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Awesome: September 1, 2017

TODAY’S WORD FOR FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 1, 2017.

AWESOME

DEFINITION:

Inspiring admiration or reverence; capable of producing amazement; characterized by reverential fear.

SCRIPTURE:

Let them praise Your great and awesome name. Psalm 99:3.

Come and see what God has done, how awesome His works in man’s behalf. Psalm 66:5.

You shall not be terrified, for the Lord your God, the great and awesome God, is among you. Deuteronomy 7:21.

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:

Today’s younger generation use the word awesome in so many sentences today. They talk about an awesome time, an awesome event, awesome friends, awesome ideas and the list goes on and on.

In church, we sing songs whose words refer to the awesome God that we serve. The use of the word in everyday life is humbling to believers in Jesus when we think and compare life’s references to awesome to the awesomeness of the God we serve.

Stop for a moment and think about worshipping God, who is awesome to say the least. He is all powerful, He is all knowing, He owns the cattle on a thousand hills, as the old Hymn says, and He is our creator and our Father. He loved us so much that He gave His only Son to die on the cross to pay the penalty for our sins. It is when we accept Jesus as our Savior that we begin to see how awesome our God really is.

We cannot help but to be in awe when we consider this world that God has created. David wrote in Psalms 19:1-4, “The heavens declare the glory of God and the skies proclaim the work of His hands. Day after day they pour forth speech, night after night they display knowledge. There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard. Their voice goes out into all the earth, their word to the ends of the earth.”

Who of us has not been in awe as we watch a beautiful sunset, or been moved to feeling some fear in the midst of a storm as we witness God’s power and might on display in the howling of the wind, the flashing of lightning, and the deafening crack of the thunder?

We have all seen awesome things, met awesome people but nothing we will ever see will come close to the awesomeness we see in our God. We need not fear when we face situations or obstacles in our lives because we have an awesome God that is always with us. Nothing is more awesome than God’s grace by which we are saved. “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith and not from yourselves, it is the gift of God” (Ephesians 2:8).

LEARNING:

Our memory verse for this week is found in I Thessalonians 5:16-17.

Rejoice always, pray without ceasing.

PRAYER:

You are an awesome God and I praise You for all that You have done, are doing and will be doing for me. Thank You for Your awesome saving grace, Your love, Your direction, and Your protection for me and my family.

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Build: August 31, 2017

TODAY’S WORD FOR THURSDAY AUGUST 31, 2017.

BUILD

DEFINITION:

Construct; increase and strengthen; erect; mold; shape.

SCRIPTURE:

Unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain that build it. Psalm 127:1.

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:

We can remember singing in Sunday school the song about the man who built the house on the sand and as a result it could not withstand the storm. The song continued about the wise man who built his house on the rock and it stood firm in the storm because it was built on a solid foundation.

This song came from a portion of the Sermon on the Mount where Jesus preached to the multitudes (Matthew 7:24-27). Jesus was giving a warning to those who profess to belong to God but have no relationship with Him.

Jesus said that whoever hears His words and does them will be like the wise man who built his house upon the rock. The rock is Christ Jesus.

Just like the house standing firm in a storm, when the storms of life come and the winds beat against a person who builds his house (life) on the solid foundation of Christ, he will be able to stand through the storms of life. It is obedience to God’s Word that provides the solid foundation needed to endure the trials and temptations of life that bring our life crashing down.

The question now comes to you. On what are you building your life? Do you have a firm foundation built on the rock, Jesus Christ? If not then when the storms of life come your house will fall and Jesus says in this passage, “AND GREAT WAS THE FALL.”

In Psalms 127:1, the psalmist warns us that unless we allow the Lord to build our house, our life, we are laboring in vain. If we leave the Lord out of our life, all of our accomplishments will be futile. No matter how hard we work to accomplish great things we need to remember, only what is done for the Lord will last.

LEARNING:

Our memory verse for this week is found in I Thessalonians 5:16-17.

Rejoice always, pray without ceasing.

PRAYER:

Encourage me and my family to build our lives on the precepts and commandments that You have given us in Your Word. Help me to be a doer of the Word and not a hearer only.

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Diligence: August 30, 2017

TODAY’S WORD FOR WEDNESDAY AUGUST 30, 2017.

DILIGENCE

DEFINITION:

Constant and earnest effort to accomplish what is undertaken; perseverance in doing good.

SCRIPTURE:

Ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer. Proverbs 30:25.

