Numbers - June 2017
June 2017 Devotional - the content of this Devotional was gathered from a Word Of Life Devotional that is no longer available for purchase and is being used here for educational purposes only.
June 2017 Devotional - the content of this Devotional was gathered from a Word Of Life Devotional that is no longer available for purchase and is being used here for educational purposes only.
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Friday, <strong>June</strong> 23rd<br />
Read - <strong>Numbers</strong> 22:1-15<br />
• I see people act a certain way or make promises they will not keep to get what they want. Manipulation of people<br />
and circumstances can hurt.<br />
<strong>Numbers</strong> 22:1-3<br />
I have been burned by this<br />
I have done this before - who hasn't?<br />
• Like Balak, I have seen how a situation could turn out negatively for me. Yes No<br />
• When that is the case,<br />
<strong>Numbers</strong> 22:4-7<br />
I scheme and plot to change the way things are<br />
I discuss it with someone who could help me and pray about it<br />
I feel overwhelmed, and don't do anything<br />
• Friends or acquaintances have tried to get me involved with their schemes to manipulate. Yes No<br />
• A particular time that happened or could happen to me is:<br />
• When that happens, something I can do or say to stand up for right is:<br />
• An action that would be going along with the wrong scheme could be:<br />
<strong>Numbers</strong> 22:8-11<br />
I will decide before I am faced with that situation, to do what is right<br />
• Balaam did not seek the Lord because he wanted to do the right thing. Instead, he wanted God to make this situation<br />
work out for his own benefit. When I talk to God in prayer, which attitude most characterizes me?<br />
<strong>Numbers</strong> 22:12-15<br />
I want to use God to get my request answered the way I want<br />
My desire is God's plan, even if I don't get my request answered the way I want<br />
• When my instructions from God, my boss, or other authorities are clear but aren't what I prefer, I:<br />
Still try to get what I want 1 2 3 4 5 Obey<br />
Today I will<br />
live for<br />
God's plan,<br />
not try to<br />
make my<br />
own