Reflecting on Righteousness-Right Standing with God

Saturday is a day to reflect on all that God has been speaking to you this week, and how it will affect your life going forward.

From those of us on the Tree Church Daily team, we hope that you have had an amazing week in your time with God. We pray that you were challenged and encouraged by God’s word and His presence in your daily life.

Today, we want you to do something simple yet important. We want you to take time to write in a notebook, journal, or record a voice memo in your phone answering the prompts below. This does not need to be profound, poetic, or polished. It is a record for you to visit later to see and remember all that God is doing in your life. Journaling is a way to remind you of what God is speaking to you. Speaking something out loud or writing it down makes what we are thinking tangible, and makes us accountable to it. If God has challenged you or called you to do something specific this past week, making it tangible makes it real. So don’t skip today…today is about faith building, and that is what we pray happens for you.

Before you get started though, let’s pray together:

God, thank You so much for the sacrifice that You made when You sent Your son to die for my sins. I am so grateful that I have the opportunity to be in a relationship with You and even be deemed righteous in Your eyes. Thank You for loving me and giving me grace when I do not deserve it. Speak to me as I reflect on all You have done in my life this week. I love You, Lord. Amen.

Here are today’s prompts for you to process through in your written or voice journal:

First, focus on God’s promises to you. As humans, we fall short and sin every single day. In our sin, God made a way for us to be made right in Him and have access to His presence. As you reflect on this week, take a moment to thank God for the sacrifice He gave so that we could be in right standing with Him.

Second, focus on your current reality. We see in scripture how when people have faith in God’s promises, He is able to do amazing things in and through their lives. In every season, we have to choose to believe, and have faith, that God will make good on every promise He has made. What promises has God made to you that He has followed through on?

Lastly, focus on a step God is challenging you to take. Since God is a God who is full of grace and mercy, our sins have been forgiven and we have freedom from them. The amazing thing about God is that His kindness does not end there. He also wants to fill us with His Holy Spirit to walk with us every day and be our Helper in every circumstance. Take a moment to ask that His Holy Spirit will fill you up and help you as you begin to walk through a new week.