Assurance: July 10, 2015

TODAY’S WORD FOR FRIDAY JULY 10, 2015.

 

ASSURANCE

DEFINITION:

A positive declaration intended to give confidence; support; promise or pledge; freedom from doubt; freedom from timidity; confidence.

SCRIPTURE:

Everyone that calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved. Romans 10:13.

Whoever believes in Him will not be disappointed. Romans 10:11.

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:

In today’s world people need assurance in their life. Many have very low self-esteem. They have no one person or nothing else in their life that can give them assurance for the present or the future. The general mood of our culture has put a spirit of fear in the life of a person that does not know Jesus.

Many people today are experiencing anxiety and depression and then are turning to alcohol, drugs, or sexual pleasures which in turn results in strained family relations (between children and parents)and in many cases broken marriages, abandoned children, illness and even death.

We as believers face the same uncertainties in life but the difference is that we have the promise of God and the assurance that God, our Savior, is guiding and protecting us through every event of every day. But we need to remind ourselves again that when God makes these promises to us there is always a condition. In this case we must communicate with our Lord in prayer and by reading His Word.

Assurance is the opposite of uncertainty. We live in a world of uncertainty. Events are moving at such a rapid pace that we cannot be certain what tomorrow will bring. We cannot know what the future holds but we can know the one who holds the future. Because God cannot lie we can be assured that God will keep His promises. Hebrews 11:1 shows us the assurance that faith gives us. “Now faith is being SURE (assurance) of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.”

Fanny Bryce was blind and could not see where she was going here on this earth but she had total assurance about where she was going to spend eternity because she knew Jesus.

Fanny wrote more than 8,000 hymns. One of our favorites was “Blessed Assurance.” The first line reads, “Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine! O what a foretaste of glory divine.”

Do you have this same assurance? We truly hope that you do.

LEARNING:

Our memory verse for this week is found in John 1:1.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning.

PRAYER:

Although I cannot know what tomorrow may bring, thank You for the assurance I can have that you are leading and guiding me every moment of today. Also thank You for the assurance of spending an eternity with You. Bless my family and together may we honor and glorify Your name in all that we do.

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Ask: July 9, 2015

TODAY’S WORD FOR THURSDAY JULY 9, 2015.

 

ASK

DEFINITION:

Put a question to; interrogate; seek to obtain; request; invite; inquire about.

SCRIPTURE:

And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive. Mathew 21:22.

So I say to you, ask, and it will be given you; seek and you will find; knock and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks, finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. Luke 11:9-10.

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:

Many people ask this question. Why does God want us to ask when He already knows what we want and what we need? It is true that God knows the desires of our heart and what we think we need and could just give these things to us but God desires that we recognize that we are insufficient to meet our every need. God wants us to ask because He wants us to ask and seek Him so that we will recognize that He is the one who provides for us and that He alone hears and answers our prayers.

When we come to God in prayer we are not only acknowledging that He is the one who provides for us but that we are submitting our will to God’s will and putting God in control of our lives. God has given us free will and He never forces His will on us. It is through prayer that God speaks to us and shows us His will.

It is pride that keeps many from asking God for needs. And also many people today want to feel self-sufficient and do not feel that they need any help from God. One of the most important lessons we can learn from the scriptures is that God expects us to ask Him for help when we are in need.

Many people feel that God does not answer their prayers. One of the reasons is that they want immediate responses and just do not have the patience to wait upon the Lord for His timing. In John 14:14, Jesus says that we may ask for anything in His name and He will answer. But He also said in Matthew 21:22 that it is by believing we receive an answer to our prayers. But most people stop there and forget that God gives us standards to meet in order to receive His promises to us.

Several specifics are given to us. First, is that what we ask God for must not be contrary to His nature and righteousness. God will not answer prayers that are not according to His will and will not bring honor and glory to Him. Jesus teaches us that we are to obey Him and do what He commands us. If we are not willing to obey Him how can we expect Him to answer our prayers?

There is no request to big or to small that cannot be brought to God in prayer. The Lord wants us to pray about everything. The one problem today is that many people just limit God in what we believe He will do for us. We rely on our own wisdom and so often fail. (Philippians 4:6)

LEARNING:

Our memory verse for this week is found in John 1:1.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning.

PRAYER:

Open my eyes today to the reality that all I have to do is ask and believe. You desire to meet all my needs and I thank You for this. Keep me yielded to You so that I will seek to do Your will and not my own.

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Awesome: July 8, 2015

TODAY’S WORD FOR WEDNESDAY JULY 8, 2015.

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 was when we accept Jesus as our Savior that we begin to see how awesome our God really is.

We have all seen awesome places, met awesome people but nothing we will ever see will come close to the awesomeness we have 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.

