SEPTEMBER 9, 2022 – I Wanted That!

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  I Wanted That!

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
Daily Reading – Pro. 4-5 / 1 Co. 12

WHAT GOD HAS SAID:

1 Corinthians 12:12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.

WHAT I HAVE SEEN:

  Have you ever watched children in a room with toys? One child will pick a toy and be content. When another child comes into the room and picks up another toy, often the first child will want that one. It did not appear appealing until they saw someone else enjoying it.
  Too often church members are like little children. They are happy using the gift God has given them until they see someone else enjoying how God gifted them. Then they think they want that gift instead. If they try to do whatever they were not gifted to do, they soon find it not so enjoyable and become miserable. Why, because that is not what God gifted them to do.

WHAT WILL YOU DO:

Wouldn’t we find life more enjoyable if we could just enjoy serving God with the gifts He gave us?

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

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2022 – What Did You Come For?

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  What Did You Come For?

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
Daily Reading – Pro. 1-3 / 1 Co. 11

WHAT GOD HAS SAID:

1 Corinthians 11:17-18 Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse. For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it.

WHAT I HAVE SEEN:

  I heard a story of a man and his wife talking on their ride home from church. The wife said to her husband, “Did you see Miss Margaret’s new hat?” The husband replied, “Uh, no, I guess I missed it.” She said, “Oh, well did you see Mr. Bill’s new suit?” He again replied, “Well no, I guess I missed that too.” She turned and sternly said, “What do you even go to church for?”
  The sad truth is that many people go to church for the wrong reasons. Some go to gawk at others, some to gossip with others, and some to grumble about others. Paul addresses this in 1 Cor. 11:17-18. He said if you go for the wrong reason, “I praise you not.” Going for the wrong reasons will cause divisions, not delight.

WHAT WILL YOU DO:

For what reason do you go to church?

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

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2022 – It Is Not Uncommon

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  It Is Not Uncommon

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
Daily Reading – Psa. 144-150 / 1 Co. 10

WHAT GOD HAS SAID:

1 Corinthians 10:13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

WHAT I HAVE SEEN:

  Paul begins this chapter of 1 Corinthians 10 telling the readers, “I would not that ye should be ignorant.” As he goes on, he speaks of the many things the children of Israel did way back when they left Egypt and wandered in the desert on their way to the Promised land of Israel. He warns the church not to make those same mistakes in life that Israel made thousands of years before. Did Paul think they had not learned anything over thousands of years? Yup!
  In fact, these sins are not uncommon today. The temptations today may have undergone a facelift, yet underneath they are still the same. Nevertheless, God is faithful to make a way to escape, just as He did back then.

WHAT WILL YOU DO:

Are we looking for the escape, or the excuse?

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

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2022 – Do Not Be A Castaway

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  Do Not Be A Castaway

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
Psa. 138-143 / 1 Co. 9

WHAT GOD HAS SAID:

1 Corinthians 9:27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.

WHAT I HAVE SEEN:

  We have all heard of someone who has said something like, “I don’t want to go to Church, they are just a bunch of Hypocrites.” At that moment you want to tell them, “Well there is always room for one more!” However, politeness does not allow that. The problem is one that Paul addressed here in 1 Corinthians 9:27.
  Paul said we must all watch how we live our lives. Keeping fleshly desires in subjection, or under control. Otherwise, when we tell someone of how much we love God, His Word, and His church, they may look at our lifestyle and think, “REALLY, what you are saying and how you live do not match up.” At that moment our testimony, and their desire for Christ is then cast away.

WHAT WILL YOU DO:

You don’t want to be a castaway, do you?

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

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2022 – It’s Not The Stuff

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  It’s Not The Stuff

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022
Daily Reading – Psa. 130-137 / 1 Co. 8

WHAT GOD HAS SAID:

1 Corinthians 8:8-9 But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse. But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.

WHAT I HAVE SEEN:

     There are activities and products that churches recommend people abstain from. In the past, they were never questioned. People saw them as sinful and did not do them. Today however, everything is questioned. Young people especially are asking why they cannot do those things. How unsatisfying is the answer, “because I say so.” When an adult no longer has the “say so,” the young person will likely try it.
      As today’s verses say, it is not always the STUFF that is bad, but rather how it causes others to question the testimony of Christ in us. An unsaved person may wonder, why do I need Christ if this person who says they are saved does that to?

WHAT WILL YOU DO:

Isn’t someone’s eternal life worth considering before we do something?

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

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