Best Amusement Ride In The World

March 10, 2025

KEY FROM GOD’S WORD:

Proverbs 10:25
As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.

 

THOUGHTS ON GOD’S WORD:

   

    Have you ever gone to the carnival or town fair and found one ride that tickles your fancy? I’m talking about the one that, if you could, you would build in your backyard and ride it every day. You get on, get all situated, and then it begins. Nothing else seems to matter for those few minutes. All you can think about is how you feel on the ride at that moment. Then, right in the middle of all this fun, the ride begins to slow down, then stops, and you are ushered off to the side. It is all over.

 

    Although they may not realize it, that is what life is like for lost people in this world. Satan has given them something that distracts them from the reality of life. All they have in mind is the fun for the moment. However, just as the ride at the fair has an end, so does every person’s life. Someday it will all stop, and they will be ushered off into eternity.

 

    Just like a whirlwind that passes, and everyone is talking about it for a while, so is our life. Then, before we know it, it is over, and our life has gone the way of the passing whirlwind. For the lost without Christ, it will be an eternity in hell. However, for the Saved, those who are made righteous by the blood of Jesus Christ, it is an eternity in Heaven. Our Eternity has changed because of the “everlasting foundation” of our life, Jesus.

  

CARRYING THAT THOUGHT THROUGH THE DAY:

 

     Do you know someone who is living on the roller coaster of life? The ride seems to have captivated all their attention. Pray today that you or someone else might get their attention and get them off the ride before it comes to its end. Help set their feet on the solid rock. This rock is Jesus.

 

Do you remember life on that Roller coaster of life?

 

IF YOU ARE JOURNALING:

Ask yourself, what are MY THOUGHTS concerning this Passage, and today’s Devotion?

 

Do I find within this reading a CHALLENGE for my life?

 

What are one or two things I WILL DO today or this week to accept that CHALLENGE?

  

GOD TALKING TO ME:  March 10, 2025

THROUGH THE BIBLE ACCELERATED READING
^{(O.T.-1,   N.T. & PS.-2,   Prov. – Monthly)}
Numbers 10, 11 – Psalm 63
Proverbs 9-10 – John 6-7

 

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
Numbers 21-22 – Mark 1

 

God’s New Living Space

March 8 & 9, 2025

KEY FROM GOD’S WORD:

Numbers 7:89
And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation to speak with him, then he heard the voice of one speaking unto him from off the mercy seat that was upon the ark of testimony, from between the two cherubims: and he spake unto him.

THOUGHTS ON GOD’S WORD:

   

    More amazing than all that God has done for us and all He has prepared for us is the fact that He would even communicate with us at all. After everything we have done, and yes, continue to do, He still desires to speak with us. How amazing is that?

    When Moses had done his best, as God had commanded him to do, his real reward was that God spoke to him. What peace and a sense of satisfaction it had to have been for a man who endeavored to do God’s will. For him to know at the end of the day, God was pleased with him. God spoke with him in that special Holy Place.

    It probably should be amazing to us as well that God would ever desire to speak to us, or even hear from us at all. Just think about it for a moment. Please think of how we treat people around us who have done some silly little insignificant thing that has made us mad. We either yell at them or often will just shut them out completely from our lives. Now consider how in the past we have treated the loving Holy God. It is humbling to imagine God, in Holy perfection, would have a real desire to speak with us, to comfort us, to hold us up, and to love us. Yet, after all we have done to Him, He still loves us. How much? Well in Romans 5:8 it says, “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”

 

  

CARRYING THAT THOUGHT THROUGH THE DAY:

 

    Today, that special Holy Place where God meets with us is in our hearts. No longer does God dwell in the tabernacle built with hands, nor on the lid of an ark. He, through the Holy Spirit, dwells in each one of us who know Him as Saviour. And guess what? He still wants to talk with us today. He does this through His Word and His Spirit. Will you spend a special time with Him today? He is waiting.

Will you spend a special time with Him today?

IF YOU ARE JOURNALING:

Ask yourself, what are MY THOUGHTS concerning this Passage, and today’s Devotion?

Do I find within this reading a CHALLENGE for my life?

What are one or two things I WILL DO today or this week to accept that CHALLENGE?

  

GOD TALKING TO ME:  March 8, 2025

THROUGH THE BIBLE ACCELERATED READING
^{(OT-1,/NT & PS-2,/Prov-Monthly)}
Numbers 7-9 – Psalm 61-62
Proverbs 8 – John 5

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
Numbers 19-20 – Mark 10:32-52

WHAT TO DO ON SUNDAY:

    There will not be a Daily Devotion sent out on Sundays. Instead, we encourage you to attend your church and listen intently to what God has prepared in the heart of your Pastor. Write down all the scriptures he uses in that message, then when you get home re-read those passages for today’s reading. God has given to your Pastor exactly what He desires for you on that day.  

