانا في السماوات، اريد ان امجدك واتجاهل إغراءات الشيطان. من فضلك ساعدني بروحك القدوس واملك على قلبي بنعمتك و انا احيا مكرسا نقسي لك كل يوم . في اسم يسوع اصلى. آمين.
My Prayer...
Holy and Almighty Lord, I approach you as my loving Abba Father. I want to honor you. I want to ignore the temptations of the evil one. I don't want him to deceitfully lure me back into the corrupt ways of my former life before Jesus. Please empower me through your Holy Spirit and conform to Jesus* as you capture my heart with your grace. Father, I want to live each day for you, honoring Jesus' sacrifice for me and yielding to the influence of the Holy Spirit. I ask this through the intercession of the Spirit and the authority of the Son. Amen.
* 2 Corinthians 3:18; Galatians 3:22-23.
