GPS: Grow, Pray & Study Guide
For week starting on February 1st, 2026
“You Are The Salt Of The World”
“Rather than acting from any position of superiority, being salty,
gracious people is about being ready for Christ to meet us in the eyes
and words of others, especially those who are so often relegated to
the ‘no hopers’ pile, by the powerful… (Sally Douglas).”
Dear Lord, thank you for bringing hope and joy to us even as we
struggle in this life. Amen.
Monday 2.2 “To loose the bonds of injustice.”
Isaiah 58:1-12
“Shout out, do not hold back! Lift up your voice like a trumpet!
Announce to my people their rebellion, to the house of Jacob their
sins. Yet day after day they seek me and delight to know my ways, as
if they were a nation that practiced righteousness and did not forsake
the ordinance of their God; they ask of me righteous judgments, they
delight to draw near to God. ‘Why do we fast, but you do not see?
Why humble ourselves, but you do not notice?’ Look, you serve your
own interest on your fast day, and oppress all your workers. Look,
you fast only to quarrel and to fight and to strike with a wicked fist.
Such fasting as you do today will not make your voice heard on
high. Is such the fast that I choose, a day to humble oneself? Is it to
bow down the head like a bulrush, and to lie in sackcloth and ashes?
Will you call this a fast, a day acceptable to the Lord? Is not this the
fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of injustice, to undo the thongs
of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke? Is
it not to share your bread with the hungry, and bring the homeless
poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover them, and
not to hide yourself from your own kin?” We are to stand up for the
oppressed and be ready to freely share bread, clothing, and respect.
Tuesday 2.3 “Then your light shall break forth like the dawn.”
Isaiah 58:1-12
“Then your light shall break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall
spring up quickly; your vindicator shall go before you, the glory of
the Lord shall be your rear guard. Then you shall call, and
the Lord will answer; you shall cry for help, and he will say, Here I am.
If you remove the yoke from among you, the pointing of the finger, the
speaking of evil, if you offer your food to the hungry and satisfy the
needs of the afflicted, then your light shall rise in the darkness and
your gloom be like the noonday. The Lord will guide you continually,
and satisfy your needs in parched places, and make your bones
strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water,
whose waters never fail. Your ancient ruins shall be rebuilt; you shall
raise up the foundations of many generations; you shall be called the
repairer of the breach, the restorer of streets to live in.” We will be
healed by the power of our Lord!
Wednesday 2.4 “It is well with those who deal generously.”
Psalm 112:1-9
“Praise the Lord! Happy are those who fear the Lord, who greatly
delight in his commandments. Their descendants will be mighty in the
land; the generation of the upright will be blessed. Wealth and riches
are in their houses, and their righteousness endures forever. They
rise in the darkness as a light for the upright; they are gracious,
merciful, and righteous. It is well with those who deal generously and
lend, who conduct their affairs with justice. For the righteous will
never be moved; they will be remembered forever. They are not
afraid of evil tidings; their hearts are firm, secure in the Lord. Their
hearts are steady, they will not be afraid; in the end they will look in
triumph on their foes. They have distributed freely, they have given to
the poor; their righteousness endures forever; their horn is exalted in
honor.” The Lord is mighty and powerful and gracious to us.
Thursday 2.5 “We speak God’s wisdom, secret and hidden.”
1 Corinthians 2:1-16
“When I came to you, brothers and sisters, I did not come proclaiming
the mystery of God to you in lofty words or wisdom. For I decided to
know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified. And
I came to you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling. My
speech and my proclamation were not with plausible words of
wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power, so that
your faith might rest not on human wisdom but on the power of God.
Yet among the mature we do speak wisdom, though it is not a
wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to
perish. But we speak God’s wisdom, secret and hidden, which God
decreed before the ages for our glory. None of the rulers of this age
understood this; for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord
of glory. But, as it is written, ‘What no eye has seen, nor ear heard,
nor the human heart conceived, what God has prepared for those
who love him’— these things God has revealed to us through the
Spirit; for the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of
God.” This wisdom of God will bring us the joy that endures.
Friday 2.6 “The Spirit that is from God.”
1 Corinthians 2:1-16
“For what human being knows what is truly human except the human
spirit that is within? So also no one comprehends what is truly God’s
except the Spirit of God. Now we have received not the spirit of the
world, but the Spirit that is from God, so that we may understand the
gifts bestowed on us by God. And we speak of these things in words
not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting
spiritual things to those who are spiritual. Those who are unspiritual
do not receive the gifts of God’s Spirit, for they are foolishness to
them, and they are unable to understand them because they are
spiritually discerned. Those who are spiritual discern all things, and
they are themselves subject to no one else’s scrutiny. ‘For who has
known the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?’ But we have the
mind of Christ.” Our Lord knows the sadness and pain of living as a
human but offers us the eternal joy of life in the Spirit.
Saturday 2.7 “You are the light of the world.”
Matthew 5:13-20
“‘You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how can its
saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything, but is thrown
out and trampled under foot. You are the light of the world. A city built
on a hill cannot be hid. No one after lighting a lamp puts it under the
bushel basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all in the
house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that
they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in
heaven. Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the
prophets; I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. For truly I tell you,
until heaven and earth pass away, not one letter, not one stroke of a
letter, will pass from the law until all is accomplished. Therefore,
whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments, and
teaches others to do the same, will be called least in the kingdom of
heaven; but whoever does them and teaches them will be called
great in the kingdom of heaven. For I tell you, unless your
righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will
never enter the kingdom of heaven.” We must trust our Lord’s
righteousness and not our own. Thanks be to God! “That you may
know the saving acts of the Lord.”