Some Things You Should Not Put Off

APRIL 27, 2021

KEY FROM GOD’S WORD:

Proverbs 27:1 Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

THOUGHT ON GOD’S WORD:

        “Let me see, what do I have on my calendar for tomorrow.” Sound familiar?

      We all make plans for the future. Organization is a great tool. God even encourages us to do things in an orderly fashion. However, sometimes we put things off and plan to do on another day, which should be taken care of today. Things such as telling a friend about Christ or showing a Christian brother or sister that we love them. Matters of encouragement to our children and spouse, letting them know they are first in our life. We should be doing these things now rather than later.

       The most important thing of all that you should never put off until tomorrow is knowing for sure where you will spend eternity. Our verse today, Proverbs 27:1 tells us why it is so important to do this today. That is because we really do not know what tomorrow holds in store. Only God knows that, and He is not telling.

CARRYING THAT THOUGHT THROUGH THE DAY:

         Do you know Christ as your Lord and Saviour? Romans 10:9-11 says, “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.”

     A simple prayer of confession from your heart to God is all He is waiting to hear. Something like, “God please forgive me of my sin. I believe Jesus died for my sin, rose, and is coming again. I believe His blood paid the price for all my sin, Amen.”

     When should you pray this prayer? Right now, trust Him today. When you do, please let us know. Our e-mail: LIHW@LivingInHisWord.com. Call a Bible Believing Church in your area, ask the Pastor to help you in your newfound life in Christ. They will rejoice with you in your decisions.

GOD TALKING TO ME:  APRIL 01, 2021

THROUGH THE BIBLE ACCELERATED READING  (O.T.-1/N.T. & PS.-2/Prov.-Monthly)
Judges 10, 11     /     Psalm 100     /     Proverbs 27     /     2 Corinthians 1, 2

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
  1 Samuel 2-4          /    Luke 16:18-31

Living In His Word Ministries

       “Getting people into the Word of God…
                               … and the Word of God into people.”

Dr. Franklin J. Senters Th.D.
Founder and Executive Director
Hebrews 2:12

What Can God Get Out Of My Failures? 

APRIL 26, 2021

KEY FROM GOD’S WORD:

Psalm 99:8 Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions.

THOUGHT ON GOD’S WORD:

  Oh, how wonderful it is that God forgives us of our sins. All our sins were washed away on the day we put our faith in Jesus and asked Him to come into our lives. However, is there still a price to pay for our sin?

  The short answer is, YES. If we commit sin, we often must pay the earthly penalty for those sins. Can a thief be forgiven? YES! Does he still need to pay for his crime? YES!

  The good news is, God can now take what was a punishment and turn it into a blessing. How you might ask? By teaching others how not to fall into the same pits of sin which we had fallen into. We can walk with those who are struggling in the similar areas of life as we were. God can use anything to glorify Himself if we will allow Him to.

  What a wonderful truth to know that God forgives our sin even if we must pay an earthly price for them. Nevertheless, in heaven it is gone. In the presence of God, our sin is washed in the blood of His precious Son Jesus Christ.
   

CARRYING THAT THOUGHT THROUGH THE DAY:

  When faced with paying the earthly price for our sin, we should ask God to use even this to glorify Himself. Not asking how can we get out of this situation, but what can God get out of this with our life?

GOD TALKING TO ME:  APRIL 26, 2021

THROUGH THE BIBLE ACCELERATED READING  (O.T.-1/N.T. & PS.-2/Prov.-Monthly)
Judges 8-9          /     Psalm 99     /     Proverbs 25-26     /     1 Corinthians 16

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
Ruth 3-1 Samuel 1     /     Luke 16:1-17

Living In His Word Ministries

       “Getting people into the Word of God…
                               … and the Word of God into people.”

Dr. Franklin J. Senters Th.D.
Founder and Executive Director
Hebrews 2:12

Somewhat Childish 

APRIL 24 & 25, 2021

KEY FROM GOD’S WORD:

1 Corinthians 13:11When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

THOUGHT ON GOD’S WORD:

    Imagine with me for a minute, you walk into a room and in the center of that room you see someone playing with Barbie dolls and having a pretend tea party with an imaginary friend. In the next room, you see someone playing with GI Joe army men and plastic tanks and you hear them going, “boom, boom,” pretending to blow up a cereal box fortress. Sounds like a couple of children having a blast. However, what if I told you the people playing in the rooms were 45 years old and this is all they ever do? You would probably think, Oh, how sad, they must have grown up physically but never grown up psychologically.

    Now think on the life of today’s so-called mature Christians. Are they still playing with their childish ways? Some people do not want to grow up spiritually. They received salvation and said that is enough for me. However, this is not enough. There is so much more as we grow in the Lord. We should be going to church at every opportunity to learn more and more about Our Christian Walk, Jesus, God, The Holy Spirit, Evangelism, Soul Winning, Bible Study, Teaching Others, Serving God, Worship, and this is the small list. If you have all those mastered, then you are doing great. However, if you are like me, I learn more and more every day. As we look at people who have been saved for 20 and 30 years who have not grown, what should we be saying? That is OK, that is their choice in life. Or, oh how sad, they never grew up spiritually. Immature Christians are missing so much more of what God has to offer.

