Dear God, even though I am imperfect, You have chosen me to shine Your light tothose around me. May I never take Your grace for granted. Help me to remain focusedon You, and empower me to be holy as You are holy. In Jesus‘ name I pray, amen. - P125


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Lord Jesus, grant me the courage to weed out the sins growing in the garden of my heart. At the same time, grant me the grace to persevere as I nurture the fruit of Your Spirit. In Your precious name I pray, amen. - P132


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Lord Jesus, may my thoughts and actions be pleasing to you. In those times when You are grieved by my sinful ways, I pray that I would be sensitive to the promptings of your Holy Spirit seeking to lead me to confession and repentance. In your name I pray, amen. - P129


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4"Then lie on your left side and put the sin of the people of Israel upon yourself. You are to bear their sin for the number of days you lie on your side.

5I have assigned you the same number of days as the years of their sin. So for 390 days you will bear the sin of the people of Israel.

6"After you have finished this, lie down again, this time on your right side, and bear the sin of the people of Judah. I have assigned you 40 days, a day for each year.

- P116

14Then I said, "Not so, Sovereign Lord! I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have never eaten anything found dead or torn by wild animals. No impure meat has ever entered my mouth."

15"Very well," he said, "I will let you bake your bread over cow dung instead of human excrement."

16He then said to me: "Son of man, I am about to cut off the food supply in Jerusalem. The people will eat rationed food in anxiety and drink rationed water in despair,

17for food and water will be scarce. They will be appalled at the sight of each other and will waste away because of their sin.

- P117

Dear Lord, thank you for bearing the sins of the world on the cross. Forgive me for the times I have forgotten Your sacrifice and consumed an undesirable mixture of worldly things. Purify my heart and may Your light fill and satisfy me. In Your name I pray, amen. - P118


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16At the end of seven days the word of the Lord came to me:

17"Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the people of Israel; so hear the word I speak and give them warning from me.

18When I say to a wicked person, ‘You will surely die,’ and you do not warn them or speak out to dissuade them from their evil ways in order to save their life, that wicked person will die for their sin, and I will hold you accountable for their blood.

- P112

21But if you do warn the righteous person not to sin and they do not sin, they will surely live because they took warning, and you will have saved yourself." - P112

22The hand of the Lord was on me there, and he said to me, "Get up and go out to the plain, and there I will speak to you."

23So I got up and went out to the plain. And the glory of the Lord was standing there, like the glory I had seen by the Kebar River, and I fell facedown.

- P113

24Then the Spirit came into me and raised me to my feet. He spoke to me and said: "Go, shut yourself inside your house.

25And you, son of man, they will tie with ropes; you will be bound so that you cannot go out among the people.

26I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so that you will be silent and unable to rebuke them, for they are a rebellious people.

- P113

27But when I speak to you, I will open your mouth and you shall say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says.’ Whoever will listen let them listen, and whoever will refuse let them refuse; for they are a rebellious people.

- P113

God makes Ezekiel a watchman for the people of Israel. He must warn thewicked and the righteous. If he fails to warn a wicked person, the Lord will holdhim accountable for their blood, but if he warns them, he saves himself - P113

. TheLord will make Ezekiel mute except when given a message. When the Lordspeaks, He will open Ezekiel‘s mouth to proclaim His word. - P113

God makes Ezekiel a watchman for His people. A watchman’s role, in the traditional military sense, is to protect soldiers and civilians by keeping watch from a tower and blowing the trumpet when danger is approaching. - P114

Likewise, as a spiritual watchman, Ezekiel is to personally warn people whose souls are in danger due to disobedience and rebellion. - P114

Believers today should be willing to do the same for our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ. If we truly care about their well-being, then we should warn them when they are straying away from God’s commands. We should also be grateful when we receive warnings from others, taking them to heart instead of being defensive, because even those who are righteous are in need of such warnings. - P114

Believers today should be willing to do the same for our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ. If we truly care about their well-being, then we should warn them when they are straying away from God’s commands. - P114

We should also be grateful when we receive warnings from others, taking them to heart instead of being defensive, because even those who are righteous are in need of such warnings. - P114

Heavenly Father, I confess that I am sometimes stubborn and rebellious, wandering and making excuses instead of following You. - P115

Soften my heart so that I may obey Your commands and faithfully watch over my fellow brothers and sisters in Christ. In Your Son’s name I pray, amen. - P115


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