Wednesday, August 31, 2016

“After His Kind,” Not Another Kind


BIBLE MEDITATION:
“Let them praise the name of the Lord: for He commanded, and they were created.” Psalm 148:5


DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
In Genesis 1:11-12 we read, “And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good” (italics mine). 


ACTION POINT:
If evolution is true, then one specie would have to involve into another specie, and if that is true, then you would expect to find transitional forms of life. You hear talk about the “missing link.” May I tell you, the whole chain is missing!
What do you believe about the origin of creation?


LWF Dr. Adrian Rogers

Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Imputing Righteousness to Your Account

BIBLE MEDITATION:
“Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works.” Romans 4:6

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
God imputes righteousness to you through His Son. What does “impute” mean? To put on your account. At the moment you believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, God makes you righteous. Romans 4:8 says, “Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.” A woman was asked one day what it felt like to be saved and she replied, “It feels as though I am standing in Jesus’ shoes and He is standing in mine.” A scholar or theologian couldn’t have said it any better.

“For He hath made Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him” (2 Corinthians 5:21).

ACTION POINT:
Thank God that though you are a sinner, He doesn’t impute it to you, and though you are not righteous, He imputes—puts into your account— that to you!


LWF Dr. Adrian Rogers

Monday, August 29, 2016

Fidelity, a Multi-Faceted Trait of Character


BIBLE MEDITATION:
“Marriage is honorable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.” Hebrews 13:4

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
I’m continually amazed at the apathetic responses to surveys where people are asked, “Does it make any difference to you whether a candidate is faithful to his wife or not?” Or, “Would you vote for a man that was unfaithful to his wife?” And they say, “It doesn’t matter.”

Well, friend, it makes a difference to me. And more importantly, it makes a difference to God. When couples break solemn vows—unless they repent with every ounce of their hearts—trust is broken. Put it down big, straight, and plain: People who treat sex lightly will treat other people lightly.

ACTION POINT:
Are you married? Find some time today to express to your spouse your love and faithful commitment to him or her.


LWF Dr. Adrian Rogers

Sunday, August 28, 2016

God Is Your Best Purity



BIBLE MEDITATION:
“. . . it is good for a man not to touch a woman. Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.” 1 Corinthians 7:1-2

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
Premarital sex always endangers future marital happiness. It follows as night follows day. Surveys have shown that those who were sexually pure when they went to the marriage altar have the greatest opportunity to have a happy marriage.

You can understand why. Suppose a man says to a woman “I love you so much, I just can’t wait.” He talks her into giving in to his desires. Now think about a man who loves and respects a woman by keeping her pure. Do you see the trust that this builds? God has a wonderful plan for you. Sex is so bad outside marriage because it’s so good inside marriage.

ACTION POINT:
Are you single? Take courage from knowing God’s best is your purity. Though it may be hard to wait, God will honor your obedience.


LWF Dr. Adrian Rogers

Saturday, August 27, 2016

Take It to the Lord in Prayer


BIBLE MEDITATION:
Thou shalt make thy prayer unto Him, and He shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.” Job 22:27

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
Have you ever disagreed with someone and felt you were in the right? I have. What started out as a conversation turns into a confrontation. And the tension becomes so thick you can cut it with a knife. At that point, it’s time to separate before things disintegrate.

And when you separate, it’s time to communicate with the Lord. It’s when you get alone with God that the communion of conviction comes, and what seemed to be confusion becomes crystal clear in His light. More often than not, the Holy Spirit has shown me that I was in the wrong and needed to ask forgiveness.

ACTION POINT:
Have you had a disagreement with someone lately? It’s time to retreat, reflect, and receive what the Lord wants to tell you. Enter your prayer closet today.


LWF Dr. Adrian Rogers

Friday, August 26, 2016

More Than We Can Ask or Think

BIBLE MEDITATION:
Now unto Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us.” Ephesians 3:20

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
To be found in Jesus, Paul says, is worth more than all of his religion, race, and ritual. It is a relationship with the Almighty God. It is Jesus. Paul says, “I’m tired of trying. I’m going to start trusting.”

