Acts: The Spread of the Gospel
This study is taken from John MacArthur's "Acts: The Spread of the Gospel." My prayer and goal for this devo is that we will learn more about how the early church laid the foundation for what we possess today, and that we would allow God to use us to turn our world upside for Him!
This will be an exciting journey, so encourage others to join you! I'm looking forward to the interaction we will have on this blog as we study the book of Acts!
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Thursday, September 11, 2008
Joseph's Early Years - Obedience: Quickly, Sweetly, and Completely - Devo for 09/17/08
Genesis 37:12-17
Questions
1. Read Deuteronomy 11:26-28. What does God give if ye obey?
2. What does God promise if ye will not obey?
3. Explain how teenagers who obey quickly, sweetly, and completely can be a blessing to their parents, to their teachers, and to their employers.
4. Now explain how disobedience, or even compliance with a rotten attitude, can cause great heartache and grief at home, at school, at church, or at work.
If you learn to obey quickly, sweetly, and completely as a child or teenager, then when you are faced with God's commands in your life as an adult, you can, with confidence, obey God...QUICKLY, SWEETLY, AND COMPLETELY.
10 comments:
1. blessings.
2. a curse.
3. well if they obey then they dont have to go down a list of why they need to do it and they can be at ease.
4. well then they have to go down a list of you have to do it because i told you to and they wont be a ease because they will have to be on their case about obeying
questions:
1.a blessing.
2.a curse.
3.it takes stress off of their mind and it kinda makes them uplifted and brightens their day and makes it easier.
4.it causes stress, hate, tension. it brings a bad day along.
1.a blessing
2.a curse it you do not obey the commandments.
3.it can make someones day when you hepl them out and gives them less that they have to do.If its your parents i think they would be pleased to see that we want to help without giving any problems. I think it makes them happy.
4.well if you do that it doesn't show that God is living in you and that you want to live for the Lord it just shows that their maybe something wrong and you take it out on someone else or you just don't like helping other people.
questions
1.a blessing.
2.a curse.
3.well their parents because it will make their parents not so stressed out,their teachers the same thing,and their employers they wouldnt have to tell them so many times i guess.
4.everybody would be stressed out because they would have to beg you to do something.and they would have to deal with your attitude.
1. A blessing if you obey.
2. A curse if you will not obey.
3. Teens who obey quickly, sweetly, and completely can be given tasks without the authority having to stand over them. Also, that kind of obedience builds trust and credibility in the mind of the authority relating to the teen, and allows the authority to focus on other projects or people that need more attention.
4. When a teen is disobedient and has a poor attitude, there is an unnecessary tension that seems to exist. It causes the authority to question the motives of the teen, even if the teen, at that moment, is doing something right. It also causes the authority to wonder if the teen is going to cause more problems, which can cause great distraction.
1.a blessing
2.a curse
3.It will make their lives easier
4.They would have to ask more than once.
1. Blessings
2. a curse
3. they will earn more
4. you might get punished, denetion, you might get fired.
1. A blessing.
2. A curse.
3. By obeying we help others be more tranquil knowing that they can trust us.
4. When we disobey we loose the trust from others which can cause them stress.
1.blessing
2.curse
3.people migth treat you right if you treat them right
4.strees
1.blessing
2.a curse
3.i makes their dat better
4.i makes youmad cause a bad day.
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