GOD TALKING TO ME:  March 9, 2025

THROUGH THE BIBLE ACCELERATED READING
^{(OT-1,/NT & PS-2,/Prov-Monthly)}
NO READINGS ON SUNDAY

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
NO READINGS ON SUNDAY

Here’s Your Sign

March 7, 2025

KEY FROM GOD’S WORD:

John 4:48
Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.

THOUGHTS ON GOD’S WORD:

   

    I read a story of two ministers who were standing at the side of the road holding a sign that read “Turn Back, The End Is Near.” A driver, seeing the sign, said as he drove past looking in his rear-view mirror, “There are those religious fanatics again, trying to scare people into religion.” About that time, he realized the bridge ahead was out and he slammed on the brakes, but it was too late. He and his car went headlong down into the river below. Hearing the noise, the two ministers went over to see if they could be of any help, but it was too late. The car and driver had been swept downstream in the river’s current and out of sight. The one minister turned and said to the other,” I told you we should have just put “Bridge Is Out” on the sign!”

    It seems today we are telling as many people as possible about the coming disaster of a life of unforgiven sin. However, as the driver who was previously mentioned, most people never hear the story of the love of God. Rather they think we are trying to talk them into RELIGION. Religion will not save you. Only a RELATIONSHIP with Christ will do that. Then, when those who refused the love of God through His Son Jesus do die, I can almost imagine them crying out, “I never saw any sign of this coming!”  

 

CARRYING THAT THOUGHT THROUGH THE DAY:

 

    The sign has been given. Jesus was lifted up on a cross over two thousand years ago. He was buried in a cold dark tomb. Three days later, He rose from that tomb. He ascended into heaven and is pleading the cause of the saints today. You want a sign. How is this one? JESUS LOVED YOU ENOUGH TO DIE FOR YOUR SINS. ACCEPT HIM, AND LIVE. “There’s your sign.”

What other signs might you have seen in Scripture?

IF YOU ARE JOURNALING:

Ask yourself, what are MY THOUGHTS concerning this Passage, and today’s Devotion?

Do I find within this reading a CHALLENGE for my life?

What are one or two things I WILL DO today or this week to accept that CHALLENGE?

  

GOD TALKING TO ME:  March 7, 2025

THROUGH THE BIBLE ACCELERATED READING
^{(OT-1, NT & PS-2, Prov-Monthly)}
Numbers 5, 6 – Psalm 60
Proverbs 7 – John 4

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
Numbers 16-18 – Mark 10:1-31

Plan Your Work, Work Your Plan
March 6, 2025

KEY FROM GOD’S WORD:

Proverbs 6:6-8
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.

 

THOUGHTS ON GOD’S WORD:

   

    Work hard, keep your nose to the grindstone, and make hay while the sun shines. These are sayings many of us heard when we were children. This has often been referred to as the American way. If you stay out of trouble and work hard, you can be anything you want to be. People have proven this to be true over and over again.

 

    However, it seems today, the American way has become waiting for a handout. Looking for someone else to care for life’s needs. I know we have all had hard times and may need occasional help. This is often when the Church you are a member of will also step in to help one another during these times of need. I am not speaking here of those who need occasional assistance, those who are disabled, or people who cannot work. Yet sadly today we find many able-bodied people who have made living by handouts a way of life. Phrases such as, “play while you are young,” “you only go around once,” and “live with gusto,” seem to leave out the idea of planning for tomorrow. The Bible is clear, we are to plan financially, physically, and spiritually.

 

    Scripture also tells us of rewards in heaven if we are diligent to follow God’s leading. Nevertheless, some Christians, who are good providers here in this life, have set up nothing for the life ahead. Matthew 6:19-21 says, “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.”

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CARRYING THAT THOUGHT THROUGH THE DAY:

     Spring is almost here. Most everyone is glad after a cold winter. However, with spring come ants. Everywhere you look, you will see them running here and there. They will start early preparing for next winter. As you see them running around, think to yourself, am I preparing also? Preparing for all that is to come. 

 

How are you preparing for eternity?

 

IF YOU ARE JOURNALING:

Ask yourself, what are MY THOUGHTS concerning this Passage, and today’s Devotion?

 

Do I find within this reading a CHALLENGE for my life?

 

What are one or two things I WILL DO today or this week to accept that CHALLENGE?

 

  

GOD TALKING TO ME:  March 6, 2025

THROUGH THE BIBLE ACCELERATED READING
^{(OT-1, NT & PS-2, Prov-Monthly)}
Numbers 4 – Psalm 59
Proverbs 6 – John 3

 

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
Numbers 15 – Mark 9:30-50