Week 1, Day 7: Week One Reflection

I encourage you to set aside time to go through the reflection for this first week of our Advent study on pages 70-71. I have heard from some of you on how demanding the daily readings are. How important and beautiful it is to have this Saturday break built into the study.

The Week One Reflection is made up of useful questions for this study, but also for any Bible reading you may do. Use these questions to review and process and apply this week's Scripture passages. Do it prayerfully. 

What can you pray? 

Pray for the work of God's Spirit through the Word of God.

But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you. (John 14:26)

• Pray for the Spirit to teach and remind you of exactly what Jesus desires for you to learn and remember.

When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father—He will testify about Me. (John 15:26)

• Pray for the Spirit to reveal the Lord Jesus to you through your Bible reading.

When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. (John 16:13)

• Pray for the Spirit to convey to you the very words of God; as He hears God's speak that He will relate that to you.

The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him—the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD. (Isaiah 11:2)

• Ask God to guide and strengthen you, to help you learn and fear Him.

And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances. (Ezekiel 36:27)

• Ask God to give you the desire and the ability to wholeheartedly obey Him. ❤

> Any takeaways from the Week One Reflection?