Saturday, October 17, 2015

The One and Only God



BIBLE MEDITATION:
“For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.” Exodus 34:14

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
God is a jealous God. Now, that may sound like a bad attribute. But to God it is a holy attribute. You see, I have no right to be jealous of another preacher because I am not the only preacher in the world. I do not own preaching. On the other hand, there is only one God.

Exodus 20:2-3 says, “I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before Me.” And when asked what the greatest commandment was, Jesus replied, “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind” (Matthew 22:37).

ACTION POINT:
When you die to self and worship God, you will begin to experience the fullness of God in a way that transforms your life.

LWF Dr. Adrian Rogers

Friday, October 16, 2015

Every Law Has a Song Written on the Back



BIBLE MEDITATION:
“Let Thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for Thy law is my delight.” Psalm 119:77

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
How does God unite a law book with a song book? I’ll tell you how. With liberty and harmony. God never intended His laws to be burdensome. He meant for them to be a blessing.

The piano operates according to laws. When a person masters those laws, the drudgery of learning turns to delight. Piano practice enables a person to sit at the piano in perfect liberty and let the melody dance off the ivory keys.

ACTION POINT:
Every law has a song written on the back of it. And you will discover this when you obey God’s laws. “Duty” will turn to delight.


LWF Dr. Adrian Rogers

Thursday, October 15, 2015

Sacrificial Blood

Jesus paid it all.
All to him I owe.
Sin had left a crimson stain.
He washed it white as snow.

Words to an old song that tells the wonderful truth about salvation. 
We were full of sin and Christ shed His blood to cover our sin and remove it!!
Now we are washed clean because of His blood and our repentance!!
What does God want from us?

4 "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one.
5 You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. - Deuteronomy 6:4-5


4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us,
5 even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ-by grace you have been saved-
6 and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
7 so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,
9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast. - Ephesians 2:4-9


3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
4 to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you,
5 who by God's power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. - 1 Peter 1:3-5


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


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 10:4-18


26 For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,
27 but a fearful expectation of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries. - Hebrews 10:26-27

A Source that Will Never Dry Up



BIBLE MEDITATION:
“It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is Thy faithfulness.” Lamentations 3:22-23

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
Do you know what Lamentations 3:22-23 means? It means that God never runs out of compassion.

Have you ever gone to Niagara Falls and watched the water rampaging with torrential force? I’ve thought, “Surely the water is one day going to dry up.” But it hasn’t. Friend, greater than Niagara is the compassion of the Lord. His compassions fail not.

In 1923, Thomas O. Chisholm wrote one of the greatest hymns of all time and this stanza is the refrain of this truth, “Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father; There is no shadow of turning with Thee; Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not; As Thou hast been, Thou forever will be.”

ACTION POINT:
God is faithful. What are you facing today? Dear friend, lean upon Him and His faithfulness. He will never, no never, leave you nor forsake you (Hebrews 13:5).


LWF Dr. Adrian Rogers 

Wednesday, October 14, 2015

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

Tuesday, October 13, 2015

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.