Week 4: Repentance - The Big Turn-Around

Below I have place an excerpt of day 5 of this week's lesson

Making it Personal

Now it's time to look at your own heart. Prayerfully and honestly answer the following questions. As you do, ask God to reveal areas where you may be resisting His loving conviction. You may want to record a personal response to specific questions, as the Lord shines His light on your heart.

1. Have I ever experienced the repentance that characterizes genuine salvation?
2. Does sin in my life bother me?
3. Do I have an attitude that says, "Lord, everything I know to be sin, and everything You show me in the future to be sin, I am willing to forsake"?
4. Am I willing to call my wrong actions "sin," rather than viewing them as weaknesses, "struggles", or personality traits?

(5 - 10 coming soon)

Week 3: Honesty - Silence is Not Always Golden

Below I have place an excerpt of day 5 of this week's lesson

Making it Personal

Honesty with God

"Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts" (Psalm 51:6 NKJV)

• Do I often participate in corporate praise and prayer while my heart is cold, indifferent, or resistant to the Lord?
• Are my prayers honest? Do I say words that I think will impress God, or do I honestly communicate my real feelings and desires to Him?
• Do I serve God out of a heart of genuine love and devotion, or do I have a subtle, secret desire to be noticed and applauded?
• "Do I love the truth so much that I actively and regularly ask God to search my heart and to reveal anything that is displeasing to Him?

Honesty with Myself

"But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves" (James 1:22)

• Are there truths in God's Word that I know in my heard or that I "preach" to others but am not practicig in my life?

Honesty with Others

"Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor; for we are members one of another" (Ephesians 4:25)

• Do I sometimes seek to create a better impression of myself than is honestly true?
• Am I covering up sins fof my past rather than dealing with them biblically?

Week 2: Humility - Coming to God on His Terms

Below I have place an excerpt of day 5 of this week's lesson

Making it Personal

Ask God to show you which characteristics of a proud heart are true of you. Circle the number next to those items below.

Proud people....

1. focus on the failures of others
2. have a critical, fault-finding spirit; look at everyone else's faults witha microscope but their own with a telescope
3. are self-righteous; look down on others
4. have an independent, self-sufficient spirit
5. have to prove they are right
6. claim rights; have a demanding spirit
7. are self-protective of their time, their rights, and their reputation
8. desire to be served
9. desire to making a name for themselves
10. desire self-advancement
11. have a drive to be recognized and appreciated
12. are wounded when others are promoted and they are overlooked

(13-30 coming soon)

Distress: What Does Distress Drive You to Do?

I'm not writing a long post about this but in the study for yesterday, in Seeking Him, a question was asked about distress. What does distress drive you to do?

The text book answer is that it should drive us to the Lord and allow him to give us calm in the mids.

But in reality, what does distress usually drive you to do? Honestly, sometimes it drives me to cry, to complain, to withdraw and retreat, to raise my voice, but in the study we are reminded that distress should drive us to our knees!

Lord, thank you for this reminder today!

Week 1: Revival - Who Needs It?

Below I have place an excerpt of day 5 of this week's lesson

Making it Personal

Agree with God abobut each need He reveals. Confess each sin that He exposes. Praise Him for his awesome love an power to forgive. Don't be in a hurry; give God time to speak and give yourself time to respond.

1. Genuine Salvation
2. God's Word
3. Humility
4. Obedience
5. Pure Heart
6. Clear Conscience
7. Priorities
8. Values
9. Sacrifice
10. Spirit Control
11. "First Love"
12. Motives
13. Moral Purity
14. Forgiveness
15. Evangelism
16. Prayer

Seeking Him Devotional

For September 7, 2007

Restore My Soul

(phone ringing)

"Hi, honey. The mall was packed, and now I'm stuck in traffic. I should still make it to pick Lindsey up from soccer, but do you mind sticking the pizza in the oven? I have such a headache."

Nancy Leigh DeMoss: It sounds like she needs to be reminded of Psalm 23. It says, "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not be in want . . . He restores my soul" (verses 1 and 3). So often I find myself giving out and giving out without taking time to get back to the still, quiet waters where my Shepherd can restore my soul. I end up running on fumes, reacting to the smallest annoyances out of frustration.

But when I spend time in the Word and in prayer, God calms my spirit. He slows down my racing pulse, and He gives me fresh perspective and strength to serve Him.

Is your soul in need of restoration today? Maybe you need some alone time with the Good Shepherd.

With Seeking Him, I'm Nancy Leigh DeMoss.

This transcript is taken from the nationally-syndicated
daily radio program Seeking Him with Nancy Leigh DeMoss.

Prayer for Book Studies begins this week

On this post, we mentioned that there are two books you are invited to read with us this Fall.

Seeking Him by Nancy Leigh DeMoss (for all women)

Here are some additional resources from Nancy Leigh DeMoss regarding the Seeking Him Study.

Seeking Him Website

Seeking Him "Live" Prayer Meeting beginning September 15th
(12 Consecutive Saturday Mornings)

Seeking Him Radio Broadcast

Seeking Him Podcast

The week of September 10th, we begin reading Chapter 1 and we will read one chapter each week. September 10th is also the same day that Nancy DeMoss begins discussing the study, daily, on her radio program.

The next prayer time for thoose of you who want to participate with us, is Tuesday, September 18th.

1st and 3rd Tuesdays, Beginning September 4th, 5AM
*You do not have to call in at 5am to participate, you can follow along on the blog, or just read at your own pace.*
(time subject to change depending on interest of those outside the Central time zone)

Purchase the book here if you'd like, or any book store of your choosing of course.

The Bathtub is Overflowing but I Feel Drained by Lysa TerKeurst (for moms of young children)
Keep up here on the blog, with posts and comments regarding the book. Join in for the optional morning conference call to discuss the book live.

The week of September 10th, we begin reading Chapter 1 and we will read one chapter each week.


The next prayer time for thoose of you who want to participate with us, is Tuesday, September 11th.

2nd and 4th Tuesdays, Beginning September 11th, 5AM *You do not have to call in at 5am to participate, you can follow along on the blog, or just read at your own pace.*
(time subject to change depending on interest of those outside the Central time zone)

Purchase the book here if you'd like, or any book store of your choosing of course.

The purpose of these book studies and the reason we structured them this way, is so they would not be meetings that require you to leave your home.

We simply offer accountability for you as you read through the books and offer the (optional) early morning conference call, twice a month, for us to discuss the book and pray regarding the topics within.

Send me an email or leave a comment here on this blog, if you're interested.

Answer to Alexandria's question: You asked in the comment below, whether the workbook is the correct book to purchase. Yes, that's it! Email me and let me know if you're going to participate with us, and to what extent. Jeoffsrib at hotmail dot com.