Basically, Paul lived a life of working his way to heaven before he met the Lord on the road to Damascus (see Acts 9). Legalism is a terrible thing. It is a harsh task master under which no one can succeed.

Liberty, not legalism, is what the Lord Jesus Christ offers. Freedom, not bondage. Relationship, not religion. We give up nothing for which Jesus will not abundantly offer more than we could ever hope or dream.

ACTION POINT:
Read Colossians 3:11. What does it mean for Christ to be your “all in all”?


LWF Dr. Adrian Rogers

Thursday, August 25, 2016

To Be Found in Christ


BIBLE MEDITATION:
“But of Him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption.” 1 Corinthians 1:30

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
Paul thought it was the greatest of blessings to be found “in Him” (see Philippians 3:9). Paul exchanged a set of rules for a friend.

Hadn’t you rather have a friend than a set of rules? Before this, Paul had the law. Now, he has the Lord. And what a difference! What a safe place—to be found in Jesus Christ.

You’re not just a church member if you are saved, you are in Christ. You are in His body and He is in you. Talk about fellowship divine! You may be alone, but you’ll never be lonely again because the Lord Jesus Christ is in you and you are in the Lord Jesus Christ.

ACTION POINT:
If you have a hymnal in your home, find the hymn “In The Garden” and meditate on its truth, that “He tells me I am His own.”


LWF Dr. Adrian Rogers

Wednesday, August 24, 2016

The Lamenting

Definition of lament:
Deeply regret, sorrow, mourn

1 I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of his wrath; 
2 he has driven and brought me into darkness without any light; 
3 surely against me he turns his hand again and again the whole day long. 
4 He has made my flesh and my skin waste away; he has broken my bones; 
5 he has besieged and enveloped me with bitterness and tribulation; 
6 he has made me dwell in darkness like the dead of long ago. 
7 He has walled me about so that I cannot escape; he has made my chains heavy; 
8 though I call and cry for help, he shuts out my prayer; 
9 he has blocked my ways with blocks of stones; he has made my paths crooked.  - Lamentations 3:1-9

17 my soul is bereft of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is; 
18 so I say, "My endurance has perished; so has my hope from the LORD." 
19 Remember my affliction and my wanderings, the wormwood and the gall! 
20 My soul continually remembers it and is bowed down within me. 
21 But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: 
22 The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; 
23 they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. 
24 "The LORD is my portion," says my soul, "therefore I will hope in him." 
25 The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. 
26 It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.  - Lamentations 3:17-26

38 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that good and bad come? 
39 Why should a living man complain, a man, about the punishment of his sins? 
40 Let us test and examine our ways, and return to the LORD! 
41 Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven:  - Lamentations 3:38-41

56 you heard my plea, 'Do not close your ear to my cry for help!' 
57 You came near when I called on you; you said, 'Do not fear!' 
58 "You have taken up my cause, O Lord; you have redeemed my life.  - Lamentations 3:56-58

Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you. - James 4:10


We are not alone in our suffering.
Many before us have walked this path and many will walk it after us, if the Lord is slow in coming!!
We are lost in sin!
It is our own doing!
The weight of sin is so heavy!!
Humble yourself!!
Repent!!
Let your brokenness lead you to Christ!!!
Find peace!
God will hear your prayer!!
God, being rich in mercy, delivers those who call on Him!!!
His mercies are indeed new every morning!
Our help comes from the Lord!!!
Great is His faithfulness!!
Jesus is our Redeemer!!!
Praise Him!!!

That I May Know Him

BIBLE MEDITATION:
“That I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being made conformable unto His death.” Philippians 3:10

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
One day I was making a call on a businessman with a friend of mine. This dear man of God began giving his testimony of how the Lord saved him. But then he said something that really shocked me. I was speechless. He said, “I used to believe that Jesus Christ died on the cross and that He was buried and rose again. But I don’t believe it anymore.”

I was stopped dead in my tracks. Then with a smile on his face he said, “I don’t believe it anymore. Now, I know it!”

Oh, to go from believing to knowing the Savior! What a change of thought. What a change of heart. What a glorious revelation and transformation!

