2 Corinthians 9:7 Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

God is equally interested in the attitude behind my obedience. Lord, may i obey cheerfully!

John 13:21 After he had said this, Jesus was troubled in spirit and testified, “Very truly I tell you, one of you is going to betray me.”

Because we are sinners, we all face betrayal from our closest friends. Jesus was troubled in spirit and therefore, I should not be surprised when I am betrayed and that I am also troubled in spirit at the thought of those who betray me.

John 12:42-43 Yet at the same time many even among the leaders believed in him. But because of the Pharisees they would not openly acknowledge their faith for fear they would be put out of the synagogue; for they loved human praise more than praise from God.

Outward and inward influences can keep us from acknowledging our faith. Father, may You always come first in my life.

John 11:9-10 Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? Anyone who walks in the daytime will not stumble, for they see by this world’s light. It is when a person walks at night that they stumble, for they have no light.”

It is because of You that I am able to move past my transgressions. Lord, be the light unto my path, so that I may not stumble.

John 10:42 And in that place many believed in Jesus.

Lord, help others to believe in You in the place they are right now. May my friends, family, loved ones, and my enemies come to know You, so that they may experience grace and salvation.

2 Corinthians 9:6
Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.

May I sow seeds of love, kindness, compassion, and service for Christ. Generous sowing will eventually produce generous blessings.

John 10:42 And in that place many believed in Jesus.

Lord, help others to believe in You in the place they are right now. May my friends, family, loved ones, and my enemies come to know You, so that they may experience grace and salvation.

John 9:1-3 As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him.

Lord, use my blindness to display Your works through me. Help others to see You in the vision You have given me.

2 Corinthians 9:2 For I know your eagerness to help, and I have been boasting about it to the Macedonians, telling them that since last year you in Achaia were ready to give; and your enthusiasm has stirred most of them to action.

Spiritual enthusiasm is contagious and a motivator for other people’s obedience. May I influence others in this way.

John 8:7-11 When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground. At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there. Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” “No one, sir,” she said.“Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Go now and leave your life of sin.”

Lord, when fellow Christians sin, enable me to be there to help lift them up, rather than to “stone” them and leave them without support from a fellow sinner saved by grace.