Devotions For Lent – Day 38

Stir Up

“Let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another.”         (Hebrews 10:24-25)

Read 1 Corinthians 12:12-31.

Because of our sinful nature, we don’t drift toward holiness. We don’t gravitate toward godliness or obedience to the will of God. This is why we need the regular ministry of Christ’s Church. “Let us consider” — an intentional action — “how to stir up one another to love and good works,” — we know plenty of people who stir things up in a bad way, but this stirring toward growth and change — “not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another.”

These things don’t happen if we are not participating together in worship and fellowship. If these things are not in place, then we are bound to drift. It is when we come together as Christ’s body, the Church, that we spur each other on to hold fast to God’s Word. In your thinking or writing today, make a list of a few people in your church and ask them how you can pray for them.

Prayer Starter:
Jesus, thank You for the people You have given me in my church who encourage me to hold fast; people like . . .