DEVOTIONS

A Quarter Or A Dollar?
April 1, 2024

DAILY PROVERB:

Proverbs 8:8-10
All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them. They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge. Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.

OUTLOOK ON THE IN BOOK:

    I heard a story once about a man who was made fun of by the people in town. They considered him to be a little eccentric. The reason for their continual harassment was this: Every day, the man would walk into the local diner. A group of men would gather around him and ask, “Hey mister, would you rather have this shiny silver quarter or this ugly old paper dollar?” Every single day, he would reply, “I’ll take the shiny quarter.” They would give him the quarter and then have a big laugh over the seemingly silly decision he had made.

    After many months of this happening, one person from the diner decided to befriend the man. While getting to know him, they realized he was not crazy or even a little off at all. He was just like everyone else in the room, and maybe even a little wiser. When the man was asked why he always took the quarter over the dollar, his answer was, “I have been playing this game with them for years. I get twenty-five cents a day for six days a week. That’s one dollar and fifty cents a week. At the end of a year, I have seventy-eight dollars. As long as I take the quarter and the teasing, I continue to get the money. Once I take the dollar, the game will be over, and I won’t get anything anymore.”

    Today’s verses are not saying there’s anything wrong with silver or gold. However, money won’t help you get wisdom. Wisdom, on the other hand, will help you get all you need. That’s the right kind of wisdom, God’s wisdom.

      

THE WORD WALKING IN ME:

    Remember our main author of Proverbs, Solomon. There was a time when God offered him anything, and he desired wisdom. What he received was wisdom and all that came with it. He was considered the wealthiest man on the planet. Why? It was because he was not looking for money; he was looking to God. Look to God to supply all your needs and seek His wisdom.

 

What is it that you have set your heart on obtaining?

 

IF YOU ARE JOURNALING:

Ask yourself, what are MY THOUGHTS concerning this Passage, and todays 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: APRIL 1, 2024

THROUGH THE BIBLE WITH A DAILY PROVERBS
    Ruth 1-4
   Proverbs 8:8-10

 

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
   Joshua 1-3
   Luke 6:1-19

 

WEEKEND REVIEW
March 30 & 31, 2024

Proverbs 8:6

Hear; for I will speak
of excellent things;
and the opening of my lips
shall be right things.

Work Week Devotions
Through The Book Of Proverbs

     What a joy it has been to be with you this past week. I pray these WORK WEEK DEVOTIONS have been a blessing to you as well. To receive them daily in your e-mail box go to LIHWMinistries Sign-Up Page – Living In His Word Ministries and sign up. Each day these devotions will be delivered directly in your e-mail box.

      As previously mentioned, with WORK WEEK DEVOTIONS, we will only be publishing Devotional Thoughts Monday – Friday.

     On Saturday we suggest you re-read the entire chapter we have been studying this week, and if we will be going into the following chapter the next week, we encourage you to read that chapter as well.       

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WEEK 12 – Day 6:

On Saturday, we suggest you re-read the Proverb we have written from this past week and the week to come.

Proverbs 7-8

WEEK 12 – Day 7:

Today we suggest you read and study whatever the Lord has laid on your Pastor’s heart. Whatever Scripture he uses for today’s messages were given to him by God for your specific needs.

THROUGH THE BIBLE
OLD & NEW TESTAMENT TODAY AND TOMORROW:

March 30,
Deuteronomy 32–34
Luke 5:27-39

March 31,
No Passages Assigned

NEXT WEEKS UPCOMING SCHEUDLES:

SCHEDULE 1 – Bible In a Year – with Proverbs Study 

April 1
Ruth 1 – 4
Proverbs 8:8 – 10
April 2
1 Samuel 1 – 4
Proverbs 8:11 – 14
April 3
1 Samuel 5 – 10
Proverbs 8:15 – 18
April 4
1 Samuel 11 – 14
Proverbs 8:19 – 22
April 5
1 Samuel 15 – 17
Proverbs 8:23 – 25
April 6
Proverbs 8 – 9
April 7
No Passages Assigned

 

SCHEDULE 2 – Old & New Testament

April 1
Joshua 1-3
Luke 6:1-19
April 2
Joshua 4-6
Luke 6:20-49
April 3
Joshua 7-9
Luke 7:1-35
April 4
Joshua 10-11
Luke 7:36-50
April 5
Joshua 12-14
Luke 8:1-40
April 6
Joshua 15-17
Luke 8:41-56
April 7
No Passages Assigned

Now Where Did I Leave It?
March 29th, 2024

DAILY PROVERB:

Proverbs 8:5-7
O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart. Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things. For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

OUTLOOK ON THE IN BOOK:

        Have you ever lost something, anything? It doesn’t have to be something big. In fact, the smaller the item, the harder it seems for us to find it. You search everywhere. First, you look in the obvious places. Then you begin to search in weird places. You start looking for things like keys in the cookie jar or in the refrigerator, as if you somehow lost your mind and decided to chill the car keys. (OK, for those of you who went to the fridge to get something and accidentally left your keys in there, I’m sorry, I did not mean to say you lost your mind.)

 

      The next thing we all do is blame everyone else in the house for our lost item. The kids, the wife, and the friends you had over last night – someone must have mistakenly taken them. Next, we blame everyone who even walked past the house. Maybe the mail carrier took the keys. Finally, you ask the dog, “What did you do with my keys?”

 

      Guess where you will find your lost item? You know, don’t you? Usually, it is right where you left it.

