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21 Days Campaign 2018

25
Mar

Day 21

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Theme: The Seriousness of the Consecration.

Biblical reading:

Proverbs 20:25 English Standard Version (ESV)
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It is a snare to say rashly, “It is holy,” and to reflect only after making vows.

Thought: He who consecrates something to God, should not do it lightly. God does not ask us for “things” … he asks us for the consecration of the heart!

24
Mar

Day 20

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Theme: What is consecrated to God is Holy.                        
 
Biblical reading:
 
Leviticus 27:28 English Standard Version (ESV)
 
28 “But no devoted thing that a man devotes to the Lord, of anything that he has, whether man or beast, or of his inherited field, shall be sold or redeemed; every devoted thing is most holy to the Lord.
 
Exodus 29:34 English Standard Version (ESV)
 
34 And if any of the flesh for the ordination or of the bread remain until the morning, then you shall burn the remainder with fire. It shall not be eaten, because it is holy.
 
Thought: What has been consecrated to God, for God is a most holy thing. This is God’s perspective on consecration!
23
Mar

Day 19

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Theme: The Quality of Consecration.                                     
 
Biblical reading:
 
2 Chronicles 29:34 English Standard Version (ESV)
 
34 But the priests were too few and could not flay all the burnt offerings, so until other priests had consecrated themselves, their brothers the Levites helped them, until the work was finished—for the Levites were more upright in heart than the priests in consecrating themselves.                                 
 
Thought: Not everyone who consecrates himself to God does so with all the rectitude of his heart.
22
Mar

Day 18

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Theme: Consecration of the Lord’s Day.

Biblical reading:

Exodus 20:8 English Standard Version (ESV)
8 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.

Deuteronomy 5:12 English Standard Version (ESV)
12 “‘Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, as the Lord your God commanded you.

Thought: The day of the Lord must be separated for the rest and worship of God.

20
Mar

Day 16

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Theme: Consecration of First Fruits to God.

Biblical reading:

Exodus 13:1-2 English Standard Version (ESV)

13 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Consecrate to me all the firstborn. Whatever is the first to open the womb among the people of Israel, both of man and of beast, is mine.”

Proverbs 3:9-10 English Standard Version (ESV)

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Honor the Lord with your wealth
and with the first fruits of all your produce;
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then your barns will be filled with plenty,
and your vats will be bursting with wine.

Thought: The First of creation claimed for himself the first fruits of all creation.

19
Mar

Day 15

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Theme: The Reward of the Consecration.                              
 
Biblical reading:
 
Psalm 51:7-10 English Standard Version (ESV)
 
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Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
    wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
8
Let me hear joy and gladness;
    let the bones that you have broken rejoice.
9
Hide your face from my sins,
    and blot out all my iniquities.
10
Create in me a clean heart, O God,
    and renew a right spirit within me.                
 
Thought: He who consecrates himself to God to trust him receives the benefit of God’s welfare.
18
Mar

Day 14

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Theme: The Fruit of Consecration.                                      
 
Biblical reading:
 
Psalm 51:7-10 English Standard Version (ESV)
 
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Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
    wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
8
Let me hear joy and gladness;
    let the bones that you have broken rejoice.
9
Hide your face from my sins,
    and blot out all my iniquities.
10
Create in me a clean heart, O God,
    and renew a right[a] spirit within me.                                      
 
Thought: The fruit of Christian consecration is the purification and rectification of the heart.
17
Mar

Day 13

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Theme: Consecrated to the Will of God.                                   
 
Biblical reading:
 
Luke 22:41-43 English Standard Version (ESV)
 
41 And he withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, and knelt down and prayed, 42 saying, “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.” 43 And there appeared to him an angel from heaven, strengthening him.                                           
 
Thought: It’s not about you, it’s about Christ.
16
Mar

Day 12

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Theme: Consecrated to Serve a Lord.

Biblical reading:

Luke 16:10-15 English Standard Version (ESV)

10 “One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much. 11 If then you have not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches? 12 And if you have not been faithful in that which is another’s, who will give you that which is your own? 13 No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.”

The Law and the Kingdom of God

14 The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things, and they ridiculed him. 15 And he said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

Thought: God is ONLY ONE, and only he is worthy of our worship and service. Serve him alone!

15
Mar

Day 11

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Theme: Consecrated to Love Others.
 
Bible Reading:
 
Luke 10:26-28 English Standard Version (ESV)
 
26 He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?” 27 And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.” 28 And he said to him, “You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live.”
 
1 John 4:7-21 English Standard Version (ESV)
 
7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. 10 In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.
 
13 By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. 14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. 15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. 16 So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. 17 By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. 19 We love because he first loved us. 20 If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot[a] love God whom he has not seen. 21 And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother.
 
Thought: The consecrated believer who lives to love God … loves his neighbor as himself.