Prayer Meeting of December, 2021

Prayer Meeting of December 1, 2021

Brother Daniel Razon anchored the Bible study in this prayer meeting which centres on the need to correct fellow brethren in a Christian way.

In the first place, God searches our hearts to know when we are on the right or wrong way.

Jeremiah 17:10
I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

There is need for God to rebuke or even punish us, to put us back on the right track. This is because we might think we are right when we are wrong. But God loves us, and does not want us to perish.

Proverbs 16:2
All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the Lord weigheth the spirits.

John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

We are advised not to despise the chastisement of the Lord.

Hebrews 12:5
And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:

When we admonish one another, we should do that with love, not in anger or in a way to bring one down. It is not in our power or knowledge to correct ourselves rather it's the word of God that directs us.

Jeremiah 10:23
O Lord , I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Proverbs 16:9
A man's heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.

We should not resist correction because it is meant to make us better.

Proverbs 22:15
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

Hebrews 12:5‭-‬6
And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

We should forgive someone that has repented of his wrong doings. This is more so, when we also sin in one way or the other.

Luke 17:3
Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.

Matthew 18:22
Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.