Bible Reading: 2090831

II John 1

 

“And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another. And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.” II John 1:5-6

 

Lord, I thank Thee that for nearly fifteen years I have been a part of Thy fold. Dear God, I, just as this elect lady, have heard Thy commandments from the beginning and every day I continually fall. I pray that you would help me to walk in Thy word daily as I seek to win others to Christ. Dear God, I pray for those who I am endeavoring to bring unto Thee at work. I pray that we would have the privilege of having them in Thy house soon.

 

“Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son. If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him Godspeed: For he that biddeth him Godspeed is partaker of his evil deeds.” I John 1:9-11

 

Dear God, as much as I am frustrated with my own failures, I am becoming daily more frustrated by the false doctrine and apathy that permeates the overall demeanor of Christianity. The general acceptance of worldly doctrine is an epidemic beyond proportion. Lord, I pray that I would be a light on a hill rather than under a bushel. I am tired of how church in the minds of people is little more than a social club rather than the body in which Christ died for and commissioned to reach the world with the gospel. Help me to stand and to speak the truth in love and to be an example of how others ought to serve Christ.