PULELULU FEPUELI 28

COMMITTED AND CONSISTENT

MO‘UI MATEAKI LI‘OA

"I wholly followed the LORD my God. And Moses swore on that day, saying, 'Surely the land on which your foot has trodden shall be an inheritance for you and your children forever, because you have wholly followed the LORD my God.""

JOSHUA 14:8-9

SIOSIUA 14:8-9

8 Ka ko e kāinga na‘e ‘alu hake mo au na‘a nau fakavaivai‘i ‘a e loto ‘o e kakai: ka ko au na‘a ku topuva‘e taha mo Sihova ko hoku ‘Otua. 9 Pea na‘e fuakava ‘a Mōsese ‘i he ‘aho ko ia ‘o pehē, ‘Ilo ‘e au ‘o kapau ‘e ‘ikai hoko ‘a e kelekele na‘e tu‘u ai ho va‘e ko ho tofi‘a, mo ho hako ‘o ta‘engata, koe‘uhi kuo te topuva‘e taha mo Sihova ko hoku ‘Otua. 

Many people get off to a flying start in life only to later lose whatever it was that once Mmade them successful. Perhaps they were well known as a young man or woman. At the age of 40, their life was one of prominence, influence, and status. In the church, we can see such individuals-indeed, we can see ourselves as supremely useful to God. But too often we are then tempted to become masters of yesterday, frequently looking back to the "good years" and grumbling about the way things have become.

Although it's true of so many, this was not at all true of Caleb, who fled from potential apathy and kept on in faith. He spent his middle years in a less than desirable environment. From the age of 40, he was stuck wandering around the wilderness for four decades because the people around him had failed have faith in God. Yet during this time of frustration and wanderings, Caleb remained free of embitterment and disgruntlement.

In fact, things eventually got so bad that the people began to look for a leader to take them back to the good old days (Numbers 14:4). Yet no one really needs a leader to go backward; you can just go back! We need leaders to push us forward. There is a tomorrow. There are generations yet to come. There are purposes yet to be unfolded in God's plan for our world.

Caleb reveals this spirit. The apparent commitment of his early life was matched by his consistency in the middle years. He was committed and consistent not only at 40 but also at 50 and 60 and 70. Throughout the decades, he "wholly followed the LORD."

For many, marriage, the establishment of a home, business concerns, health issues, and so on are often accompanied by a loss of spiritual ardor and effectiveness. Many are those who have great resources, energy, and wisdom to offer but who decide instead to chill out, leaving the work of ministry to the next generation. Like the Israelites in the wilderness, they settle for disinterest, criticism, and cynicism, failing to see the disintegration in their own spiritual lives.

What about your commitment, your conversations, and your spiritual edge? Are they the same as they once were? There is a great need in the church today, as there was in Israel's wilderness generation, for experienced men and women of faith who live lives marked by consistent commitment, in good times and bad, in season and out, as through the years they walk toward the inheritance that the Lord has promised His faithful followers. What will that look like for you today-and in ten years?

Reflective Questions: JUDGES 1:1-20

- How is God calling me to think differently?

- How is God reordering my affections - what I love?

- What is God calling me to do as I go about my day today?

Fakalaulauloto mo e fehu‘i : FAKAMAAU 1:1-20

- Ko e ha e founga ‘oku ui mai ai ‘a e ‘Otua ke liliu ‘eku fakakaukau?

- Ko e ha ‘a e founga ‘oku fai tu’utu’uni mai ai ‘a e ‘Otua ki ho ngaahi manako -  

ngaahi me’a ‘oku ou ‘ofa ai?

- Ko e ha ‘a e me’a ‘oku ui mai ai ‘a e ‘Otua ke u fai ‘i he’eku fononga’i ‘a e ‘aho ni?

Bible Through The Year: Exodus 29-30; James 1

 TUSITE FEPUELI 27

WORDS THAT HELP

NGAAHI LEA KE POUPOU MO TOKONI

"From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so. Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and salt water? Can a fig tree, my brothers, bear olives, or a grapevine produce figs? Neither can a salt pond yield fresh water." JAMES 3:10-12

SEMISI 3:10-12

10‘Oku tō mai mei he ngutu pē taha, ‘a e fakamālō mo e tutuku‘i. Si‘oku kāinga, ‘oku  ‘ikai totonu ke pehē ha me‘a. 11Kapau ko ha vai, pea ‘oku puna koā mei ha matavai pē taha ‘a e vai melie mo e vai kona? 12‘O lava koā, si‘oku kāinga, ke fua ‘ōlive ‘e he fiki, pe ke fua fiki ‘e he vaine? ‘Āua, pehē ‘e ‘ikai fakapuhi ‘e he vai kona ha vai melie. 

