Kick Start . . . Your Day: The Shift of Details

Go Deeper; interAct: Bible Study & Sign up for a daily Christmas meditation: Expectation . . . Advent 2009

Focus: Luke 2

Do you trust God to purposefully shift the details of the universe for good at the right time and place?

Life is filled with decisions
which
rely on timing and details coming together.

What we do, when we do it, and where we do it
impacts lives.

Timing is crucial in everything. One word or action can change the timing of the events of our life; however, those who are in a relationship with God can trust Him to work in all things for good (promised in Romans 8:28): And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

To trust God to work in all things . . . in the time . . . in the place . . . and in the results . . . requires surrender and trust. The thing is . . . God will shift the details in the universe to put His plan into place . . . study the first Christmas.

To personally experience the shift of the details in the universe . . . we must be engaged in an ongoing relationship with God. Read Luke 2.

Focus on the details:

A decree was issued to all the Roman world to take a census . . .
Joseph was required to go to Bethlehem the town of David . . .
Joseph belonged to the house and line of David . . .
Mary, expecting a baby, went with Joseph . . .
The time came for the baby to be born . . .
But there was no guest room available . . .
Specific shepherds lived in nearby fields . . .
The Shepherds were watching their flocks that night . . .
An angel announced the messiah was born . . .
The angel told the Shepherds the details . . .
The angel said the baby was wrapped in cloths in a manager . . .
A group of angels joined the angel and praised God . . .
The Shepherds hurried off and found Mary, Joseph, and the baby . . .
The Shepherds told other people . . .
The people were amazed . . .
On the eighth day, the time came to circumcise the baby . . .
The baby was named Jesus, the name the angel told Mary . . .
When it was time for purification rites required by the Law of Moses . . .
Joseph and Mary took Jesus to Jerusalem to be presented to the Lord . . .
Simeon lived in Jerusalem . . .
The Holy Spirit revealed Simeon would live to see the Messiah . . .
Simeon went into the temple courts at the same time . . .
Simeon held Jesus, praised God, blessed the family, and prophesized . . .
Anna, an 84 year-old widow, was there . . .
Anna never left the temple . . .
Anna worshiped night and day, fasting and praying . . .
Anna came to them in the same moment . . .
Anna gave thanks to God. . .
Anna spoke of Him to all those who were looking for the Redeemer.

Today

Think on the intricate details that came together the first Christmas.

Surrender your plans.

Trust God to shift the details of the universe together for His good plan.

Learning with you to KICK START the day . . trusting God to shift the details of the universe,

Pastor Kerrie

Expectation . . . Advent 2009
Pray with expectancy through the enabling power of the Holy Spirit.

Experience the simplicity and power of breath praying.

Continual Love

Advent Focus

Love

Meditate

God, who created the universe, gave up everything that we may live in His love by sending His Son. The love of God is not a-one-time gift but an ongoing-active -continual gift.

This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. 1 John 4:10

See also: Ephesians 2:3-5; 1 John 5:2

Pray with Expectation

Breath prayer: Continually in Your Love.

(written by Kerrie Palmer © 2009 All Rights Reserved)
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Wednesday, December 23, 2009

The Shift of Details