Week 3 - Day 3
THE RELATIONSHIP
Daily Directions
DAILY DIRECTIONS
Use a sentence or bullet points to finish these statements.
UP - Lift Up Your Praise
Lord, I praise You for …
DOWN - Bow Down In Repentance
Lord, I repent of …
IN - Take In God’s Word
GO - Go Through Your Day
Have you ever watched an Olympic skier at the top of the slope visualizing their race? You’ll see them swaying and moving through the course before hitting the slope.
That’s the idea behind, GO - Go Through Your Day.
The idea is that after you are done praying and before you rush into your day, spend some time anticipating where your day is going and ask God to walk with you through it. Obviously, there will be many things you can’t anticipate. But on most days, you’ll have a pretty good idea of what the day holds, such as, assignments for school or appointments for work or responsibilities at home. So before you spring out of the starting gate and start heading down the hill, pray through your day asking the Lord for His strength and His direction through it. Then hit the slopes with confidence knowing that God will be with you the whole way down.
Joshua 1:9 (NIV)
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.
Psalm 23 (NIV)
The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.
He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters,
he refreshes my soul.
He guides me along the right paths
for his name’s sake.
Even though I walk
through the darkest valley,
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.
You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies.
You anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
Surely your goodness and love will follow me
all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord
forever.Galatians 5:25 (NIV)
Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.
What do these passages say about God’s interest and involvement in our daily lives?
Do you find God’s interest and involvement in your daily life comforting or concerning? Why?
How would knowing that God is personally interested and actively involved in your day change your perspective on the day and your experience of the day?
How would going through your day with Jesus before your day begins help you develop a personal, intelligent and interactive relationship with Jesus?
Lord, I hear You saying to me …
Now, with Your help I will …
OUT - Pray Out Your Requests
Lord, I pray for …
STOP - Stop, Look and Listen
Lord, what do You want to show me or say to me?
GO - Go Through Your Day
Lord, I pray for Your help as I anticipate these events today …
Those are the Daily Directions. Here’s the quote we began with from Dallas Willard again.
A biblical Christian is not just someone who holds certain beliefs about the Bible. He or she is also someone who leads the kind of life demonstrated in the Bible: a life of personal, intelligent interaction with God. (Hearing God: Developing a Conversational Relationship with God, p. 104).
That’s the goal we’re shooting for. And that’s the kind of life the Daily Directions can point you in.