Task of the Day

T.O.D.
Task of the Day--- A daily inspiration and spiritual call to action.


The Challenge:

Creatively enrich your/my/our spiritual growth and personal relationship with Jesus Christ while utilizing this forum to regularly hold each other accountable and lift each other up!

How it Works:

Following prayer and consultation with the Lord, I will post a task every day. Each task will correspond to a Word from God/scripture. At each day's end, you are invited to post the results of the task in action including artifacts from the journey. I imagine that some days will feel more successful than others. Additionally/realistically, "daily" may end up being "weekly" during certain seasons.

The Goals:

The overall goal is to deliberately carve out the time and put work into each day to become better lovers. Let us love ourselves better, love strangers, friends, enemies and family better. Let us love God better. Did you know that of all the richness that is God's Holy Scriptures, the two greatest commandments are to love God and to love people?! (Matthew 22:36-40) Basically, love is a big deal and we want to get better at it and walk in it.

Each T.O.D. is meant to focus on a bite-sized, actionable step to help us recognize what love looks like on a day to day basis so that we may recreate it and dwell in it... and it in us.

Let us welcome God into our lives and allow ourselves to be perfected.

The Invitation:

You are invited to join me in each T.O.D. and I encourage you to post your results as well. Although tasks are designed as "daily bread", definitely wrap them into a week, month, year, until they are engrained into your daily members. There is only one rule. You must be honest and transparent about your struggles and successes! Testify! Please invite others to join us on this fantastic voyage!


Be Blessed!


Saturday, January 18, 2014

Seventy Times Seven = LOVE




Scripture:
Matthew 18: 21-22 (KJV)
21 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? 22 Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.

Inspiration:
Per the request of my mother to "make your blog posts shorter," coupled with yesterday's task to "listen" more, I am trying my hand at brevity. Here we go....

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Before you can fully embrace Christ, you must forgive any offense that you are holding onto. Once you are in Christ, to STAY IN CHRIST, you must continue to forgive everyday. Keep no record of wrongs. Wipe the slate clean as if your brother (or whomever) had never offended you. Before coming to God in prayer, you must forgive and relinquish any unforgiveness that is holding you captive.

 


Matthew 6:14-15 (KJV)


14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.



TASK OF THE DAY 17:
Forgive someone today. Perhaps this is someone who has never asked for forgiveness. Perhaps this is someone that does not even think that they need your forgiveness. You can do this in person, write this person a letter, or give him/her a phone call. I've forgiven someone via text message before and the LORD honored that. Pray about it and let the Holy Spirit guide you. Loose these bonds of wickedness and forgive! Forgive your parents, siblings, children, spouse, Christian brethren. Forgive yourself if you must. Additionally, admit your faults and ask for forgiveness if the Holy Spirit leads you to do so. When we walk in the Spirit of God, we are able to freely forgive, seventy times seven and beyond. When we loose the bondage of unforgiveness, we are making ourselves available to the LORD for His use. We are free to operate in the gifts, calling, and purpose that He has set aside for us! We are free to LOVE!
#T.O.D.forGod
#BetterLover

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