In the course of our lives we are confronted by unfairness, by unkindness, by disagreeable circumstances, and often by disagreeable people. Before offering a verbal response in these situations, we would do well to recall this truth learned from our Lord: our words reflect our hearts (Matthew 12:34). If our words are not Christlike, we must look first not to our mouths but to our hearts. Equally, it is an indication of our Lord's work within us when we respond to conflict and challenge with words that help rather than those that harm.

Our tongues contain immense power, and we may leverage them to help, to encourage, to affirm, to enrich, to reconcile, to forgive, to unite, to smooth, and to bless. It is not by accident that so many of the Old Testament proverbs address the words we speak. According to Solomon, "The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life" (Proverbs 10:11). He compares this use of words to lovely earrings that adorn the beauty of the wearer and to beautiful ornaments that enhance the loveliness of a home (25:12). Perhaps his most classic statement about the power of speech is his observation that "a word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver" (v 11).

What is it that makes for such life-giving language? How can our mouths be those that bring blessing to others? Words of blessing are marked by honesty, by "speaking the truth in love" (Ephesians 4:15). They are thoughtful, spoken by one who "ponders how to answer" (Proverbs 15:28). They are often few and marked by reason: "Whoever restrains his words has knowledge, and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding" (17:27).

And, of course, helpful words will be gentle words. Though it may be hard to remember in the throes of difficult circumstances, it remains true that "a soft answer turns away wrath" (Proverbs 15:1). Indeed, a gentle response wells up from moral strength; it takes far more self-control to respond in gentleness than to give way to unbridled passion and anger.

What will mark your words? Will you commit yourself to using your tongue-that small but immensely powerful member of your body-to bless rather than curse, to give life rather than tear it down, and to help rather than harm?

Resolve today to use your words for the good of those with whom you interact, oring Christ in your heart and letting His sweet aroma fill your speech. Then humbly acknowledge that you cannot do this yourself (James 3:8), and ask Him to fill you with His Spirit-the Spirit who grows peace, gentleness, and self-control both in your heart and in your speech (Galatians 5:22-23).

Reflective Questions: GALATIANS 5:16-25

- How is God calling me to think differently?

- How is God reordering my affections - what I love?

- What is God calling me to do as I go about my day today?

Fakalaulauloto mo e fehu‘i : KALETIA 5:16-25

- Ko e ha e founga ‘oku ui mai ai ‘a e ‘Otua ke liliu ‘eku fakakaukau?

- Ko e ha ‘a e founga ‘oku fai tu’utu’uni mai ai ‘a e ‘Otua ki ho ngaahi manako -  

ngaahi me’a ‘oku ou ‘ofa ai?

- Ko e ha ‘a e me’a ‘oku ui mai ai ‘a e ‘Otua ke u fai ‘i he’eku fononga’i ‘a e ‘aho ni?

Bible Through The Year: Exodus 27-28; Philemon

 MONITE FEPUELI 26

WORDS THAT HARM

NGAAHI LEA FAKATUPU LAVEA

"The tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell... No human being can tame the tongue." JAMES 3:6, 8

6 Pea ko e ‘elelo ko ha afi ia–‘oiau, ‘a e ‘univeesi angahala ko ē! Ko e tu‘unga ‘eni ‘o e ‘elelo ‘i hotau ngaahi kupu, ko ia ia ‘oku ne fakamele ‘a e sino kotoa, ‘o ne tutu ‘a e siakale ‘o natula, pea ‘oku tutu ia mei heli.

