For the week of July 5, 2026
“9-A-Day” – Week 2

  • For Further Study:
    • Galatians 5:5-26
    • Matthew 22:34-40
    • John 13:34-35
    • 1 John 3:1-24
    • 1 John 4:7-21
    • 1 John 5:1-13
    • James 2:14-20
  • For Further Prayer:
    • Ask God to help you understand His great love for you. Pray that God would touch your heart in a fresh way with His unfailing love in spite of your failings.
    • Pray that God would give you a heart that loves others around you. Whether they believe what you believe or not, pray that God’s love would flow through you in real and practical ways and change the lives of others.
  • For Further Discussion/Reflection:
    • What does it mean to say that “God is love”? What are some of the differences between the love that God is, and the love that we show to others?
    • How we live shows what we truly believe, and love is evidence of faith. Thinking back this past week, what has your life shown others about what you believe in and value the most? If you feel like you’ve fallen short in living out your faith, what is one thing that you can change this coming week to live out your beliefs in a greater way?
    • Christopher Wright wrote: “God’s love is the greatest reality in the universe, greater even than the universe itself.” What do you think of that quote? When is the time that God’s love felt the most real to you?
    • Love is evidence for Jesus. The greatest act of love that God has ever shown (the greatest act of love in all of history) is Jesus paying the price for our sin. Imagine you were visiting with someone who didn’t know about the message of Jesus and asked what you believe in. How would you share the message of God’s love for them in a few minutes?
  • “Now What?” Next Step:
    • On your phone, set an alarm for a specific time, and have it go off each and every day.
    • When that alarm goes off, pray that God would fill you with His Holy Spirit.
    • Then, while you are praying, name each of the fruit of the Spirit, and ask God to grow His fruit within you (and then to touch others through you).
    • You can make it short or long, word it however you want, but just for example, your daily prayer might sound like this:
    • “Dear Jesus, please fill me with your Holy Spirit today. Grow the fruit of Your Spirit within me, and then touch others through me. I need You to do what only You can do, and grow your love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self control in me. Help me to rely on You, and to follow You today. In Jesus’ name, amen.”
    • PS: If you have a spouse and/or kids, please consider praying this together each and every day. You can simply change the language in the above prayer to “we/us” instead of “I/me”.