40일동안 하루에 한챕터씩 기도하며 읽는 책이다.
하와이 절친이 된 A 가 선물해준 책이다.
미국에서 돌아오는 비행기에서 읽기 시작했고(20230427), 하루 한챕터 이상을 안읽는게 목표이다. 40일의 여정.
내가 그동안 해온 기도가 약 50일 정도 남은 시점에서 읽기 시작한 책이니, 기도를 같이 드려가며 여정을 이어나갈 예정이다.
사람이 변화하는데 걸리는 시간이 40일 이라고 하니, 이 책을 모두 읽은 시점에서는 나도 변화한 사람이 되기를 기도한다.
What on Earth Am I Hear For ?
Day 1 ) It all Starts with God
Day 2 ) You Are Not an Accident
하나님은 내가 태어나기 전부터 나를 계획 하셨다. 사랑을 주신것이 아니라 하나님은 사랑이시다.
Day 3 ) What Drives Your Lilfe?
-Purpose 1.meaning 2.simplify 3.focus 4.motivate 5.eternity
-Faith & Love & Hope
-Prune Away even good activities, and do only that which matters most
내가 이 생을 다하고 하나님 앞에 섰을 때의 두가지 질문
what did you do with my son, Jesus Christ? / What did you do with what I gave you?
Day 4) Made to Last forever
Live each day as if it were the last day of my life.
It ought to be the business of every day to prepare for our final day.
Q - What I have to stop and what I have to start doing today?
Day 5)Seeing Life from God’s View
Life is a test, a trust and a temporary assignment.
Character is both developed & revealed by tests, and all of life is a test.
The more God gives you, the more responsible he expects you to be.
The world and all that is in it belong to the Lord ; the earth and all who live on it are his.
If I treat everything as a trust, God promises three rewards in eternity.
1.affirmation 2.promotion 3.celebration
* money is both a test and a trust from God.
Q-what has happened to me recently that I now realize was a test from God? What are the greatest matters God has entrustted to me?
Day 6) Life is temporary assignment
1 compared to eternity, life is everything brief
2 earth is only a temporary residence
We are Christ’s ambassadors
In God’s eyes
Why did I waste so much time, energy, & concern on what wasn’t going to last?
Q - How should the fact that life on earth is just a temporary assignment change the way I am living right now?
Day7 ) The reason for everything
Living for God’s glory
오늘까지 단 하루도 거르지 않고 새벽 4-5사이 기상해서 기도와 묵상을 이어나갔다.
단 한가지의 단어. Believe
<Purpose #1>
Day 8 ) Planned for God’s Pleasure
오늘의 한 단어 : Worship every moment
Day 9 ) What makes God smile?
He doesn’t miss a single move I make.
Trust god complitely / means having faith / that he knows / what is best for my life.
하나님은 모든 순간 나를 지켜보신다. 매 순간이 그에게 worship이 되게 항상 기도하기.
하나남이 나를 지으셨다. 그가 나를 지으신 모양대로. 그가 기쁘게. 잘 살 수 있게. 나를 부정하지 말기.
하나남이 나에게 무엇이 가장 좋은지 아신다.
Day 10) the heart of worship
* Surrender
-> Natural response to God’s amazing love & mercy
* fully surrender our lives to God
* Offer : Offering myserlf to G
ㄴBarrier : 1 fear 2 pride 3 confusion
* Trust. : love casts our all fear
* surrender
ㄴ Experience god’s power in my life
* I die dairy
* we aren’t god & never will be . We are humans.
* it’s when we try to be god that we are most like Satan, who desire same thing.
* surrender is only way to live.
* surrender my life and trust god
* now my time to surreder to god’s grace love & wisdom.
* i can’t fulfill god’s purpose for my life while focusing on my own plans.
* give it all to god
Day 11 ) Becoming best friends with God
Day 12) Developing your friendship with God.
pray every moments. Honestly. 내가다가가는 만큼 하나님도 다가와 주시니까
Day 13 ) Worship that Pleases God. 20230512
Love the Lord your God
With all your heart
And with all your soul
And with all your mind
And with all your strength.
Mark 12:30
Day 14 ) When god seems distant
God is real, no matter how I feel
For God has said, I’ll never leave you; I will never abandon you.
Hebrews 13:5
<You were formed for God’s family>
Day 15 ) Formed for God’s Family
Your spiritual family is even more important than your physical family because it will last forever
Day 16 ) What matters Most
Life is all about love.
Relationships are what life is all about
- the best use of life is love
- the best expression of love is time
- the best time to love is now
Day 17 ) a place to belong 20230516
We discover our role in life through our relationship with others.
Attender or member.
I am called to belong, not just belileve
Day 18 ) Experiencing Life Together 20230518
Day 19 ) Cultivating Community 20230518
When conflict is handled correctly we grow closer to each other.
Humility : a humble attitute
Humility is not thinking less of yourself. It is thinking of yourself less
Live in harmony with each other.
Dont’ try to act important, but enjoy the company of ordinary people.
And don’t think you know it all.
Day 20 ) Restoring broken fellowship. 20230519
Life is all about learning how to love.
Learn to be a peacemaker
God blessed those who work for peace, for they will be called the children of God
1) talk to god before talking to the person
2)Always take the initiative.
3) sympathize with their feeling
4) confess your part of the conflict
5) attack the problem, not the person
6) cooperate as much as possible
7) emphasize reconciliation, not resolution
Day 21 ) Protecting your church
1) Focus on what we have in common, not our differences.
