Ready Before The Call

TODAY'S DEVOTION: 

Luke 12:35 - “Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning...

GREEK TERMS:

περιεζωσμέναι (periezōsmenai) - Be Dressed Ready

λύχνοι (luchnoi) - Keep Your Lamps

καιόμενοι (kaiomenoi) - Burning 

KEY THOUGHT:

Be Dressed: Every moment of our lives, we must be prepared for everything, when we hear that we are expecting a guest tonight, from morning itself we will keep our home tidy, start preparing food for them, dress well and groom ourselves well. In the same way, we must be prepared well for all the positives and negatives challenges in our lives. Every day is a ministry for us. So we need to be spiritually dressed in prayers and word. 

Ready for Service: The service means the mission we get by God. It can be anything. For every individual ministry is different. For some it can be easy, for some it can be difficult. Yet we need to serve God with our everything. If our life is not pleasing to God then we are not worthy to serve God. That is why we need to be an example for the world that is watching over us.

Keep Your Lamps Burning: We must be prayerful and equipped with God's word, we must keep our ears attentive to what the spirit of the Lord says. Our life must project the expectation of God. We must be ever ready to say yes to God's word. Our lives must be ready to go to the second coming of Christ. We must also reach out to the unreached souls. 

BARRIERS TO BREAK:

1. Laziness for Prayer

2. Emotional for everything 

3. Less motivated for ministry 

4. Spiritual downfall 

5. Demotivating others

SPIRITUAL HABIT:

1. Walk up early and remove every distractions and pray.

2. Take the help of the Holy Spirit whenever disappointed.

3. Prepare yourself in word and character.

FAITH AFFIRMATIONS:

Today I will in pray in the Spirit and meditate the word and workout for my inabilities and improve my weakness with the help of the Holy Spirit.

WORD OF PRAYER:

Dear Lord, help us to prepare ourselves for your kingdom, may we ever be ready for the responsibilities you appoint us, may we be cautious in every traps that come before us. Help us O Lord, so that we may keep our lamps burning even when problems arise. In Jesus name we ask in Faith.

Amen