CARRYING THAT THOUGHT THROUGH THE DAY:

    Psalm 119:18 says, “Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.” I pray this almost every time I open the pages of God’s Word. You know what? If I am genuinely looking for Him to show me something, He does open my spiritual eyes and teaches me something new wonderful!

GOD TALKING TO ME:  APRIL 24, 2021

THROUGH THE BIBLE ACCELERATED READING  (O.T.-1/N.T. & PS.-2/Prov.-Monthly)
Judges 5-7     /     Psalm 97-98     /     Proverbs 24     /     1 Corinthians 13-15

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
  Judges 21-Ruth 2        /     Luke 15

Living In His Word Ministries

       “Getting people into the Word of God…
                               … and the Word of God into people.”

Dr. Franklin J. Senters Th.D.
Founder and Executive Director
Hebrews 2:12

How Shall We Describe You? 

APRIL 23, 2021

KEY FROM GOD’S WORD:

Proverbs 23:29-30 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.

THOUGHT ON GOD’S WORD:

   People will try to defend every imaginable sin and use the Bible to do so. I have heard otherwise reasonable people try to defend the drinking of alcohol saying, “the Bible talks about drinking, so it must be ok.” Well, that is true; the Bible does talk of drinking. It also talks of crucifixions, are you interested in one of those? It speaks of being whipped until left for dead, anyone up for that. Just because the Bible speaks on a subject does not mean it endorses the use of it unless it says so, or the scripture in its entirety says so.

   Some have said, “Well I am not getting drunk when I drink.” One might as then why do you drink? The common answer is, “I do it to be sociable.” You mean to tell me the crowd you run with would not find you sociable if you did not have a drink in your hand. Maybe you are hanging with the wrong crowd then.

   The Bible is clear here on what it thinks of drinking. It paints a perfectly accurate picture. It says look not at the wine, “when it moveth itself aright.” Do you know when that happens? It is when juice is fermenting. It is when it is purposefully turned into an alcoholic drink by adding something to it.

   Next, how does the Bible describe people who will not heed the warning? It says they who are troubled, sorry, problem ridden, babbling, falling down, and drunk. Hum, are these the words you want people to use when they describe you? I PRAY NOT!

   Alcohol is a killer both physically and spiritually. It ruins homes, careers, lives, and testimonies. If you want to be sociable with a real friend, be sociable with God and His Word first.   

CARRYING THAT THOUGHT THROUGH THE DAY:

  Finding scripture to justify sin is hard. You must be willing to turn a blind eye to the rest of the book to do so. Let’s not try to make sin ok. Instead, let us make our life ok in God’s eyes.

GOD TALKING TO ME:  APRIL 23, 2021

THROUGH THE BIBLE ACCELERATED READING  (O.T.-1/N.T. & PS.-2/Prov.-Monthly)
Judges 3, 4     /     Psalm 96     /     Proverbs 23     /     1 Corinthians 11, 12

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
Judges 19-20           /  Luke 14

Living In His Word Ministries

       “Getting people into the Word of God…
                               … and the Word of God into people.”

Dr. Franklin J. Senters Th.D.
Founder and Executive Director
Hebrews 2:12

God Loves To Hear You Sing 

APRIL 22, 2021

KEY FROM GOD’S WORD:

Psalm 95:1 O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.

THOUGHT ON GOD’S WORD:

    Music is a wonderful gift from God. It seems everyone likes some form of music. It can also be used for so many different things. It can calm a person with its soft melodies. It is used in battle, loudly blaring 24 hours a day to keep people from sleep and drive them crazy. A trumpet will sound a tune to call people to battle or to wake them from sleep. In church, it is used to sing praises to God. Music is truly a gift from God. How then can we use it for His good? The Bible tells us to, “make a joyful noise to the rock of our Salvation.” It says we are to, “sing unto the Lord.” God loves to hear us sing. Even if we do not have the voice of an angel, God loves to hear us when praises to Him come floating off our lips and from our heart. I believe it does at least three things.

    1. I believe God loves the sound of our voice. Could you imagine hearing your child in the back yard singing for everyone to hear, “O how wonderful is my mom, she loves me like no other, O how special is my dad, God could not make another.” Wouldn’t that melt your heart? Would it matter to you if they were singing on key or not? No way! I believe God loves to hear us sing His praises in the same way.

  2. It lifts your spirits to sing the praise of your God. It will make your day so much brighter as you sing of our Wonderful Redeemer. As you sing the Wondrous Love of Jesus, the joy from the Lord will overshadow you.

  3. I like this one. I believe it drives Satan MAD!!!

CARRYING THAT THOUGHT THROUGH THE DAY:

    Find a place all to yourself today and sing, What a Mighty God We Serve, or Amazing Grace, or Jesus Loves Me. Whatever comes to your heart, Just Sing.

GOD TALKING TO ME:  APRIL 22, 2021

THROUGH THE BIBLE ACCELERATED READING  (O.T.-1/N.T. & PS.-2/Prov.-Monthly)
Judges 1, 2     /     Psalm 95     /     Proverbs 22     /     1 Corinthians 9, 10

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
Judges 16-18           /    Luke 13:18-35

Living In His Word Ministries

       “Getting people into the Word of God…
                               … and the Word of God into people.”

Dr. Franklin J. Senters Th.D.
Founder and Executive Director
Hebrews 2:12