Recipe for a Miracle

BIBLE MEDITATION:

“I love the LORD, because He hath heard my voice and my supplications. Because He hath inclined His ear unto me, therefore will I call upon Him as long as I live.” Psalm 116:1-2

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:

Here’s the recipe for a miracle: Take a problem, transfer it to Christ, and it will be transformed by Christ. The ingredient most of us keep missing or taking back is when we are to transfer the problem to Christ.

ACTION POINT:

Have you given your all to Jesus Christ? This is not just rhetoric. I am trying to get as serious and honest with you as I can within the sterile confines of this daily calendar. Have you literally given everything to Jesus Christ? If not, do so today and you will begin to see God’s miracle-moving power transform your life.

LWF Dr. Adrian Rogers

The Doctor Says No but God Says Yes

How many times have you or a loved one received bad news from a Doctor? 

How many times, in the midst of this trial, has God said yes!!

The unexplainable years of extended life from a deadly disease? 

Test that are redone and the results are negative for disease?

Doctors are at a loss to explain it, but people of faith know that it's God saying yes!!

People who love the Lord know who has the final say and who gives the Doctors their knowledge.

We know that God alone determines our days!

It's hard to trust in something you can't see but is that not what we do by faith? 

8 Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory,

9 obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls. - 1 Peter 1:8-9

Jesus said to him, "Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed." - John 20:29

Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.  - Psalm 139:16

Revive Us Again

2 You forgave the iniquity of your people; you covered all their sin. Selah 

3 You withdrew all your wrath; you turned from your hot anger. 

4 Restore us again, O God of our salvation, and put away your indignation toward us! 

5 Will you be angry with us forever? Will you prolong your anger to all generations? 

6 Will you not revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you? 

7 Show us your steadfast love, O LORD, and grant us your salvation.  - Psalm 85:2-7

We are like the Israelites of old. 

We run after idols.

We need forgiveness!

We need restoration!

We need to be restored as God's people.

Hold Fast…and Kill that Lion!

BIBLE MEDITATION:

“I sought the LORD, and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.” Psalm 34:4

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:

The times that will most strengthen and enrich your life are those when you go barehanded, armed with only the Spirit of God, against the red lion of hell—and prevail. Remember Samson, who killed a lion with his bare hands, then ate honey out of its carcass (see Judges 14:6-9). Whatever is hounding and threatening your life right now, you must hold fast to the Word of God that promises deliverance and hope, power and strength, wisdom and guidance.

ACTION POINT:

Look beyond the physical evidence to the spiritual promise of God. Problems are opportunities for God’s power to be manifest in your life.

LWF Dr . Adrian Rogers

Are You a Part of the Second Creation?

BIBLE MEDITATION:

“And He is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things He might have the preeminence.” Colossians 1:18

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:

There are two beginnings in creation. The first beginning occurred when God created the heavens and the earth. He spoke and—just like that—from His fingertips flew this vast, measureless universe. How simple it was for God to create this universe.

The second beginning is when His creature, man, becomes a new creation in Christ (see 2 Corinthians 5:17). When God reconciled us through His Son, it took every drop of His blood. There was no other way to be saved apart from the death of Jesus—the perfect sacrifice.

ACTION POINT:

None of us were here for the first Creation. But we can all be a part of the Second Creation! If you have received the salvation Jesus bought with His blood—thank Him that He’s made you a new creature…a second creation!

LWF Dr. Adrian Rogers

Are You Praying the Wrong Prayer?

BIBLE MEDITATION:

“And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” Matthew 16:19

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:

Many of us who are praying for our unsaved friends, family, and neighbors are directing our prayers in the wrong way. We are saying, “Oh God, help them to see.” But they are blind—they cannot see! 2 Corinthians 4:3-4 explains: “But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.”

ACTION POINT:

We must first bind the blinder. We’re not in a battle of flesh and blood. We are in a battle with Satan himself, and we will never rob his house until we first bind him.

LWF Dr. Adrian Rogers

Now, What Is Faith?

BIBLE MEDITATION:

“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Hebrews 11:1

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:

A nobleman’s son became ill, so he sought Jesus to heal him. When he found Jesus, he asked Him to come to his home. But instead of physically going to the boy’s bedside, Jesus healed him by His word. John 4:50b says, “And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way.” 

Not a wonder, not a sign, not a vision, not angels playing tic-tac-toe on his ribs, or cold chills going up and down his spine…the man believed Jesus’ Word and went on his way.

Faith sees the invisible, believes the incredible, and receives the impossible.

Doubt sees the obstacles; faith sees the way. Doubt sees the darkest night; faith sees the day. Doubt dreads to take a step; faith soars on high. Doubt questions who believes; faith answers, “I”!

ACTION POINT:

Life follows faith like night follows day. There is no life without faith.

LWF Dr. Adrian Rogers