Faculty Devotion Notes

So, I don't have to lead devotions for a few months yet, but when it gets close I get nervous and can't think of anything to say. So here is the outline of what I've been thinking about saying the last few months.

Faculty Devotions 2009

I. Not Judging:

A. Matt. 7:1-2 Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.

B. James 4:12 But you – who are you to judge your neighbor?

II. Forgiveness

A. Eph. 4:32 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.

B. Col. 3:13 Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.

C. Matt. 6:12 Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

III. His Kindness leads to repentance: Romans 2:1-4

IV. It is ok to mourn and feel pain: 2 Samuel 1 (David mourns the death of Saul, Jonathan, and the Israelites. He mourned for Saul, even after all that Saul had done to him. I think that he was also mourning what Saul was call to have been, but didn’t fulfill because of his sin.)

V. His Grace is a seed that grows in our hearts. As we do what he says that seed multiplies, blooms, and gives off more seeds.

A. John 16:20 Very truly I tell you, you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy. (Jesus talking about the end times)

B. John 12:24 Very truly I say unto you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But it if dies, it produces many seeds. (Jesus talking about his death)

VI. God doesn’t give up on us. Lamentations – when Israel was being punished for their evil deeds, even in the midst of this, Lam. 3:21-32, so we shouldn’t give up on him, ourselves, or each other.