Which of the following are similar to the ways you've served Christ in your family? [check all that apply]
• Taught your kids to see God's glory in nature
• Washed the dishes without being asked
• Played a board game with your kids
• Encouraged your wife to finish her master's degree
• Attended a child's open house at school
• Worked fewer hours to be with your family
• Set an example of a godly prayer life for your children
• Held a crying child
• Swung on the tire swing with your daughter
• Told your wife why you're still in love with her
• Told your son he's got what it takes
• Coached soccer
• Let you child correct you now and then
• Fixed the vacuum cleaner
• Taught your sons to ride a bike
• Listened patiently to a complaint of your wife
• Taped your child's artwork to your office wall
• Admitted to your kids that you were wrong
• Told your children how Christ entered your life
• Cleaned up vomit
• Taught your children to love books
• Been romantic without expecting sex
• Told your daughter she's smart/beautiful
• Set standards for your kids and stuck to them
• Dealt graciously with a busybody neighbor
• Peeled carrots
• Watched movies together
The Deal Theme of the Week: What We're Saved From Friday, May 7, 2004
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Men of IntegrityMay/June 2004The DealTheme of the Week: What We're Saved FromFriday, May 773
Key Bible Verse: "I will no longer show love to the people of Israel or forgive them" (Hosea 1:6). Bonus Reading:Hebrews 4:13–16
I had been given some really tough homework. Since my brother was as bright at math as I was dumb, I asked Samir, who was working on some scientific experiment, "You know about algebra, don't you?"
"Need me to do your homework again?"
"I've got to solve these 20 problems for tomorrow."
"Show me." Samir put down his instrument, scanned my schoolbook, handed it back, and shrugged. "Sure, I'll help you—on one condition."
I should have known. "What condition?"
"That you come with me to the evangelistic campaign tonight."
"But why?" I said, calculating how many hours I'd lose.
"I just want you to come, that's all. Of course, if you want to do your math homework by yourself …"
"Okay," I said, "but I leave as soon as the sermon's over." He put his hand out; we shook on it.
So I ended up hearing an evangelist preach on how the time for mercy was now, for a judgment day was coming when God would shut the door on us as He had on Israel. The message [of today's Key Bible Verse] stunned me.
"Okay, you can go home now," Samir said. But I was already on my way to the front to find mercy.
—Michael Youssef in The Prayer that God Answers
My Response: How am I affected by thoughts of God's judgment?
Thought to Apply: You cannot repent too soon because you do not know how soon it May be too late.
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