2) Be realistic in your expectations. : be patient with each other, making allowance for each other’s faults because of our love.
3) Choose to encourage rather than criticize. : not to criticize, compare, or judge each other.
It’s devil’s job to blame, complain, and criticize members of God’s family.
4) Refuse to listen to gossip
5) Practice God’s method for conflict resolution.
6) Support your pastor and leaders.
<Your were created to become like christ>
Day 22 ) Created to become like Christ 20230521
Christ live your sanctification.
Third purpose my life is like his son Jejus.
Obedience
God wants me to develop the kind of character described in the beatitudes of Jesus, the fruit of the sprit, paul’s great chapter on love, and peter’s list of the characteristics of an effective and productive life.
The self-absorbed perspective treats Gpd as a genie who simply exists to serve you in your selfish pursuit of personal fulfillment.
Never forget that life is not about you! Your exist for God’s purposes, not vice versa.
“God’s spirit working in you.”
1) I must cooperate with the Holy Spirit’s work.
2) God uses his Word, people, and circumstances to mold us.
3) Becoming like Christ is a long, slow process of growth.
Day 23 ) How we grow 20230522
Grow older but never grow up.
Spiritual growth is not automatic. It takes an intentional commitment. I must want to grow, decide to grow, make an effort to grow, and persist in growing.
Every choice has eternal consequences. So I had better choose wisely.
I can be certain that the Holy Spirit will help me with these changes.
Work out and work in.
Spiritual growh is a collaborative effort between me and the holy spirit.
God’s spirit work with us. Not just in us.
1) Changing my autopilot.
To change my life, I must change the way I think.
Behind everything I do is a thought.
Every behavior is motivated by a belief, and every action is prompted by an attitude.
“ Be careful how you think ; your life is shaped by your thoughts”
“ Let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think.”
Change always starts first in your mind.
The way youl think determines the way you feel, and the way you feel influences the way you act.
Day 24 ) Transformed by faith 20230523
1)Abiding in God’s word
-I must accept its authority.
-I must assimilate its truth.
It’s not enough just to believe the bible ; I must fill my mind with it so that the Holy Spirit can transform me with the truth. 1receive it 2read it 3remember it 4 reflect on it with an open 5 receptive attitude.
1.in a humble(gentle, modest) spirit , receive and welcome the word which implanted and rooted in your hearts contains the power to save your souls.
2.Daily bible reading will keep you in range of god’s voice.
3.my memory is like a muscle. The three keys to memorizing Scripture are review, review, and review.
4.meditation. Meditation is focused thinking.
Serious reflection on God’s truth is a key to answered prayer and the secret to successful living.
5.I must apply its principles.
Develop the habit of writing down exactly what you inted to do.
Personal, practical, provable
The bible was not given to increase our knowledge but to change our lives.
The truth transform me.
Day 25 ) Transformed by Trouble
Problem force us to look to God and depend on him instead of ourselves.
1) understanding romans 8:28-29
“ We know that God causes everything to work together of those who love God and are called according to his purpose become like his son. “
2) Building Christlike Character
We are like jewels, shaped with the hammer and chisel of adversity.
“ we know that these troubles produce patience. And patience produces character. “
What happen outwardly in your life is not as important as what happens inside you.
Your circumstances are temporary, but your character will last forever.
Under pressure, your faith- life is forced into the open and shows its true colors.
Since God intends to make me like Jesus, he will take me through the same experiences Jesus went through.
That includes loneliness, temptation, stress, criticism, rejection, and many other problems.
Learned obedience through suffering.
Was made perfect through suffering.
We go through exactly what Christ goes through. If we go through the hard times with him, then we’re certainly going to go through the good time with him.
3) Responding to problems as Jesus would.
Remember that God’s plan is good.
It was for my own good that I had such hard times.
Our present troubles are quite small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us an immeasurably great glory that will last forever.
4) Rejoice and give thanks.
God wants you to thanks him that he will use your problems to fulfill his purposes.
Rejoice in the Lord always.
5) Refuse to give up
Facing trouble, ask, what do you want me to learn? Then trust God and keep on doing what’s right.
Don’t give up —— grow up!
There is a ipurpose behind every problem.
Day 25) Transformed by trouble
Day 26) Growing ghrough temptation
Day 27) Defeating temtation
Day 28) It takes time
Slowly / steadily / surely
Just be patient
A delai is not a denial
From God
<You were shaped for serving God>
Day 29) Accepting your assignment. 23/5/29
God wants me to learn to love & serve others unselfishly.
How I live.
Day 30) Shaped for serving God 2023/5/30
I am one-of-a-kind
My heart reveals the real me.
Heart is passion
My interest came from god. Don’t ignore my interest.
Day 31) understanding your shape 20230601
Nobody else can be me
다른사람 따라 하려 하지말고, 나의 쉐입을 찾아 가는 것이 중요.
Day 32 ) using what god gave you 20230602
사람마다 주어진 형태가 모두 다르다. 절대 남이랑 비교 하지말고, 주어진 것을 잘 찾아야 한다.
옆을 보면 안된다. 나의 것을 찾고 나의 레이스를 달려가야 한다.
완벽한 사람은 없다. 주어진 것을 개발, 발전 시키는 것이 내가 해야 할 일이다.
God deserves my best