Two Funerals, One Wedding

BIBLE MEDITATION:

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

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:

Do you know what most marriages need? Two funerals and one wedding where both the husband and the wife die to themselves and come alive to Jesus Christ. 

You see, when a man loves his wife passionately, there’s nothing too precious for that man to give up for his wife, except his relationship to Almighty God. 

When there’s that kind of love shown to a woman, I dare say the topic of submission would not be an issue. 

Most women don’t mind submitting to a man who loves her enough to die for her and shows it by the way he lives for her. 

ACTION POINT:

Are you married? Then go on a date this week with your spouse. Are you single? Pray that God would prepare you to be the spouse your mate will need.

LWF Dr. Adrian Rogers

Headship” and Equality Between Men and Women

BIBLE MEDITATION:

“Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.” Ephesians 5:21 

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:

First Corinthians 11:3 says, “The head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.” Sometimes we get confused about what it means to be the “head” of the family. Anything with no head is dead and anything with two heads is abnormal. Just because the man is the head doesn’t mean that the wife is inferior. Both men and women bear the image of God. Both are heirs of the grace of life. Both are equal before God. But while male and female are equal, God has given them different roles. In the family, men have been given the role of leader. 

ACTION POINT:

How would our world function if no one was in charge? How would your body function without your head? Pray for leaders in your home, community, church, state, and nation.

LWF Dr. Adrian Rogers

The Co-Existence of Life and Death

All around, life and death stand toe to toe.

Like little soldiers waiting to claim their victory, they co-exist!

A new life comes and one returns back to God who made it!

and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it. - Ecclesiastes 12:7

10 and the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away.

11 For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in the midst of his pursuits. - James 1:10-11

Your life is slipping away!

You must consider your time!

You must consider your eternity!

Choose life!

Bow to Christ as Lord!!!

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. - Romans 6:23

12 Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned-

13 for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law. - Romans 5:12-13

The Book That Reads You

BIBLE MEDITATION:

“O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and His ways past finding out!” Romans 11:33

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:

We must guard ourselves against lowering the standard of God’s Word to our level of understanding or political correctness. And we must guard ourselves against raising the standards of our traditions above the standard of His Word. The Bible is not meant to be paraded past the judgment bar of your mind. You can argue with it, but why? 

You can pick up any other book and read it, but this is the book that reads you. It pulsates with life and power. It cuts, burns, crushes, and wields mountain-moving power. His Word has a life of its own. It is the voice of God to you. You cannot refuse it, deny it, distort it, or dilute it. You can only bow before it. 

ACTION POINT:

When was the last time you studied the history behind the Word of God? Go to a bookstore or your church’s library and study how the translations were discovered and passed on.

LWF Dr. Adrian Rogers

Signed, SEALED, Delivered!

BIBLE MEDITATION:

“...ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise.” Ephesians 1:13 

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:

The moment you receive Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, the Holy Spirit of God seals you into Himself. 

What does it mean to be “sealed”? It means the King’s seal has been placed on you. The King’s seal can be broken by no man. That means you are His for all time and eternity. 

Second Timothy 2:19 says, “Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are His.” You are sealed into a relationship with God by the Holy Spirit. 

ACTION POINT:

Read Daniel 6 and Matthew 27. Note the similarities in the accounts of Daniel and Jesus being sealed away for death—and how the Almighty God delivered them unto life!

LWF Dr. Adrian Rogers

Yes—He knows Your Name

BIBLE MEDITATION:

“I will praise Thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are Thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.” Psalm 139:14 

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:

Ever feel like the little girl who was endeavoring to pray what we call The Lord’s Prayer when she said, “Our Father which art in Heaven, how does He know my name?” I have. 

But friend, He does know our names. He knows me. He knows you. 

You say, “But how could God be interested in me? The great God who made the galaxies—how could He be interested in me? I'm like a fleck of spray in an ocean of existence.” Well, He is interested in you. You are not an accident. You are intimately known by God. 

ACTION POINT:

Read Matthew 10:30. What does this tell you about God? What does this tell you about yourself?

LWF Dr. Adrian Rogers

The Seeker

1 O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. 

2 So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory. 

3 Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you. 

4 So I will bless you as long as I live; in your name I will lift up my hands.  - Psalm 63:1-4

"For thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I, I myself will search for my sheep and will seek them out. - Ezekiel 34:11

What is the meaning of seek?

It is attempting to find, it's a desire to know, or it's wanting an answer.

That is certainly what man should be doing toward God.

If you claim a relationship with God, you will seek Him!!

You will want to know what He demands from You.

You will want to know why He seeks you.

But from there you will seek the LORD your God and you will find him, if you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul. - Deuteronomy 4:29

God knows you.

2 The LORD looks down from heaven on the children of man, to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God. 

3 They have all turned aside; together they have become corrupt; there is none who does good, not even one.  - Psalm 14:2-3

This seeking works two ways, God pursues you and you seek him. 

No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day. - John 6:44

You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart. - Jeremiah 29:13

We are all under sin.

9 What then? Are we Jews any better off? No, not at all. For we have already charged that all, both Jews and Greeks, are under sin,

10 as it is written: "None is righteous, no, not one; 

11 no one understands; no one seeks for God. 

12 All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one."  - Romans 3:9-12

"There is no fear of God before their eyes."  - Romans 3:18

19 Now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may be held accountable to God.

20 For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin. - Romans 3:19-20

God loves you!

He is actively seeking you!

He wants you for all of eternity!

Will you trust Him?

And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him. - Hebrews 11:6