What A Friend!
April 10, 2025

KEY FROM GOD’S WORD:

Psalm 86:7
In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me.

THOUGHTS ON GOD’S WORD:

    Some people say they do not need friends. They have the “I can do it on my own” attitude. Well, either these people are a lot stronger than I am, or they are putting on a front. I could not imagine living life every day with no friends. Friends are there to comfort me in times of sorrow. They encourage me when I get depressed. They are the ones I run to when I have a funny story to tell. They are the ones to whom I tell my greatest accomplishments and share my deepest cares with. These are my Friends, and I thank God for them.

    However, sometimes, in the dark of the night, when you do not wish to wake a friend, my closest friend is always there. Not only does He walk with me through the joys of my life, but also in my deepest troubles. I can call on God twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, and twelve months a year, all my life. Better yet, not only does He listen to my heart, but He also calms my soul. He is a good enough friend to tell me when I am about to make a mistake in life and encourages me with His Holy Spirit when I do what is best. What better friend could a person have? 

 

CARRYING THAT THOUGHT THROUGH THE DAY:

     A hymn we sing in the church comes to mind. “What a friend we have in Jesus, all our sins and grief to bear…” What a friend indeed.

Can you think of a better or closer friend than Jesus?

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:  April 10, 2025

THROUGH THE BIBLE ACCELERATED READING
^{(OT-1, NT & PS-2, Prov-Monthly)}
Deuteronomy 33, 34 – Psalm 86
Proverbs 10 – Acts 16

 

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
Joshua 21-22 – Luke 9:28-62

 

What A Friend!
April 10, 2025

KEY FROM GOD’S WORD:

Psalm 86:7
In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me.

THOUGHTS ON GOD’S WORD:

    Some people say they do not need friends. They have the “I can do it on my own” attitude. Well, either these people are a lot stronger than I am, or they are putting on a front. I could not imagine living life every day with no friends. Friends are there to comfort me in times of sorrow. They encourage me when I get depressed. They are the ones I run to when I have a funny story to tell. They are the ones to whom I tell my greatest accomplishments and share my deepest cares with. These are my Friends, and I thank God for them.

    However, sometimes, in the dark of the night, when you do not wish to wake a friend, my closest friend is always there. Not only does He walk with me through the joys of my life, but also in my deepest troubles. I can call on God twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, and twelve months a year, all my life. Better yet, not only does He listen to my heart, but He also calms my soul. He is a good enough friend to tell me when I am about to make a mistake in life and encourages me with His Holy Spirit when I do what is best. What better friend could a person have? 

 

CARRYING THAT THOUGHT THROUGH THE DAY:

     A hymn we sing in the church comes to mind. “What a friend we have in Jesus, all our sins and grief to bear…” What a friend indeed.

Can you think of a better or closer friend than Jesus?

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:  April 10, 2025

THROUGH THE BIBLE ACCELERATED READING
^{(OT-1, NT & PS-2, Prov-Monthly)}
Deuteronomy 33, 34 – Psalm 86
Proverbs 10 – Acts 16

 

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
Joshua 21-22 – Luke 9:28-62

 

“The Apple Of The Eye!”

April 7, 2025

KEY FROM GOD’S WORD:

Proverbs 7:2
Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.

 

THOUGHTS ON GOD’S WORD:

   

    “The Apple of the Eye!” What does that really mean? Well, I went out on the Internet and asked that question, and here is what I received back from Go English.com.

 

    The apple of your eye is that person (or thing) that you care for the most. Example: “He sure does love his little girl.” Reply: “She’s the apple of his eye.” Example: “You got me the bracelet I wanted!” Reply: “Yes, I knew it was the apple of your eye.”

 

    The original meaning of the apple of your eye is the pupil or the round black spot in the middle of the eye. It is as if that person’s reflection can be seen in the pupil (“apple”) of your eye. Example: “Everyone knew they would get married someday. She was always the apple of his eye.”

 

    It makes you feel good to look at the person who is the apple of your eye. From a famous love song: “You are the apple of my eye. That’s why I’ll always be with you.”

 

    Using these definitions, is God’s Word, “the apple of thine eye?” Is it, “What you care for most?” Is your life a reflection of God’s Word? Do you feel good looking into God’s Word? God wants His Word to be the Apple of our Eye.   

  

CARRYING THAT THOUGHT THROUGH THE DAY:

   

    Today as you read through the verses on the pages of the Holy Bible remember, God is speaking through that page to your heart. He, more than anything, wants to be the “Apple of Thine Eye.”

 

Who or what has become the “Apple of your Eye?”

 

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:  April 7, 2025

THROUGH THE BIBLE ACCELERATED READING
^{(O.T.-1,   N.T. & PS.-2,   Prov. – Monthly)}
Deuteronomy 28 – Psalm 83
Proverbs 6-7 – Acts 15 & Galatians 1, 2

 

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
Joshua 12-14 – Luke 8:1-40