ACTION POINT:
Do you know Him? Really know Him today? Or do you just believe that He died, was buried, and rose again?

LWF Dr. Adrian Rogers

Tuesday, August 23, 2016

How Passionate Is Our Love for the Lord?



BIBLE MEDITATION:
“For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for My sake shall find it.” Matthew 16:25

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
When I was a little boy and I found something that didn’t belong to me, I’d say, “Finders keepers, losers weepers!”

But do you know what the apostle Paul said? “Keepers weepers, losers finders.”

He said, “But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ” (Philippians 3:7).

Religion does not save us. Jesus saves us. And He’s calling us to not only turn from our sins, but to turn from our righteousness.

ACTION POINT:
What are you holding onto in your life that brings you security? Let it go to the glory of God! You can trust Him to provide for all your needs.

LWF Dr. Adrian Rogers

Monday, August 22, 2016

Peace, Be Still


BIBLE MEDITATION:
“Keep me as the apple of the eye…hide me under the shadow of Thy wings.” Psalm 17:8

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
Charles Wesley was walking through the woods on a stormy day when a lightening storm broke out and the rain began to come down in torrents. A bolt of lightening flashed, and a little bird was so frightened that it flew down to Wesley and it tried to hide in his coat.

He was so moved by the scene that he wrote a song we often sing: “Jesus, lover of my soul, let me to Thy bosom fly, while the nearer waters roll, while the tempest still is high. Hide me, O my Savior, hide, ‘til the storm of life is past; safe unto the haven guide me, O receive my soul at last.” That’s what our Lord does. He hides us, sustains us, and keeps us.

ACTION POINT:
Are the storms of life raging around you? Hide yourself in the dark clouds—they are just the shadow of His wing.

LWF Dr. Adrian Rogers

Sunday, August 21, 2016

Just Say Amen

Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting! And let all the people say, "Amen!" Praise the LORD!  - Psalm 106:48

Amen means "so be it", verily and truly.
This "so be it" comes solely from God's authority. 
With this authority, comes the praise of God from man!!
In that authority, it means God reigns supremely!!
It also means God has the last word!!
Amen also affirms who Christ is!

"And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: 'The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God's creation. - Revelation 3:14

For all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why it is through him that we utter our Amen to God for his glory. - 2 Corinthians 1:20

When the trials come, and they will, we will stand on God and His power!!!
Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. - Hebrews 10:23

When These Things Begin to Come to Pass

BIBLE MEDITATION:
Therefore I will give thanks unto Thee, O Lord, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto Thy name.” 2 Samuel 22:50

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
If we get into an auto accident and come out alive, we typically thank God for sparing our lives. But do you ever just thank God for saving your life as you drove home from work and didn’t have an accident? Isn’t that even better?

I heard a story that poignantly illustrates this. One Sunday a husband and wife heard that a person in their church whose son died on the battlefield gave a significant love offering in his memory. On the way home, the wife asked her husband, “Why don’t we give an offering for our son?”


“Why?” he answered. “Our son wasn’t killed.”


She said, “Don’t you think that’s a good reason?” 

ACTION POINT:
What should you do in all things? Whether you are safe or sorry?


LWF Dr. Adrian Rogers

Saturday, August 20, 2016

The Sacrificial Quotient of Giving

BIBLE MEDITATION:
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave Himself for it.” Ephesians 5:25

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
A little boy was looking through the family picture album, and he came to a picture of his mother when she was a very young girl. It was taken just after they’d gotten married. The boy asked his father, “Is that when Mother came to work for us?”

Does this ring true in your home? Let me set the record straight. The husband, if he loves his wife as Christ loves the church, is going to love his wife sacrificially. He is going to love her in such a way that he would be willing to lay down his life for her. He’s going to protect her. He’s going to provide for her. He’s going to do what he can to present his wife and family as holy vessels for the Lord’s use.

ACTION POINT:
Are you married? Then how are you doing on the sacrificial quotient of giving to your spouse? If you had to, would you be willing to lay down your life for your spouse?


