What to Do When You’re Not Sure What to Do

BIBLE MEDITATION:

 “For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.” Galatians 5:13

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:

One of the signs that you have stopped trusting God is that you cease to function. You simply drop out of life’s activities. You start fretting over this and that; you get distressed over a loss; you get oppressed by the devil. And what do you do? Close up shop, draw the drapes, go to sleep, get up late. Have you ever been that way? Worry will do that to you.

When you worry it is because you are not trusting God. You may say, “I lost my job.” Well, what are you doing? “I’m sitting around the house.” Well, quit it! You have more opportunity to serve God.

ACTION POINT:

Go down to the church and ask them to put you to work. Go to your local mission and volunteer. Mow a neighbor’s yard. Go shopping for an elderly person. Do what you need to do to find a job and when you’re done…do good! Do good because you’re trusting in the Lord.

LWF Dr. Adrian Rogers

Weight of the World on Your Shoulders

What does the Lord say about us carrying the weight of the world on our shoulders?

Is it just in our genetic makeup to think that we are in control?

Are we so deceived by sin that we fool ourselves into this belief of any control in

anything?

God did indeed give us the ability to make decisions but does that mean we are in

control?

We have been given free will and are responsible for all that goes along with it, good and

bad!!

What about faith in God?

Isn’t He sovereign over all things?

Does not God work all things together for His purpose?

As Creator of the universe and everything in it, He alone is in charge of His creation.

I wonder if we humans are capable of trusting the One who rightly owns all control?

Foolish creatures that we are, do we really think we have any control?

Proverbs 19:21 Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the

Lord that will stand.

Romans 8:28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for

good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD , plans for welfare

and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Joshua 1:9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be

frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”

Isaiah 45:6-7 that people may know, from the rising of the sun and from the west, that

there is none besides me; I am the LORD , and there is no other. I form light and create

darkness; I make well-being and create calamity; I am the LORD , who does all these

things.

Proverbs 16:9 The heart of man plans his way, but the LORD establishes his steps.

Job 12:10 In his hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of all mankind.

Psalm 115:3 Our God is in the heavens; he does all that he pleases.

Daniel 4:35 all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing, and he does

according to his will among the host of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth;

and none can stay his hand or say to him, “What have you done?”

Psalm 103:19 The LORD has established his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom rules

over all.

You Walk In Newness of Life

BIBLE MEDITATION:

 “Therefore we are buried with Him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.” Romans 6:4

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:

When Jesus Christ died, not only did He die for us, but also we died with Him. You may say, “Well, what difference does it make whether He died for me or I died with Him? It’s just a play on words.” Oh no it’s not, dear friend.

When you’re dead, then death has no dominion over you. You can’t kill a man who is already dead. Let’s suppose a man is put to death for a capital crime he has committed, and yet somehow he is raised back to life. Do you think he can be arrested again for his crime? Absolutely not. That would be double jeopardy. He paid the penalty for his crime.

ACTION POINT:

It is necessary that you understand that when Jesus died, you died, and the law has no more hold on you! Your sin debt has been paid in full because He died for you. You died with Him.

LWF Dr. Adrian Rogers

A Sweet Aroma To God

BIBLE MEDITATION:

“Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of His knowledge by us in every place. For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish.” 2 Corinthians 2:14-15

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:

“Thanks be to God who always causes us to triumph in Christ!” And when we are enjoying this victory, we will be sending off a sweet, pervasive perfume of His glory.

Do you know how incense is made? By cutting or breaking herbs, then crushing them into a fine powder. Then water is added to this powder to create a clay to form into sticks or cones. What is the purpose of incense? To burn and create a fragrant aroma.

ACTION POINT:

When we are praising God in the midst of trials, singing songs of glory in the midst of persecution, claiming His victory when a problem arises, then we are emitting a sweet aroma that is unmistakable to the nostrils of God. This is the sweet smell of victory!

LWF Dr. Adrian Rogers

Praying For God’s Protection

BIBLE MEDITATION:

“And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.” Matthew 6:13

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:

Why do you think we return to God time and time again asking Him to forgive us? I think it is partly because we fail to pray the other part of the Lord’s Prayer: “And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.”

We wake up in the morning, come to the end of the day, and we say, “God, forgive me. I blew it.” And He does. Do you know why we fail? We’ve learned how to pray “Lord, forgive me.” But we’re not praying, “Lord, protect me.”

You wouldn’t come to the end of the day and say, “Lord, give me this day my daily bread.” The day is over. “Lord, protect me” is not a prayer for the end of the day; this is the prayer to begin your day.

ACTION POINT:

Each day this week, begin your day with this prayer. Let it become a habit. Expand your prayer to encompass putting on the whole armor of God (Ephesians 6:10-18).

LWF Dr. Adrian Rogers

Total Surrender To Living For Jesus

BIBLE MEDITATION:

“He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.” John 12:25

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:

Two men were discussing the issue of tithing. The first one asked, “How do you figure your tithe? Before taxes or after taxes?” The second answered, “Oh, I figure my tithe before taxes.” “Why do you figure it that way?” he asked. His friend responded, “Because the Lord gets more that way.”

That’s the kind of man who is going to get a blessing from the Lord. Jesus said the Pharisees tithed from the mint plants (see Matthew 23:23). They would have an herb in their hand and count out each leaf one by one to give their exact tithe to the Lord—just enough, yet not too much. How precise they were!

ACTION POINT:

Oh God, give us men and women who say, “Dear God, I’m going for You with all that I am. I’m getting out of the boat with both feet. If You tell me to hit the ground, I’m going to hit it until You tell me to stop.”

LWF Dr. Adrian Rogers

Do You Want Victory?

BIBLE MEDITATION:

“For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds.” 2 Corinthians 10:4

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:

I believe that many of us are experiencing limited or no victory because we have not learned to press the battle on through to victory. “But wait a minute, Dr. Rogers, I want the victory.” Do you really?

Then you need to know this: First, God wants you to have the victory. Second, the measuring cup of your victory is in the palm of your hands. That is, you can be as victorious as you want to be. Daily make Ephesians 6:10-18 a part of your morning routine.

ACTION POINT:

The devil does not have a stronghold that we cannot pull down if we will use God’s weapons. But we may be trying to wield those spiritual weapons in our own strength. The Bible is your sword, but Ephesians 6:17 tells us it is the sword of whom? The Spirit. It’s not your sword. Take it up, but rely fully on Him.

LWF Dr. Adrian Rogers