Go to the ant, O sluggard, observe her ways and be wise. Proverbs 6:6.

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:

Ants seem like a small and insignificant creature yet in the two verses we have put above ants are held up by King Solomon as an example of industry for those who tend to be lazy. King Solomon suggests that we would be wise to consider the ways of the ant. Ants have no captain but on their own gather their food in the summer and they store it up for the fall harvest. They are constantly working to find food and bring it back to their nest. The ant prepares for the time when food may be scarce.

The ant is an example of industry, diligence and planning. The ant serves as a rebuke to a sluggard, a lazy person who lacks self-discipline. These Proverbs serve to warn us against laziness. Laziness keeps us from our responsibilities to provide for ourselves and this is not acceptable to God.

It is apparent that King Solomon was a keen observer of God’s creations and of human behavior. From the ant we can see the importance of planning ahead and putting away provisions for the future (Proverbs 30:25).

King Solomon has passed on to us his insights and practical advice for living not only a productive life but a God-honoring life. The lazy person ducks responsibility and procrastinates planning for the future. As a result the lazy person wastes both opportunities and gifts that God has given to him.

LEARNING:

Our memory verse for this week is found in I Thessalonians 5:16-17.

Rejoice always, pray without ceasing.

PRAYER:

Help me to be wise and learn from Your marvelous creations valuable life-style lessons. Thank You that Your Word is truth and that the truth of Your Word makes me wise.

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Acceptance: August 29, 2017

TODAY’S WORD FOR TUESDAY AUGUST 29, 2017

ACCEPTANCE

DEFINITION:

To receive as worthy of being accepted; to receive with approval or favor.

SCRIPTURE:

And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. Romans 12:2.

Therefore, I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions and giving of thanks be made for all men, for this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior. I Timothy 2:1.

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:

When Jesus was here on this earth the Jewish people literally despised the Samaritans and did not accept them. They did all they could do in order not to meet or talk with a Samaritan.

We read in John 4 that Jesus met a Samaritan woman at the well and began to talk with her. When Jesus asked for a drink she was surprised and wanted to know why He was talking to her as no Jewish man would ever talk to a Samaritan woman.

The Samaritan woman felt that if Jesus knew who she was He would find her not acceptable. He not only knew who she was but knew more about her than she would want Him to know. When Jesus asked her to bring her husband to Him, she said she had no husband. Jesus said to her, “You are right to say you have no husband. The fact is, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband.” John 4:16-18.

Jesus wanted her to understand that if she knew who He was she would want to accept Him.

Nevertheless, Jesus continued to talk with her and because Jesus accepted her she believed in Him and accepted His gift of “living water.” She went back to her village and led many Samaritans to become believers in Jesus.

What God wants us to know is that Jesus came to this earth for all of us and He accepts all who come to Him in faith believing for forgiveness of their sins.

In Romans 15:7 we are told to accept one another just as Christ accepted you in order to bring praise to God. As Christians we are to accept and encourage other Christians. Also, we must be willing to accept others, who do not know the Lord even if we do not condone what they do or believe, so we can introduce them to Christ.

Jesus knew that the Samaritan woman was an immoral woman. He did not shun her for her race, social position or her sins. He accepted her as someone who needed His saving grace.

People today are hungry for acceptance. Children in school do every thing they can, including lowering their standards, to be accepted by their peers. Adults are much the same. They want to be included in “THE GROUP” just as children do.

Paul tells us in Romans 14:1, “Do not refuse to accept someone who is weak in faith. And do not argue with him about opinions.”

We, as Christians, need to make people feel important and needed. This way they will feel accepted and will more than likely be open to hear about Jesus. If we see a fellow Christian weak in their faith, we should not argue about things in their life we disagree with, but lovingly accept them and encourage them to help them grow in their faith.

We must deal with many people who do things that are unacceptable to us as a believer in Jesus. We must remember that we also do things that are unacceptable to Jesus. We must ask Jesus to forgive us. Just as Christ forgives us we must forgive others.

In 1 Timothy, we are exhorted that we are to pray for all people not just those who are believers.

LEARNING:

Our memory verse for this week is found in I Thessalonians 5:16-17.

Rejoice always, pray without ceasing.

PRAYER:

Help me to reach out to those who feel unaccepted. May these people see Christ through my words and my deeds. Help my children to stand up for what they believe and not to be swayed by the crowd. Help me to do what is good and acceptable in Your sight so that I may know beyond any doubt the good and acceptable and perfect will of God for my life.

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