LWF Dr. Adrian Rogers

Friday, August 19, 2016

Why I Do This Blog Thing


For the glory of God The Father!!!
So that wicked man may have hope that can only come from Christ!!
Writing a blog post that is given by the power and prompting of God!
God's word studied, deep thought on it, applying it to yourself and letting it change you!
A blog post that will convict the wicked!
God's word is meant for you to know Him, to bow to Him and to accept His Son as your Savior!!!
Please read it, study it, share it and know it!!!
The blood of Christ is the only acceptable payment for your sin!
There is no other way to be forgiven!!

1 Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets,
2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world.
3 He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
4 having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.
5 For to which of the angels did God ever say, "You are my Son, today I have begotten you"? Or again, "I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son"? 
6 And again, when he brings the firstborn into the world, he says, "Let all God's angels worship him." 
7 Of the angels he says, "He makes his angels winds, and his ministers a flame of fire." 
8 But of the Son he says, "Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, the scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your kingdom. 
9 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions." 
10 And, "You, Lord, laid the foundation of the earth in the beginning, and the heavens are the work of your hands; 
11 they will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like a garment, 
12 like a robe you will roll them up, like a garment they will be changed. But you are the same, and your years will have no end." 
13 And to which of the angels has he ever said, "Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet"? 
14 Are they not all ministering spirits sent out to serve for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation? - Hebrews 1

True Freedom In Christ


BIBLE MEDITATION:
“But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.” Romans 6:22

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
When Jesus Christ comes into your life, He changes you. Maybe you have a problem with drugs or alcohol. Maybe you struggle with lust, fear, doubt, or self- pity. Maybe you’re a slave to public opinion or perfectionism. But I want to tell you that the Jesus Christ who set Adrian Rogers free is the Jesus Christ who will set you free.

Our freedom in Jesus Christ isn’t the privilege to do what we want. Instead it is the glorious, abundant, supernatural power to do what we ought.

It is saving grace that sets us free. It is sustaining grace that keeps us free.

ACTION POINT:
Bow before the Lord and thank Him for the freedom you’ve been given through the great price of Calvary.


LWF Dr. Adrian Rogers

Thursday, August 18, 2016

Exercise Discernment with Entertainment


BIBLE MEDITATION:
“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” Proverbs 22:6

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
The most dangerous thing on television in my estimation today is the sitcom. Do you know what they’re doing? They’re getting you to laugh at sin. In fact, a Christian television and film writer attended a producers’ workshop one day. One of the keynote speakers was one of TV’s most successful producers of sitcoms. In his address, he stated that in order to have a commercially successful production, the characters in a sitcom must violate at least three of the Ten Commandments. How tragic. But what an opportunity for people like you and me to take a stand for the truth and for the glory of God in the film and television industry.

ACTION POINT:
Pray Joshua 1:7 for those who are in the television and movie industries—that they will be strong and courageous.


LWF Dr. Adrian Rogers

Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Casting Our Burdens at His Feet


BIBLE MEDITATION:
Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and He shall sustain thee: He shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.” Psalm 55:22

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
I read about a man who had a very fine dog who loved the water. One day the dog was playing in the lake and the man decided to leave. He called the dog, but the dog wouldn’t come. He called him several times; he wouldn’t come. It was a well-trained dog, but he just would not come. The man finally threw a stick out in the water. When the dog saw it, he swam over, got the stick, and came back and laid it at his master’s feet.

It just may be that God has given you a burden because He can’t get your attention. He wants you to come and lay it at your Master’s feet.

ACTION POINT:
Is your heart aching today? Cast your burden at His feet and allow His peace to fill your heart.


LWF Dr. Adrian Rogers

Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Be Merciful to Me, A Sinner


BIBLE MEDITATION:
Show us Thy mercy, O Lord, and grant us Thy salvation.” Psalm 85:7

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
There’s a story about a lady who went to a photographer to have her picture made. When she saw it, she didn’t like it. She took it back and told the photographer, “You’ll have to take this over.” He asked, “What’s wrong with it?” She said, “It doesn’t do me justice.” He looked at it and looked at her and said, “Lady, you don’t need justice, what you need is mercy.”

