[Monday's Devotional] - We Need More...Inspiration

We Need More... Inspiration This week I want to look at some of the themes that scored lowest in a recent survey of our congregation (by NCD in October 2017).  What do we need to work on in 2018? At the top of the list (or the bottom of the scores) is the theme of inspiration.  Are you feeling inspired? It can be inspiring to listen to a great sermon, spend time in wonderful worship or in close fellowship with other people.  The danger is, we can seek our inspiration second hand - from others - rather than from the word of God, the life of Jesus or the activity of the Holy Spirit in our lives.  We can also seek our inspiration infrequently.  One thing that does seem to be lacking is a daily habit of spending time in the bible and in prayer where we can gain our inspiration from listening and talking to God.  I know I find it hard. Imagine you are on an Alpha course. You meet once a week, have a great meal and a wonderful time together with your group – but then you eat nothing else all week.  By the time you come back a week later you will be starving!  Yet this is the experience we face if we limit our time with God to once a week – whether or not we feel the same keen sense of hunger, the absence of spiritual food is as bad for us. We have a real need for the inspiration of Scripture, the words inspired by God and written down for our benefit.  Let's try to get some daily food this week. All Scripture is God-breathed [given by divine inspiration] and is profitable for instruction, for conviction [of sin], for correction [of error and restoration to obedience], for training in righteousness [learning to live in conformity to God's will, both publicly and privately—behaving honorably with personal integrity and moral courage]; so that the man of God may be complete and proficient, outfitted and thoroughly equipped for every good work. 2 Timothy 3: 16-17 [AMP] Lord, I need your instruction, conviction, correction and training today. Help me to spend more time in your Scriptures this week.  Amen. Dave MacLellan   Twitter Website Copyright © 2018 St. Matthew & St. Oswald's Church, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email as a subscriber to the Daily Devotionals Our mailing address is: St. Matthew & St. Oswald's Church 1a New Street Rugby, Warwickshire CV22 7BE United Kingdom Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list Want to be added to our mailing list? - sign up here!