 

      So where do you think you might find out about real truth, real knowledge, and real wisdom? You’ll find it exactly where it has always been, from the beginning, in the pages of God’s Word. Who can find it? Anyone who looks for it can find it.

 

    It calls to the simple ones, the young, begging them not to make foolish mistakes in their lives. It calls to those of us who foolishly thought that at one time we knew everything about life when we really knew nothing at all. Truth, knowledge, and wisdom have always been in the same place, in God’s Word.

THE WORD WALKING IN ME:

   Life began by the wisdom of God. Life is sustained by the wisdom of God. Eternal life was designed and delivered by the wisdom of God. It only makes sense, then, to live by the same wisdom. Seek the wisdom of God so He may bless your life.

Is real TRUTH so hard to find?

IF YOU ARE JOURNALING:

Ask yourself, what are MY THOUGHTS concerning this Passage, and todays 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 29th, 2024

THROUGH THE BIBLE WITH A DAILY PROVERBS
   Judges 18 – Judges 21
   Proverbs 8:5 – 7

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
  Deuteronomy 29-31
  Luke 5:1-26

Now Where Did I Leave It?
March 29, 2024

DAILY PROVERB:

Proverbs 8:5-7
O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart. Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things. For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

OUTLOOK ON THE IN BOOK:

        Have you ever lost something, anything? It doesn’t have to be something big. In fact, the smaller the item, the harder it seems for us to find it. You search everywhere. First, you look in the obvious places. Then you begin to search in weird places. You start looking for things like keys in the cookie jar or in the refrigerator, as if you somehow lost your mind and decided to chill the car keys. (OK, for those of you who went to the fridge to get something and accidentally left your keys in there, I’m sorry, I did not mean to say you lost your mind.)

      The next thing we all do is blame everyone else in the house for our lost item. The kids, the wife, and the friends you had over last night – someone must have mistakenly taken them. Next, we blame everyone who even walked past the house. Maybe the mail carrier took the keys. Finally, you ask the dog, “What did you do with my keys?”

      Guess where you will find your lost item? You know, don’t you? Usually, it is right where you left it.

      So where do you think you might find out about real truth, real knowledge, and real wisdom? You’ll find it exactly where it has always been, from the beginning, in the pages of God’s Word. Who can find it? Anyone who looks for it can find it.

    It calls to the simple ones, the young, begging them not to make foolish mistakes in their lives. It calls to those of us who foolishly thought that at one time we knew everything about life when we really knew nothing at all. Truth, knowledge, and wisdom have always been in the same place, in God’s Word.

THE WORD WALKING IN ME:

   Life began by the wisdom of God. Life is sustained by the wisdom of God. Eternal life was designed and delivered by the wisdom of God. It only makes sense, then, to live by the same wisdom. Seek the wisdom of God so He may bless your life.

Is real TRUTH so hard to find?

IF YOU ARE JOURNALING:

Ask yourself, what are MY THOUGHTS concerning this Passage, and todays 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 29, 2024

THROUGH THE BIBLE WITH A DAILY PROVERBS
   Judges 18 – Judges 21
   Proverbs 8:5 – 7

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
  Deuteronomy 29-31
  Luke 5:1-26

Warning: This May Self-destruct
March 28, 2024

DAILY PROVERB:

Proverbs 8:1- 4
Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice? She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths. She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors. Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.

OUTLOOK ON THE IN BOOK:

    Some things are logical; they just make sense. Things such as putting your bare hand in fire will result in a burn, or stepping in front of a speeding car will lead to injury. As a song once said, there are things you just do not do, like taking the Lone Ranger’s mask off or tugging on Superman’s cape. The best one was, you don’t spit into the wind. I hope that needs no explanation.

    Yet today, we have warning signs on everything because, in today’s society, logic seems to have gone out the window. On a fast-food restaurant’s coffee cup, there are the words “Hot Coffee may be Hot.” Well, duh! Unless you ordered a Frappuccino, you would hope the coffee is hot. Have we gone crazy? On a curling iron, there is a warning that says, “For external use only.” On the side of a jar of peanuts, there’s a warning saying, “Warning: contains nuts!” What should be pure logic does not always seem to be so anymore. However, this is nothing new.

    In today’s verses, Solomon says that wisdom and knowledge are calling out for people to come and acquire them. They’re beckoning from the hilltop, the city gates, and along the paths of life. Everywhere the path of life intersects with reality, we should acknowledge the fact that we do not live forever and need to contemplate eternity. The truth of the gospel is proclaiming, “Jesus Saves,” because that simply makes good logical sense. It’s logical to believe that the creator of all life would love His creation and desire to save it. However, all too often, we’ve let logic go by the wayside and pursue our own desires. Maybe God should put a warning label on newborns, something like “WARNING: Without Jesus, This Creation Will Self Destruct.”

   
 

THE WORD WALKING IN ME:

    God has been proclaiming His wisdom to us through the ages by various means – through the church, His Word, His mercy toward sinful man, and His supplied grace. What is He saying? “I Love You…Come to Me… I will help you.” 

Doesn’t that sound logical to you?

IF YOU ARE JOURNALING:

Ask yourself, what are MY THOUGHTS concerning this Passage, and todays 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 28, 2024

THROUGH THE BIBLE WITH A DAILY PROVERBS
    Judges 13 – Judges 17
   Proverbs 8:1 – 4

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
   Deuteronomy 28
   Luke 4:14-44