How are you doing memorizing this week’s verse 1 Corinthians 9:24-27? Try writing it out or typing it on your computer by memory.

Read Romans 6:21-22 Here are two crucial questions to dive deeper with God during this time of Renewal:

• Where am I on my spiritual journey?
• What is my next step?

We are reengaging with God in these questions. Each week for the next six weeks as part of Renewal, we will dive deeply into six themes that make the journey process life-changing in our relationship with Christ: thirst, search, know, experience, depth, and community. Renewal aims to remind us that worship is the way we live. Every part of our life is a place to give to God in worship. The journey requires discipline. Over the next few weeks, we will learn a tool to help us stay on course. We will spend our entire lives growing closer to God, and the Journey Tool is a tool we can return to over and over again in our spiritual walk. In this process we find hope to believe in God for change and to believe He is working in our life.

This week has helped prepare us to reengage in the journey of transformation. The journey draws us closer to God, and eventually will lead us into eternal life with Him. When we stand before Him, our desire at that moment will be to tell Him we ran our race to know Him more, to receive His love, to live His grace, and to share Him with others. We do not need to beat ourselves up for how we have lived, but instead turn our focus to Him for the future. This study is an opportunity to move forward.

Prayer is a guide: Pray that any misperceptions you have of God are renewed with His truth. Pray for help in avoiding idleness in your pursuit of Him. Pray that God’s faithfulness leads you to a deeper and more profound dedication in your devotion to Him. Have you decided to let go of something to discover God and His principles more deeply? How are you creating more space and time for God in your life? How are you offering Him the priority in your life?

During Renewal, seek God to know Him more in a relationship. Seek Him for wisdom on how He is at work in your inner life. What might He be at work to help you see in this season? How might He be at work to plant seeds to grow the Fruit of His Holy Spirit (love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control) in your relationships, health, finances, work, or school?

If you are married or are a parent, how may He be at work in your marriage or parenting? Would you like Him to help you communicate more clearly with those you love? If the time spent in prayer and reflection each day would mean growth in your relationship with God, which in turn would grow your other relationships, would you be willing to try? Real, authentic, twoway communication starts as we yield our will to God’s.

"Lord, I pray that You would teach me to yield myself to Your Spirit, Holy Spirit, teach me to trust You as a living person who leads my life and my prayers. Help me to understand your ministry and power. Help me to understand You as my Comforter, Counselor, Helper, Advocate, Intercessor, and Strengthener. I long to see a demonstration of Your power in my life just as the Apostle Paul did (1 Corinthians 2:2-5). I thank You that You indwell, seal, sanctify, and empower me. You guide me, teach me, and pray through me. Help me to partner with You in everything I do. Transform my life completely with Your power. Make me sensitive to Your promptings, and teach me to partner with You in prayer in a deeper way."

A Prayer for the Lost- https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/ prayer/a-prayer-for-the-lost.html