8 Ka ko e ‘elelo kuo te‘eki mafakalalata ‘e he tangata; ko e kovi matemate‘āliku, ko e koto kona fakamate. SEMISI 3:6, 8

Three things never come back: the spent arrow, the spoken word, and the lost opportunity. What we say cannot be unsaid. What's more, we will be called to account for every word we have spoken-even our careless ones-at the day of reckoning (see Matthew 12:36). As King Solomon put it, "Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin" (Proverbs 13:3); and "Death and life are in the power of the tongue" (18:21). Our words can serve to encourage, to nourish, and to heal. But they can also cause strife, create dissension, and do harm. Solomon gives us a multifaceted picture of what characterizes such harmful words. He describes words that harm as those that are reckless, as being "like sword thrusts" (12:18). Our words so often spill forth unguardedly, and we become someone who "gives an answer before he hears" (18:13). "When words are many, transgression is not lacking" (10:19).

You will likely have heard the saying that sticks and stones can break our bones, but words can never harm us-but that is dead wrong. Bruises may fade and the marks they made be forgotten. But hurtful words that have been said to us and about us tend to remain with us for a long time. Truer are these lines:

A careless word may kindle strife,

A cruel word may wreck a life,

A bitter word may hate instill,

A brutal word may smite and kill.

It would be difficult to estimate how many friendships are broken, how many reputations are ruined, or the peace of how many homes is destroyed through harmful words. The very source of all such animosity and abusive language, according to James, is none other than hell itself. Yes, our tongue is "a fire," and "no human being can tame the tongue" without the work of God's Holy Spirit.

Stop and think of how many words you have used in the last 24 hours, and how they were used. "Death and are in the power of the tongue"-so did any of your words cause harm, tearing someone else down in some way? That is a sin to be repented of and turned from. Is that something you need to do, both before God and to the person to whom those words were spoken?

Then think of the words you may speak over the next 24 hours. How might they be used to bring life? How might you reflect the one who "committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth"? Rather, "when he was reviled, he did not revile in return... He himself bore our sins... that we might die to sin and live to righteousness" (1 Peter 2:22-24).

Reflective Questions: JAMES 3:2-12

- How is God calling me to think differently?

- How is God reordering my affections - what I love?

- What is God calling me to do as I go about my day today?

Fakalaulauloto mo e fehu‘i : SEMISI 3:2-12

- Ko e ha e founga ‘oku ui mai ai ‘a e ‘Otua ke liliu ‘eku fakakaukau?

- Ko e ha ‘a e founga ‘oku fai tu’utu’uni mai ai ‘a e ‘Otua ki ho ngaahi manako -  

ngaahi me’a ‘oku ou ‘ofa ai?

- Ko e ha ‘a e me’a ‘oku ui mai ai ‘a e ‘Otua ke u fai ‘i he’eku fononga’i ‘a e ‘aho ni?

Bible Through The Year: Exodus 25-26; 2 Thessalonians 3

 SAPATE FEPUELI 25

RUN HARD

LELE ‘AKI HO KOTOA

"Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. So I do not run aimlessly." 1 CORINTHIANS 9:24-26

24 ‘Ikai ‘oku mou ‘ilo, ko e kakai ‘oku lele ‘i he fakapuepue ‘oku nau lele kotoa pē, ka ko e toko taha pē ‘oku ma‘u ‘a e koloa? Ke hangē ko ia ho‘omou lele, koe‘uhi ke mou ma‘uma‘u lelei. 25 Ka ‘ilonga ha taha ‘oku kau ‘i he fakapuepue, ‘oku ne fakama‘uma‘u ‘i he me‘a kotoa pē. Pea ko e fai ‘e kinautolu foki ke ma‘u ha pale ‘e mae, ka ko kitaua ha pale ‘e ‘ikai mae. 26 ‘Ē, ko e anga ‘eni ‘o ‘eku lele ‘a‘aku, ‘oku ‘ikai ke hamumu; ko e anga ‘eni ‘o ‘eku fuhu, ‘oku ‘ikai te u tuki matangi.1 KOLINITO 9:24-26

Athletic competitions mattered in the Greek culture that permeated the eastern Roman at the time of the New Testament. One commentator sums up as city whose masses demanded only two things: bread and games.

Smaller, local contests awarded a number of prizes, but in major events there was only one prize often a laurel or pine crown. Competitors spent months and months of their lives setting themselves apart from all they might otherwise enjoy all of the relationships, all of the food, all of the leisurely pursuits that would undermine their ability to win-in order to fix their gaze upon a laurel crown. Paul uses this picture to encourage believers to live with eyes set on the eternal prize of glorifying Christ and being united with Him.

