Song of the week: Mighty to Save (preformed here by Hillsong)
This week I began to focus on reading through the bible verses that I had initially selected as well as looking at other bible verses that connecting to them, recommended to me, or verses that stuck out during church as key reminders of the need to surrender. I have learned a lot this week and look forward to making connections between my learning and my playing when I begin to write (I have a few things written, but nothing close to polished yet).
What I have been meditating and centering the study of SURRENDER on: Philippians 3:3-14; Matthew 13:18-23; 1 Corinthians 1; Romans 12; Matthew 19: 16-28; and John 3:16-21 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son."
As I read through these verses and passages I spent time to pray, wrote notes in the margins, and discussed them and their applications with one of my good friends. Writing a devotional on a topic (in my case Surrender) is kinda like writing an essay for your professor on a topic (e.g. The Real Last Samurai). In order to do it, you have to do research (read the bible), take notes, thinking, bounce ideas around, write a rough draft and then revise. Time to write some more and revise!
What I have been meditating and centering the study of SURRENDER on: Philippians 3:3-14; Matthew 13:18-23; 1 Corinthians 1; Romans 12; Matthew 19: 16-28; and John 3:16-21 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son."
As I read through these verses and passages I spent time to pray, wrote notes in the margins, and discussed them and their applications with one of my good friends. Writing a devotional on a topic (in my case Surrender) is kinda like writing an essay for your professor on a topic (e.g. The Real Last Samurai). In order to do it, you have to do research (read the bible), take notes, thinking, bounce ideas around, write a rough draft and then revise. Time to write some more and revise!