GROW UP - WEEK TWO - DAY four

Hello and welcome to your Daily Devos, following our Grow Up series at 29:11!

Take some time today to read through the provided scriptures, meditate on the lessons we’ve learned this week, and journal your prayers. Have an amazing week, 29:11 Church!

THEME SCRIPTURE: 

They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. 43 Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. 44 All the believers were together and had everything in common. 45 They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. 46 Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, 47 praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.

- Acts 2:42-47 NIV

TODAY’S PASSAGE:

For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand to be our way of life.

- Ephesians 2:10 Nrsv

REFLECTION:

I was trying this new cookie recipe, and it was the first time the recipe called for “chilling” the dough. I was baking these cookies and didn’t have the time to chill them overnight, so I tried to for about an hour and proceeded to bake them. To my surprise, it didn’t work! Because i didn’t fully prepare beforehand i was left with a mess to clean up and no cookies. God has a deeper work than just cookies in our lives, and we are made to do that WORK. Not to cut corners and think we can change the recipe to fit our plan but to be wise and patient with what God has for us.

THOUGHTS TO PONDER:

Do you take comfort when you hear that God has “prepared” you for something? When you hear that what does that feel like? Take some time to be still today. just as the Lord prepared us, take time to be thankful for every moment he molded and shaped us into who we are.