Tuesday's Bible Study, July 27, 2021 - What Must We Do? Make the Adjustment!

 Hello Spiritual Family,  

Have you heard the saying "no pain, no gain"?  It often means that without experiencing pain sometimes you won't reach the goal set for yourself.  Funny, how God executes this same thought process to get us to a desired outcome in Him.  He calls it adjustment.  Take a look at the study below to see why God adjusts us to Him to get His desired results for our lives. 

God Bless

Scripture References & Highlights

Prayer for 2021:  This year will be a year of Light; that Light will shine and darkness will not dispel it. 

In Jesus' Name

Message Scriptures

• Focus:  Kingdom of God and the Leadership of Jesus Christ
• John 3:3-6
• to enter into the Kingdom of God, you/we must be born again
• Matthew 4:12-25
• Jesus didn't only preach the Gospel but through demonstration
• Jesus called the disciples to turn from the familiar and follow Me (make the adjustment)
• living a lifestyle of repentance, not in words only but in action
• Matthew 16:24-27
• there is a cost for following Jesus
• denying oneself - adjusting us, putting Christ first, considering others more highly then yourself
• Matthew 6:33
• seeking God's Kingdom, His way of doing things
• not thinking as the world thinks
• 1 Corinthians 9:19-27
• embrace the adjustment process in a disciplined way

 Nuggets for the Week

• new life often comes through travailing
• new life can be traumatic if we are fighting against the pain and adjustments
• God is daily adjusting us, resetting us to the right alignment
• it is a series of adjustments over time

Reflections

• Can being born again into the Kingdom be a traumatic experience?  Only we can answer that.

 Key Takeaway for the Body

• However, the actual new life outweighs the travailing process
• When the natural spine is off alignment, it must b brought back into alignment - little by little
• We must submit to the adjusting process.
• God is always working on us
• The way God adjusts us is not our choosing or the way we expect
• although He is merciful, the adjusting can still chafe
• don't try getting our of situations that are uncomfortable to seek the peace of God
• don't allow outward circumstances dictate your abiding in Me
• Learn how to live subject to the King, adjusting to Him in situations that don't feel good
• Rightly submit to His leadership, yielding rightly to how He adjusts
• God knows how to bring each of us to the place of following
• God graciously condescends to adjust us knowing our weaknesses because of His love and desire for transformation to occur so that others may see and desire Him.

Prayer Time

In your times of prayer this week (9am,12noon, and 6pm) we encourage you to include the following scriptures located below and in the article 7 Verses and 7 Prayers for your Pastor/

Ephesians 1:17-19, 3:16-17

Philippians 1:9-11

Colossians 1:10-12

Worship Highlight