Think About Others As Well – Rhapsody Of Realities TeeVo Devotional November 17th

(Think And Pray Beyond Your Needs)

TO THE BIBLE Philippians 2:3-4 MSG
“Don’t push your way to the front; don’t sweet-talk your way to the top. Put yourself aside, and help others get ahead. Don’t be obsessed with getting your own advantage. Forget yourselves long enough to lend a helping hand.”

LET’S TALK
“Lord, I just wanted to remind you about my car request. Please Lord, it’s all I ask for,” Ryan pleaded.
“The car isn’t a problem, Ryan,” the Holy Spirit replied, “the question is, would you consider others’ requests as much as you do yours?”
“Others’ requests?” Ryan inquired.

“Yes, others’! Read Philippians 2:4 to learn what I told the Church at Philippi about looking out for others as much as they did themselves.”

Philippians 2:4 says, “Don’t just think about your own affairs, but be interested in others, too, and in what they are doing” (TLB).

In other words, look out not only for your own interests, but also for the interests of others. When you pray, it shouldn’t always be about you, your family, or things related only to you.

Let your prayers be for a greater cause than just yourself. Think and pray beyond your needs. It’s your responsibility to change the world through prayer, ministry, and protagonism. That’s what you have to do; otherwise, you haven’t lived!

You’ve got to develop a champion spirit! Champions don’t fight for themselves; they fight for others. That’s what we read in our opening verse; it says, “…Put yourself aside, and help others get ahead.

Don’t be obsessed with getting your own advantage….” (MSG). There are many who are going through a lot of hurt, for whom we must pray.

Be moved by the poor conditions of those suffering around you. Let the plight of the poor, the sick, and the downtrodden stir compassion in you to intercede for them and cause a change in their lives today.

Remember, we have a divine responsibility to intercede for the nations, leaders, and peoples of the world, especially as we are in the last hours of the last days.

Go Deeper
1 Timothy 2:1-4 AMPC; Ezekiel 33:7

Pray:
Thank you, dear Father, for the opportunity to cause changes in the lives and circumstances of others. I pray for those destined to receive salvation today all around the world, that the light of the glorious Gospel will shine in their hearts, dispelling the darkness and translating them into the liberty of the sons of God, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

Daily Bible Reading
ONE YEAR
Hebrews 13, Jeremiah 34-35
TWO YEAR
John 12:30-41, 1 Chronicles 17

Act:
Meditatively study Nehemiah’s words in Nehemiah 4:14 and adopt his champion mentality.