In school cross-country races, what begins as one large company often quickly becomes three groups: a small group goes for gold, the great mass of runners in the middle go for "just ok," and the ones that hang behind are typically the cynical, disruptive, disillusioned, sorry souls. The word for "run" that Paul uses in this verse describes running not as a straggler, not as a wanderer, not as a half-hearted participant but as a prizewinner. As Christians, we must say no to running aimlessly. We must go for gold.

To live with a focus on the prize requires sacrifice-specifically, the sacrifice of any desires contrary to God's will. The word "athlete" in verse 25 translates the word agoni-

zomenos, from which we get the word "agony." To be an athlete is to choose not to be comfortable. To be a Christian is to choose the same thing. Are we prepared to agonize and sacrifice for Christ, knowing that only then will we experience the joy of winning the prize of a life well-lived for Him?

But how are we to offer such a sacrifice or run with such a focus? It will not be the result of our own strength or self-righteousness. All of that is the soul and substance of false religion. No, only our union with Christ provides the power and the potential for this change. Jesus set the example of willing sacrifice with the eternal prize in mind (Hebrews 12:2). When He underpins our hearts and lives, there is no limit to the extent we will joyfully go to as we run our race for Him and follow on behind Him.

When asked about the race plan that had seen him win gold in the 1924 Olympic 400 meters, the famous Scottish Olympian and missionary Eric Liddell is reputed to have answered, "I run the first 200 meters as hard as I can. Then, for the second 200 meters, with God's help, I run even harder." Today, then, do not run aimlessly or slowly, but with God's help run even harder after the gold, for His sake and His glory.

Reflective Questions: HEBREWS 12:1-3

- How is God calling me to think differently?

- How is God reordering my affections - what I love?

- What is God calling me to do as I go about my day today?

Fakalaulauloto mo e fehu‘i : HEBREWS 12:1-3

- Ko e ha e founga ‘oku ui mai ai ‘a e ‘Otua ke liliu ‘eku fakakaukau?

- Ko e ha ‘a e founga ‘oku fai tu’utu’uni mai ai ‘a e ‘Otua ki ho ngaahi manako -  

ngaahi me’a ‘oku ou ‘ofa ai?

- Ko e ha ‘a e me’a ‘oku ui mai ai ‘a e ‘Otua ke u fai ‘i he’eku fononga’i ‘a e ‘aho ni?

Bible Through The Year: Exodus 23-24; 2 Thessalonians 2

 TOKONAKI FEPUELI 24

HOPE THROUGH THE SILENCE

‘AMANAKI ‘I HE TAIMI ‘O E SILONGO

"Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the LORD of hosts." MALACHI 3:1

VAKAI, ‘oku ou tuku atu ‘eku talafekau ke ne teuteu ‘a e hala ‘i hoku ‘ao: pea ko e ‘Eiki ‘oku mou kumi ki ai te ne ha‘u fakafokifā pe ki hono temipale; ‘io, ‘a e ‘Āngelo ‘o e Kovinānite, ‘a ia ‘oku mou lāulea ki ai: vakai ‘oku hā‘ele mai ia–ko e folofola ia ‘a Sihova Sāpaoti. MALAKAI 3:1

God's people are a waiting people.

After God's people returned from their exile in Babylon, the "minor prophets" Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi brought God's word to them. Their message was similar to what their predecessors had said before the people went into captivity: You Israelites are ridiculous! You keep breaking the covenant. And if you keep breaking the covenant, God is going to come in judgment.

But the minor prophets' message was not only one of judgment. There was also hope. 

They may have physically returned to the land, but spiritually the people were still in exile. Judah-all that remained of Israel-held on to the hope that God was going to fulfill His promise so that His people might enjoy His blessings. But God's kingdom still had not come in the way that the previous prophets had declared it would-because God's King had not yet come. So the people were waiting for the Lord to return and fulfill all the promises of salvation.

The last of the Old Testament prophets, Malachi, insisted that this King would still appear-but 400 years of silence followed. People were born, went about their business, worked, and died, and on the cycle went. They probably asked one another, "What about those words, 'I will send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me'? It's been centuries since that promise."