God is just, but we need mercy. If you have never come to a place where you have seen yourself as a sinner lost before Almighty God and cried out to Him for mercy, you’ve never been saved.

ACTION POINT:
You may have joined a church, but have you thrown yourself on the mercy of the court? Have you said, “Lord God be merciful to me, a sinner?”


LWF Dr. Adrian Rogers

Monday, August 15, 2016

Faithful in Little and Much



BIBLE MEDITATION:
He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much.” Luke 16:10

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
What would you do if you had a million dollars? Well, let me tell you a good test of what you would do—it’s what you’re doing with that hundred dollars you have right now. Are you saving it? Spending it? Sharing it?

The test of what you would do in the spiritual realm is seen by what you do in the physical realm. Many of us do not have spiritual blessings because we simply haven’t been faithful with the small things in our lives.

ACTION POINT:
Are you hoping for something in your life? How could you be faithful in something little so that you’ll be faithful when the other comes along?


LWF Dr. Adrian Rogers

Sunday, August 14, 2016

The Law of Life in Christ



BIBLE MEDITATION:
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.” Romans 8:2
DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
I’ve always found airplane flight amazing. They are so heavy, yet they fly! The pilot gets behind the controls, moves the throttle, and those great engines begin to roar. And the first thing you know, you’re flying.
Has the law of gravity been canceled? No, but there’s another law that comes into effect called the law of aerodynamics, which is a greater law than the law of gravity. When you get right with God, the law of sin and death is still there. But there’s a new law. It’s the law of life in Christ Jesus that sets you free from the law of sin and death. As long as you abide in Jesus Christ, then you are free from the law of sin and death.
ACTION POINT:
Have you been set free? Then, it’s your turn to set another captive free with the Good News. Go out and share this free gift with someone today


LWF Dr. Adrian Rogers

Saturday, August 13, 2016

Knowing Jesus


BIBLE MEDITATION:
For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that ye through His poverty might be rich.” 2 Corinthians 8:9

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
Years ago my wife gave me a little card to carry in my billfold. On it she had written her dress size, shoe size, glove size and more. That was nice to have so I could know all about her when I went to do some shopping. But it didn’t provide much companionship or encouragement when I was away from her.

It’s one thing to have the facts about Jesus, it’s another thing to have a relationship with Jesus.

ACTION POINT:
Do you know Jesus...really know Him? Or are you just gathering facts about Him?


LWF Dr. Adrian Rogers

Friday, August 12, 2016

Jesus as Lord and Savior


BIBLE MEDITATION:
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.” Romans 10:9

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
Have you ever thought that salvation was like a cafeteria where you can pick and choose the aspects of Jesus you want? “I’ll have a little Saviorhood, but please, no Lordship today.” If Jesus is not your Lord, Jesus is not your Savior. What’s the difference?

Well, suppose I perform a wedding ceremony and say to the young man, “Would you take Susan to be your lawfully wedded wife?” And he responds, “Well, I’ll take Susan as housekeeper.” And then I say to her, “Would you take John to be your lawfully wedded husband?” And she says, “Well, I’ll take him as provider.” We can’t pick and choose what we want from Jesus. We take Jesus as Lord over all!

ACTION POINT:
Is Jesus Christ Lord of every area of your life? Take time to today to examine your life—your finances, your relationships, your hopes and dreams.


LWF Dr. Adrian Rogers

To Bear the Sins of Many


Your redemption through the blood of Christ!!!
11 But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation)
12 he entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption.
13 For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of defiled persons with the ashes of a heifer, sanctify for the purification of the flesh,
14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God.
15 Therefore he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.
16 For where a will is involved, the death of the one who made it must be established.
17 For a will takes effect only at death, since it is not in force as long as the one who made it is alive.
18 Therefore not even the first covenant was inaugurated without blood.
19 For when every commandment of the law had been declared by Moses to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,
20 saying, "This is the blood of the covenant that God commanded for you."
21 And in the same way he sprinkled with the blood both the tent and all the vessels used in worship.
22 Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.
23 Thus it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these rites, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
24 For Christ has entered, not into holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true things, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf.
25 Nor was it to offer himself repeatedly, as the high priest enters the holy places every year with blood not his own,
26 for then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
27 And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment,
28 so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him. - Hebrews 9:11-28


