October 31: DECISION

Believe it:

And now, why are you waiting? Arise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord. Acts 22:16

Live it:

We can learn three lessons from today’s text.
1. Get up. When a person decides to be baptized, his or her life begins to climb. Relationships improve. Health improves. Finances improve. Communion with God improves. The road to Jerusalem is always upward. When we make that marvelous decision, self-esteem rises too.
2. Wash. Anyone who has gone more than two days without a bath knows how good it feels to have one again! Another blessing of following Jesus is the opportunity to leave the past behind—to wash it away. What an incomparable feeling of cleanliness!
3. Invoke. When we invoke, or call on, God’s presence, we enter the realm of prayer. A decision accompanied by prayer is secure and trustworthy. Whom do you turn to when you have problems? In whom do you trust when you need a confidant? When you invoke the name of Jesus at these times, His peace will flood our hearts as never before.

Share it:

Begin to fast for all those who will be baptized in the meetings.

My prayer today: for those who have to make hard choices.

-Pray that God will help them overcome any obstacle.

-Pray that they will be able to put God first in their lives.

from God’s City, My City