Eventually, a few of those people may have been walking down to the market when a funny-looking character wearing a strange outfit and eating a strange diet appeared in the streets, quoting the Old Testament: "Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way, the voice of one crying in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight"" (Mark 1:2-3). With those words, John the Baptist ended generations of silence. After many long years of waiting, God was faithful in keeping His promises, just as He always is. He sent both His messenger and His King so that all people could experience His blessing-namely, the fulfillment of salvation through Jesus Christ.

In our day, God's people are still looking forward. We know Jesus has come; we also know He is coming. God's kingdom has not yet arrived in all its glorious fullness. So we are a waiting people in a world of instant gratification, an expectant people in a world of rapid disillusionment.

When it seems that God is taking too long to fulfill His promises in your life, do not lose hope. Generation after generation. He has proven to be faithful-and in sending Jesus, He introduced the fulfiller of every promise. You can rest in His constancy. "Surely," says Jesus, "I am coming soon" (Revelation 22:20). He will do what He has said.

Reflective Questions: 2 PETER 3:1-13

- How is God calling me to think differently?

- How is God reordering my affections - what I love?

- What is God calling me to do as I go about my day today?

Fakalaulauloto mo e fehu‘i : 2 PETER 3:1-13

- Ko e ha e founga ‘oku ui mai ai ‘a e ‘Otua ke liliu ‘eku fakakaukau?

- Ko e ha ‘a e founga ‘oku fai tu’utu’uni mai ai ‘a e ‘Otua ki ho ngaahi manako -  

ngaahi me’a ‘oku ou ‘ofa ai?

- Ko e ha ‘a e me’a ‘oku ui mai ai ‘a e ‘Otua ke u fai ‘i he’eku fononga’i ‘a e ‘aho ni?

Bible Through The Year: Exodus 21-22; 2 Thessalonians 1

 FALAITE FEPUELI 23

CONFORMED TO HIS IMAGE

KE HOKOSI HONO ‘IMISI

"Those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers." ROMANS 8:29

He ko kinautolu na‘a ne toka mea‘i, na‘a ne toka tu‘utu‘uni foki ke nau hokosi ‘a e ‘īmisi ‘o hono ‘Alo; koe‘uhi ke ne ta‘okete ki he tehina tokolahi. LOMA 8:29

It's not uncommon for couples who have been married for a long time to be asked if they are brother and sister because they have taken on so many of each other's characteristics. To some extent, this makes sense, doesn't it? We become like the company we keep.

The same should be true for us in our walk with Christ.

God's purpose for your life is to conform you to the likeness of His Son. Think about that: consider Jesus' human perfections, and realize that you get to become like Him! God is deeply committed to this; it is a work He promises to bring "to completion at the day of Jesus Christ" (Philippians 1:6). What is God doing today? We can summarize it simply as this: He is making us more like Christ.

Many of us are familiar with the guarantee of Romans 8:28 that "for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose." But the verse that follows tells us what the "good" is that our almighty God is working towards in all facets of our lives: "to be conformed to the image of his Son."

God is far more concerned with your Christlikeness than your comfort. Often, more spiritual progress is made through disappointment and failure than through success and laughter. While we shouldn't seek out hardship, we can recognize that our Father knows best and that nothing takes Him by surprise. When we experience "unanswered" prayer or when our challenges and pain linger far longer than we wish, we find hope in seeing that God's eternal purpose is at work in and through the lives of His children.

You and I are not the only ones who have experienced significant spells of quiet desperation or ongoing disappointment when we are tempted to ask, "What is God doing?" What was He doing when Stephen's persecutors took their jackets off and threw rocks at him (Acts 7:58)? What was He doing when Paul was run out of Damascus, lowered down from the wall in a basket (9:25)? What was He doing when Peter was imprisoned by King Agrippa (12:3)? Hard as it may be to see, He was accomplishing His eternal plan: to make His followers more like Jesus as they walked home towards Jesus.

Here is the source of your hope when you get up in the morning. Come rain or shine, come delight or disappointment, God will definitely accomplish His purposes in your life through the day. Your heavenly Father has a plan and purpose for each one He calls His own. You may be able to see how He is doing it in real time, or a few months afterwards, or perhaps not until you stand with Christ in eternity. But know this: today is another day when your Father will be making you more like His Son.