Christ Sacrifice Once for All
1 For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near.
2 Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no longer have any consciousness of sins?
3 But in these sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year.
4 For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
5 Consequently, when Christ came into the world, he said, "Sacrifices and offerings you have not desired, but a body have you prepared for me; 
6 in burnt offerings and sin offerings you have taken no pleasure. 
7 Then I said, 'Behold, I have come to do your will, O God, as it is written of me in the scroll of the book.'" 
8 When he said above, "You have neither desired nor taken pleasure in sacrifices and offerings and burnt offerings and sin offerings" (these are offered according to the law),
9 then he added, "Behold, I have come to do your will." He does away with the first in order to establish the second.
10 And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
11 And every priest stands daily at his service, offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.
12 But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God,
13 waiting from that time until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet.
14 For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.
15 And the Holy Spirit also bears witness to us; for after saying,
16 "This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws on their hearts, and write them on their minds," 
17 then he adds, "I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more." 
18 Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin. - Hebrews 10:1-18

Thursday, August 11, 2016

Walking In The Light


5 This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
6 If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.
7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
8 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
10 If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. - 1 John 1:5-10


Jesus came! 
Jesus is the light!!
We are in darkness!
Jesus delivers you from darkness!!
When you put your faith in Christ, you become His dwelling place!!!
Biblical faith is walking in the light, which is Christ!!!
You must repent!
You can not be in the light without repentance!!
You must be born again!!
When you have light, it will spread!
The light runs darkness out!
Christ is "The Light"!
If you share the light, you are sharing Christ!!
Have fellowship with one another!
Walk in the light, move forward away from sin.
You get forgiveness in the light.
You are cleansed from your sin by the light.

Thanks Pastor Roy!!!

Making Sense of What We Don’t Understand



BIBLE MEDITATION:
“Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts.” Psalm 139:23

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
A little boy had a jigsaw puzzle that on one side had a map of the world and on the other side had a picture of a man. His mother asked him to try and work it and before long the little fellow had put the puzzle together. The mother was surprised to find that the little fellow knew so much about geography. She asked him, “How on earth did you do that?”


“Oh,” he said, “I worked the other side first. When I got the man right, the world was right.”


How true that is! We will never fix this world until we get the man right – the man Jesus Christ, that is.

ACTION POINT:
Are things in your world confusing you these days? Turn to Jesus and trust Him to make sense of what you don’t understand.


LWF Dr. Adrian Rogers

Wednesday, August 10, 2016

The Voice of Conscience from Within


BIBLE MEDITATION:
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.” Psalm 51:10

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
After David had sinned and done the terrible thing that he had done by committing adultery, he said in Psalm 51:3, “For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.” 


Can you imagine what it would be like for your sin to “ever” be before you? The deed would reverberate through your consciousness unendingly. You see, the conscience is an inner judge that God puts in you that accuses or excuses you. It cannot make you do right, but it shows you what is right or what is wrong. And when your conscience is right, you have tremendous freedom. A good conscience will do something for you that a sleeping pill could never do.

ACTION POINT:
What is your conscience “telling” you this morning? Are you right with God?



LWF Dr. Adrian Rogers

Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Evaluating True Riches


BIBLE MEDITATION:
“And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.” 1 John 2:17

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
Do you want to know how rich you are? Add up everything you own that money cannot buy, that death nor disaster cannot take away, and then you’ll know just how rich you are. What did you discover? Hopefully, you discovered that it’s time you started laying up true riches. Because all the rest will burn away. If you are putting all of your labor in this world, it’s like rearranging deck chairs on a sinking ship.

ACTION POINT:
Read Matthew 6:19-21. Where is your heart? Where is your treasure?


