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Every Days and One Days
Acts 2:46-3:2 'Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts … One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time of prayer ... Now a man crippled from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those going into the temple courts.' (NIV)
 A very good friend of mine was teaching one time about God's 'one days' and God's 'every days'. In the Bible, we find many instances of the phrase 'every day'. The Bible's 'every days' refer to the development of good habits; the disciplines God wants us to set into our lives. Fellowship in God's house, giving and prayer are all examples of such 'every day' commitments. The 'every days' are not usually the most exciting parts of our lives. But the 'every days' prepare us for God's 'one days'. The 'one days' are those incredible, magic moments when God breaks into our lives in unexpected ways. There are many 'one days' in the Bible, the days when God did suddenly something amazing for his people. The 'one days' are a part of our promised inheritance in Christ. They are the real highlights of our lives. But without the 'every days' there would be no 'one days'. You need to set yourself up for the 'one day' experiences by making sure that you have the 'every day' disciplines in place. This man was healed in a truly miraculous way, only because the apostles had an 'every day' habit of walking to God's temple.
Prayer: 'Lord, help me to have my every days in place so that I am set up to receive your wonderful 'one days'. Help me to have the disciplines in place so that you can do the surprising things you want to do in and through me.'
© 2003-2004 Mal Fletcher
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