Reflective Questions: ROMANS 8:26-39

- How is God calling me to think differently?

- How is God reordering my affections - what I love?

- What is God calling me to do as I go about my day today?

Fakalaulauloto mo e fehu‘i : LOMA 8:26-39

- Ko e ha e founga ‘oku ui mai ai ‘a e ‘Otua ke liliu ‘eku fakakaukau?

- Ko e ha ‘a e founga ‘oku fai tu’utu’uni mai ai ‘a e ‘Otua ki ho ngaahi manako -  

ngaahi me’a ‘oku ou ‘ofa ai?

- Ko e ha ‘a e me’a ‘oku ui mai ai ‘a e ‘Otua ke u fai ‘i he’eku fononga’i ‘a e ‘aho ni?

Bible Through The Year: Exodus 19-20; 1 Thessalonians 5

 TU‘APULELULU FEPUELI 22

KNOWING GOD

PULE‘ANGA ‘O E ‘OTUA

"No longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, "Know the LORD, 'for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD." JEREMIAH 31:34

SELEMAIA 31:34

Pea ‘e ‘ikai kei ako ‘e ha taha ki hono kaungā‘api, pe ki hono kāinga, ‘o pehē, Mou ‘ilo ‘a Sihova: he te nau ‘ilo au kotoa pē, ‘o fai mei he si‘i ki he lahi–ko Sihova ia mei he Ta‘ehāmai. He te u fakamolemole ‘enau kovi, pea ko ‘enau ngaahi angahala ‘e ‘ikai te u toe manatua.

In the days of the prophet Jeremiah, God refused to break the covenant He had made with His people. Despite His steadfast love, though, God's people continued to sin. This presented a problem: how could God fulfill the promises He had made to bless His people when they continually demonstrated their unfaithfulness to Him?

As a part of His great plan, God pledged a new covenant-a work of inner re-creation. As the theologian Alec Motyer writes, "When his people could not rise to the height of his standards, the Lord does not lower his standards to match their ability; he transforms his people."

This new covenant is the purpose and promise of God to regenerate hearts through the blood of the Lord Jesus. He takes our hearts and He makes them the perfect shape-like fitting a piece in a jigsaw puzzle-so that His law becomes a delight to us.

In God's declaration of this new covenant, the verb "know" is key. In the original Hebrew, its meaning is clear from the very beginning in Genesis: the straightforward statement that Adam "knew" his wife and they bore children (Genesis 4:1) demonstrates the level of intimacy it conveys. God is saying that when His people come to an understanding of His love, they won't simply be doing Bible studies at arm's length; they'll be people who truly know Him.

What Jeremiah spoke of in the future tense, we are able to enjoy in the present; for in between his prophecy and our time, the Lord Jesus held up a cup of wine the night before He died and announced, "This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood" (Luke 22:20). By God's grace, you and I may know the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. Not only this, but He also knows each of our names, individually; and He knows our needs and is committed to our well-being. Jesus bears our names before the Father-and because of all He is and all He's done, those names are written in the Book of Life.

What kind of King is this? The answer is beyond our ability to fully comprehend. Someday, we will see Him face-to-face and understand far more than we do today. But still, today you can go about with the confidence that comes from knowing that you know the God who redeemed you through His Son, who dwells in and works in you by His Spirit, and in whose throne room you will one day stand.

Reflective Questions: JEREMIAH 31:31-40

- How is God calling me to think differently?

- How is God reordering my affections - what I love?

- What is God calling me to do as I go about my day today?

Fakalaulauloto mo e fehu‘i : PSALM 148

- Ko e ha e founga ‘oku ui mai ai ‘a e ‘Otua ke liliu ‘eku fakakaukau?

- Ko e ha ‘a e founga ‘oku fai tu’utu’uni mai ai ‘a e ‘Otua ki ho ngaahi manako -  

ngaahi me’a ‘oku ou ‘ofa ai?

- Ko e ha ‘a e me’a ‘oku ui mai ai ‘a e ‘Otua ke u fai ‘i he’eku fononga’i ‘a e ‘aho ni?

Bible Through The Year: Exodus 16-18; 1 Thessalonians 4