LWF Dr. Adrian Rogers

Trade In: Your Weakness for His Strength

But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.”- Isaiah 40:31


What does it mean to “renew” your strength? It literally means “changed,” as if you changed clothes. You remove your rags of weakness and put on God’s royal robes of strength. God promises to exchange our strength with His strength.


You see, the Christian life is not just simply a changed life, it is an exchanged life.


God doesn’t just change us from what we were to something better. He exchanges His life with us. He takes our sin. We take His holiness. He takes our weakness. We take His strength. He takes our anxiety. We take His peace.


Sounds great. But, what’s the problem? We get tired of waiting for the change.


Friend, don’t give up. The wait is never too long when God is in charge.


LWF Dr. Adrian Rogers

Monday, August 8, 2016

God Keeps the Score

BIBLE MEDITATION:
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.” Ephesians 4:32
DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
I read something that deeply touched my heart about a PGA golfer named De Vicenzo. As he was leaving a golf course with his winnings, a woman approached him and said, “I have a baby who is dying.” Moved with compassion, he endorsed the check and gave it to her saying, “Take this, and try to buy some happiness for yourself and your child.”
A week later he was in the clubhouse having lunch, and one of the PGA officials came up to him and said, “Did you know that the woman who approached you last week didn’t have a baby dying of an incurable disease!” And De Vicenzo said, “There’s no baby dying? That’s the best news I’ve heard all week!” What an attitude!
ACTION POINT:
Do you ever feel like people are going to take advantage of you? Be thankful today that God keeps the score.


LWF Dr. Adrian Rogers

Abiding in the Vine



BIBLE MEDITATION:
Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in Me. I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in Me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without Me ye can do nothing.” John 15:4-5

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
You’ll never see a fruit factory. Now, you’ll see factories for making clothing, cars, and computers, but not a fruit factory. Instead fruit is grown in an orchard. It is dependent upon life.

There is no fruit without life. The only way that fruit is going to ripen and grow is in the right climate and with the right nutrients. Just like we can’t grow bananas in Alaska, we can’t grow and produce the fruit of the Spirit unless we’re in the place where the Spirit can produce His fruit in us. And that place is walking and abiding in the Spirit.

ACTION POINT:
Read Galatians 5:22-25 today and ask God to help you abide in the Spirit to produce the fruit He desires in your life. 


LWF Adrian Rogers

Saturday, August 6, 2016

The Trying of Faith Works Patience


BIBLE MEDITATION:
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into diverse temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.” James 1:2-4

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
What does God want out of you? He wants you to experience the fullness of Christ. And the way to this is through trials and tribulations. Can you be patient during this process? If you’re like most people, probably not. We become like children who don’t know the difference between “No” and “Not yet.” If you say, “Wait a while,” to them that is, “No.” They want it now. But God is interested in maturing you. A Danish proverb says, “Give to a pig when it grunts and give to a child when it cries, and you will have a fine pig and a bad child.” Tribulation brings patience, and patience makes us mature.

ACTION POINT:
What are you waiting for? What are you struggling with? Give it to Jesus. Trust in His timing and His provision.


LWF Dr. Adrian Rogers

Friday, August 5, 2016

Peace in the Midst of the Storm

BIBLE MEDITATION:
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.” Colossians 3:15

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
In Florida where I was raised, we had a lot of hurricanes. Even as a child I learned that in the center of the worst hurricane, there’s a calm called the “eye” of the storm. When the storm passes over, there is a calm like a mill pond on a summer evening.

Friend, in your storm today there is a center that is calm. It’s the heart of God. He is there. He is the “I AM” in the midst of your storm.

As someone has well said, “God gives peace that the world can’t take away.” It is supernatural peace.

ACTION POINT:
Do you have the peace of God in your heart? Claim the promise of Psalm 29:11, Isaiah 26:3, and Romans 5:1 today.


LWF Dr. Adrian Rogers

Thursday, August 4, 2016

Happiness vs. Joy


BIBLE MEDITATION:
“Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice.” Philippians 4:4


DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
Happiness comes from outside circumstances. Joy comes from within. So it’s cruel to say to people who are in sorrow, “Smile and be happy.” Better to come alongside and mourn with them than to try to force the square peg of happiness into a round hole of sorrow. 


