Day 3: Ordinances
Psalm 119:25-32 — Today we are introduced to the word ordinances. This word can speak to the rendering of a decision in a legal case. When the psalmist speaks of God's Word as an ordinance, it carries the idea of letting God's Word render the rule of law in all of our dealings. Are you allowing God's Word to be the rule in your home? Place of work? Relationships? Ask God to show you any situation in your life where his Word is not currently the rule. Write those places down and begin to ask him how they might look different if they were under his rule.
Speaker Northwoods.Church
Published On January 5, 2022
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