LEARNING:

Our memory verse for this week is found in John 1:1.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning.

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 love, Your direction, and Your protection for me and my family.

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Able: July 7, 2015

TODAY’S WORD FOR TUESDAY JULY 7, 2015.

ABLE

DEFINITION:

Having the necessary power, skill, qualifications or resources to do something; showing talent, skill or knowledge.

SCRIPTURE:

There is one Lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. Who are you to judge another? James 4:12.

Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine according to His power that is within us. Ephesians 3:20.

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:

Have you noticed, as we have, that there are times in the lives of children when they feel they are able to do anything? Also there are adults that have the same attitude. But when the time comes that they tackle a situation that they are not able to do, it becomes a catastrophe. When we rely on self that is what happens.

Throughout scripture we read how able God is to help us over every mountain and through every valley we might face. We need to remind ourselves continually that God is all powerful and nothing is impossible for God because He is able. God has the necessary power, skill, qualifications, resources, talent, intelligence, and knowledge to be able to do the impossible.

Let us look at several things that God is able to do. Most important is that God is able to save. In James 1:21 we are told to lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted Word, which is Jesus, which is able to save our soul from eternal damnation.

God has also promised us that when we are His children, no man can stand against us and win. God told the children of Israel in Deuteronomy 11:25 that no man shall be able to stand against you. And that promise is also for us today.

And in Joshua 1:5, God’s Word to Joshua was that no man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life. And God spoke again to Joshua in Joshua 23:9 and said that the Lord has driven out from before you great and strong nations; but as for you, no one has ever been able to stand against you.

In the New Testament God continues to remind us as children of God through the Apostle Paul when he wrote in Ephesians for us to put on the whole armor of God so that we may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

If you have any doubt about the ability of God after you read these verses may we remind you that God is not only able but He is our enabler. As is always with God and His promises there is a condition given us. That condition is that we believe in Jesus as our Savior and daily put our trust in His hands and communicate with Him daily in prayer and the reading of His Word. Then He is able to work in us and for us.

LEARNING:

Our memory verse for this week is found in John 1:1.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning.

PRAYER:

Thank You Lord that You are able to do immeasurably more in my life than I could ever ask or even imagine. Your power and ability to save me from my sins and to help me stand tall for You is overwhelming. Deliver me today from the temptations of the devil and keep me close to You.

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Arguing: July 6, 2015

TODAY’S WORD FOR MONDAY JULY 6, 2015.

ARGUING

DEFINITION:

To present a reason for or against a thing; oral disagreement; dispute; to persuade or compel by reasoning.

SCRIPTURE:

What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you? You want something but don’t get it. You kill and covet, but you cannot have what you want. You quarrel and fight. James 4:1-2.

Pride only breeds quarrels. Proverbs 13:10.

Do all things without complaining and disputing. Philippians 2:14.

But avoid foolish disputes, for they are unprofitable and useless. Titus 3:9.

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:

The four scriptures we have listed above are a complete sermon in themselves. It tells us exactly what God thinks of arguing. But it seems that people do love to argue, even believers in Jesus who know these scriptures.

Take the time to listen to conversations of two or more people around you and you will soon hear them arguing about anything and everything. This is true among families, neighbors and friends. It is human nature to argue and some people just like to argue for arguments sake.

Even after we become Christians, we have to contend with our sinful nature. Pride is a big factor in arguments. Both parties, in an argument, think they are right and they want it their way. They so believe that they are right they will verbally fight and argue until they are sure they “won” or the other party quits and walks away. But unfortunately, most arguments have bad endings. They lead to the breakup of marriages, loss of jobs, loss of friendships and even in some cases physical harm.

When we argue we are fulfilling a sinful desire. We can conquer our sinful desires by submitting to God and ask Him to take away our pride and change our attitude. When we know Jesus and put our trust in Him, we are expected to do all things without complaining and disputing.

In the verse we have put above from James we see that he asks a question: “What causes fights and quarrels?” He gives us an answer: “You want something and do not get it.” All of us are self-centered but Jesus desires us to be love centered. Jesus desires that we love one another. Not only does He desire that we love one another but He commands it. “My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you” John 15:2. These desires come from within us because of our sinful and corrupt natures. Think about the truth that Paul gives us in Titus 3:9: “Foolish disputes are profitless and useless.”

LEARNING:

Our memory verse for this week is found in John 1:1.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning.

PRAYER:

Give me the strength today to avoid foolish disputes in my life. Help me, dear Lord, to live my life without complaining or arguing with someone. May others see Christ through my life and through my response to issues that in the past have led to arguments. Give me kindness and wisdom to face every issue that comes my way today.

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