The human life is a life of tragedy, sorrow, heartache, and pain. Yet in every difficulty, you can find joy. Happiness is an outside job. Joy is an inside job.


ACTION POINT:
There is someone in a nursing home that longs for that joy. Find some time this week to bring the joy of the Lord to them.


LWF Dr. Adrian Rogers

Wednesday, August 3, 2016

When It Comes to the Devil…How to Think


BIBLE MEDITATION:
Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.” Romans 12:21

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
There are two mistakes people make about the devil. One, they get into demonology—always studying, wondering, and talking about demons. Their focus rests on Satan rather than on the Lord Jesus. The Bible says we’re to resist the devil; it doesn’t say we’re to chase him.

On the other hand, there are those who are flippant about the devil. They have nicknames for him and think he’s a cartoon or fantasy.

The truth is, we have a powerful adversary, the devil. Peter likens him to a roaring lion! A mature Christian recognizes that he has an enemy. He respects the power of the enemy. Then he clings to the power of the Lord Jesus Christ to overcome this great adversary.

ACTION POINT:
Is the lion prowling around your life? Take up the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God, and break free from his jaws of destruction.


LWF Dr. Adrian Rogers

Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Carrying Our Own Burdens


BIBLE MEDITATION:
“Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and He shall sustain thee.” Psalm 55:22
DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
A man was carrying a heavy load of grain down a country road. Another man in a wagon being pulled by a horse saw the man walking and said to him, “Mister, you need a ride?” And so the man got in the wagon. But he kept the load of grain on his shoulder. The wagon driver said, “Man, put that down and relax!” The rider said, “Oh no. It’s enough for you to carry me without having you carry this too.”
Have you ever done that to the Lord? You say, “Lord, I’ll let You save me, but I’ll carry my own burdens.” How foolish we are to do this with the God who hung the stars and planets.
ACTION POINT:
If you can trust God to save you from hell, don’t you think you can cast your burden upon the Lord right now?


LWF Dr. Adrian Rogers

Monday, August 1, 2016

One Body In Christ


BIBLE MEDITATION:
“So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.” Romans 12:5

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
My left hand is a member of my body. So is my right hand. The right hand cannot direct the left hand and vice versa. But both hands can receive instruction from the head. If one hand is connected to the head and the other hand is connected to the head, then it simply follows that our hands are going to submit one to another. They’re not going to fight one another.

It’s the same way in the Body of Christ—the church. Who is the head of the body? The Lord Jesus Christ. Who are the members of the body? You and I. God put us in the church together that we might have a spirit of submission in the fear of the Lord.

ACTION POINT:
Is there someone in the church with whom you’re having difficulties? Submit yourself to the Lord and allow Him to give you grace to submit one to another.


LWF Dr. Adrian Rogers

Fear-Troubled Hearts and Minds


6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. - Philippians 4:6-7

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.  - Psalm 46:1

"Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. - John 14:1

8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
9 Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God.
10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.
11 More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation. - Romans 5:8-11

Cast your burden on the LORD, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.  - Psalm 55:22




We all are subject to fear, anxiety, troubled hearts and minds because of the nature of the human condition. 
Sin tells us to be self-sufficient.
God tells us to be humble, pray and trust Him.
The bible says it in so many different ways!
Cast your cares upon Him!
Don't be afraid, let your hearts not be troubled!
My peace I give to you!
A very present help in times of trouble!
He is strong!
We are weak!
In Christ, we are forgiven.
In Christ, we are not guilty.
In Christ, we are reconciled to a holy God.
In Christ we have supernatural peace!
Where does that supernatural peace come from?
Prayer brings it to you straight from God!
The peace of God is a guardian to your heart and mind!
It's found in Christ!!!
God is our shield!
Pray often!
Give thanks!
God is sovereign!
Be in the Word everyday!!
Take one day at a time, God's mercies are new everyday!
Encourage one another!
Remember, God gave us the cross!
Remember, we have been adopted! 


Thanks Pastor Matt!!!