JULY 9 & 10, 2022
Daily Reading – Ezra 1-3 / Acts 10:23-48

WHAT GOD HAS SAID:

Acts 10:25-26 And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him. But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man.

WHAT I HAVE SEEN:

     Today many Evangelists and Preachers have made a name for themselves. We see them on TV, hear them on the radio, and find their books and CDs on the Internet. Most of them have not really sought for fame. They have simply preached the Word and man elevated them to this place of recognition. However, they, and we need to remember who is to be worshiped.

     Peter had also become famous for what God had done through him. Yet when Cornelius bowed to him, He said, “I myself also am a man.” There is nothing wrong with showing respect to the man of God who delivers the Word of God. Nevertheless, we must be careful to never worship man and only worship God.

WHAT WILL YOU DO:

Are you worshiping God only or a man also?

WHAT TO DO ON SUNDAY:

     On Sundays, we encourage you to attend your local 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.

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

JULY 8, 2022
Daily Reading – 2 Chron. 34-36 / Acts 10:1-22

WHAT GOD HAS SAID:

Acts 10:15 And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.

WHAT I HAVE SEEN:

     There Is a chorus we sing which says, “I shall not be, I shall not be moved.” The Chorus is saying that God’s Word is solid and that we should live by what it says. However, we need to know what God has really said, not what man has implied. We sometimes get so entrenched in our religion that we no longer really care if God said it or not, that Is just how we do it.

     Peter did not eat certain foods he called common. God met him in a vision and said, “What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.” God had challenged Peter’s traditions.

     Sometimes the Bible will challenge our traditions as well. God said, He cleanses and washes away sin. Yet sometimes we have trouble believing they are gone from others, and us.

WHAT WILL YOU DO:

When God says it is clean, doesn’t that make it clean?

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

JULY 7, 2022
Daily Reading – 2 Chron. 31-33 / Acts 9:20-43

WHAT GOD HAS SAID:

Acts 9:26-27 And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed not that he was a disciple. But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus.

WHAT I HAVE SEEN:

  Saul was not a nice guy. Not a nice guy at all. At least, the Saul of the past that is. He would go around, gathering up those who professed faith in Christ, and bring them back to be killed for their faith. He even gained the authority from those in power to do so. Therefore, when he accepted Christ as Saviour, many people were very skeptical of his salvation and afraid of him. Yet Barnabas stood up for him, and with him.

  Sometimes young Christians get the same feeling, that people do not really believe they are saved. The sin in their past, though washed away by the blood of Christ, makes some people skeptical. Sometimes the new believer needs a Barnabas to stand with them in their new life in Christ.

WHAT WILL YOU DO:

Would you help someone in his or her new life
and be someone’s Barnabas?

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

JULY 6, 2022
Daily Reading – 2 Chron. 28-30 / Acts 9:1-19

WHAT GOD HAS SAID:

Acts 9:10 And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and to him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord.

WHAT I HAVE SEEN:

     Acts 9 tells of the wonderful account of Saul’s Damascus Road conversion to Christ. Saul, who is also the Apostle Paul, began many New Testament churches, wrote the majority of the New Testament by the leading of the Holy Spirit, and did some mighty wonderful things for God. We might get caught up in that story and miss another great man as well.

     Ananias was a devote man of God. Not an apostle, not a pastor, nor a prophet. Just a faithful man, who when called upon by God was listening and responded with, “Behold, I am here, Lord.” God did not call us all to be the next great preacher or teacher. However, He does expect us to be ready when He calls.

WHAT WILL YOU DO:

Would you be listening today and ready to say,
“Behold, I am here, Lord” if He called you today?

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

JULY 5, 2022
Daily Reading – 2 Chron. 24-27 / Acts 8

WHAT GOD HAS SAID:

Acts 8:30-31 And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest? And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.

WHAT I HAVE SEEN:

  With all the versions of the Bible out there, which all claim to simplify and modernize the language, you would think that the Bible would be totally distributed to everyone and completely understood. Yet today there is more Bible illiteracy than you might imagine. Many people have a bible; some even read it on occasion. Yet they do not seem to understand it.

  Philip came upon a man who had God’s Word, was reading it, but did not understand it. He asked Philip, “sit with me,” or in other words, teach me. There are many people today just like him. People who have a Bible. People you could help in understanding, but they are afraid to ask. Maybe all they need is someone to ask them a Bible question and take time to sit with them.

WHAT WILL YOU DO:

Who do you know that you might ask?

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