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DAY TWENTY: INTERCESSION: LUKEWARM SOULS

Wooow, it is day twenty already!

We bless God for how far He has brought SHARING LIFE.

We are interceding for lukewarm souls today.

Shall we open our Bibles to Revelations 3:15-16

 I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! 16 So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth.

After reading such a text, one might say that Our Lord was being very harsh in His message to the Church of the Laodiceans.
Reading further down to verse 19, He tells us His reason for His earlier statement:

Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent.

You see, it is never the intention of God to make us feel bad.
Jesus Christ loves us so much and wants to call us to Himself.
The unfortunate thing is, some of us have heeded to this call but are still looking back to all the 'good' but falsehood the world offers. 

Shall we reflect on our lives this very moment.

Let us ask ourselves: are we living as hot people or cold people?

What makes you hot?
1. You live life with the one-audience mentality.
The one-audience mentality is the kind where you live to please only one person: that is God Almighty.

2. You allow the will of God to manifest in your life.
This you do, by relinquishing your desires and your will to His perfect will.

3. You choose to not be guided by the status-quo of the world, but you dare to live different for the sake of His Glory.

4. You seek to be groomed by The Holy Spirit into becoming like Jesus Christ.


What makes you cold?
1. Your life is centred on living out the expectations of others.

2. You live to find favour in men.

3. You plan out the course of your life and live it out regardless of the means involved in attaining that feat.


What makes you lukewarm?
1. You believe in God, but you are interested in the things of this world.

2. You go to church, you do all the 'churchy' things but after leaving the church building, you put on the garment of the world in all its vices.

3. In order to avoid mockery, you 'leave your Christianity at your doorpost' before you enter your place of work or a gathering of your friends.

Oh yes! The last thing

4. You believe in doing good to others. You do not like bad things happening to good people. You push for peace for all. Yet, God has no place in your heart.

My dear, that is lukewarmness.

Shall we pray:

Father, I am very grateful for the gift of life.
I thank you for loving me enough to bring Your only son Jesus Christ to die for my sins.
I am very sorry for not living a life of total surrender to You.
Holy Spirit, please help me to let go of my will and yield to the Lord's will.
Jesus, I am tired of living by my own strength and goodness.
Make me like Jesus on this Earth.
All to the Glory of Your name.
I love You Lord.
Thank You for loving me unconditionally.

Amen.

May the Holy Spirit, our Helper, guide us to live hot for Jesus.

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