Could God Say No?

January 15, 2020

DAILY PROVERBS:

Proverbs 1:25-28 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:

OUTLOOK ON THE IN BOOK:

      Have you ever heard the old saying, “what goes around comes around?” That has proven generally, to be a fair statement concerning life. The Bible says it a number of different ways. Galatians 6:7 says; “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.” It’s the same idea. God is extremely patient with us. He doesn’t, at the first sign of sin, cast us aside. 

     Nevertheless, God will not be patient forever. I know this may be hard for some people to swallow, but that’s what the Bible says. It says; His wisdom will laugh at our problems. Why? Because when He was crying out to us to obtain this same wisdom, we laughed at Him. Now, when things fall apart because we wouldn’t listen, as we look back at His wisdom that would have worked, it’s too late. It’s seen as an unattainable truth. What goes around comes around. What we sow we reap. 

     In 2 Thessalonians 2:11-12 it says “And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.” God will give people what they thought they wanted. People have tried to change this passage to say everything but what it says. It’s the New Testament upholding the Old Testament. It’s proof that God doesn’t change. Just like our verses today say, when terrible trouble comes “Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:” The truth is always the truth. Oh what a terrible thing to think, that God might someday have to say no!

THE WORD WALKING IN ME:

     The Bible says today’s the day saints and sinners alike should get things right with Him. He’s still calling. Begging you to accept His wisdom, and new life. Will you accept today? Wisdom is calling.

GOD TALKING TO ME:

JANUARY 14, 2020

THROUGH THE BIBLE WITH DAILY PROVERBS
 Genesis 29 – 31          Proverbs 1:25-28

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
 Genesis 35-37              Matthew 12:1-37     

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

What Will You Do With Wisdom?

January 14, 2020

DAILY PROVERBS:

Proverbs 1:21-24 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you. Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;

OUTLOOK ON THE IN BOOK:

      If you go to court most any given day, you’ll find someone standing before a judge with the defense of, “I didn’t know that was against the law!” Although this may be the truth, (howbeit doubtful), the judge will likely say; “ignorance of the law is no excuse.” In other words, take time to find out the rules of this town before coming here. Some judges will extend grace if they honestly believe they were unaware. That’s up to each judge.

     God is making the same plea. He has given us wisdom, and it is apparent everywhere. It’s in common sense that tells us about right and wrong. It’s not hidden in a secret place, or in a library in one book among billions. Wisdom is displayed in today’s Proverb as a woman saying come and learn, but people won’t listen, and go their own way. I’ve heard people say, “what will it take to get your attention?” That’s the lesson here. 

     Three groups of people are addressed:

• The Simple Ones; these are the young who have not learned. They have their life ahead, and decisions to make.
  
  
• The Scorners; those living in sin, making fun of what’s right, but in the back of their mind, they wonder.
  
  
• Finally, The Fools; those who have hardened their heart against God, and his wisdom.

     Each started life in the same place, with equal opportunities as wisdom calls. 

THE WORD WALKING IN ME:

    As wisdom calls through the pages of God’s Word, what will you do? Will you hear it, and leave without it? Hear it, and make fun, or refuse to hear? These choices leave you alone, and without God. You could however, learn it, love it, and God will guide you. What will you do with WISDOM?

GOD TALKING TO ME:

JANUARY 14, 2020
THROUGH THE BIBLE WITH DAILY PROVERBS
 Genesis 26 – 28          Proverbs 1:21-24

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
 Genesis 33 – 34              Matthew 11:20-30     

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

It Can’t Happen To Me!

January 13

DAILY PROVERBS:

Proverbs 1:18-20 And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives. So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof. Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:

OUTLOOK ON THE IN BOOK:

      Not me! It can’t happen to me! That’s the attitude we all have. Somehow, in us, we believe that bad things only happen to other people, and we’re somehow supermen. “It can never happen to me.” Truth is, bad things happen to everyone.

      However, wouldn’t it be somewhat foolish to make bad things happen, and then complain about it? Would you take a knife and begin to saw off one of your fingers, all the while screaming and crying, “please stop this hurts.” No. You would just stop. Still, people today have the advantage in their life of seeing what the harmful effects of drugs, alcohol, tobacco, pornography, greed, and hatred have done to others, and yet they continually fall into the same old traps. Somehow, they think they’ll be able to stop whenever they want to. That’s just one more of Satan’s hooks, that as our verses says, “taketh away the life of the owner.” 

      I’ve sat with alcoholics and drug addicts after years of abuse, as they go through withdrawals. Watching the sorrow and pain they now endure. Listening as they beg, “please make it quit,” referring to the physical pain their addiction is now causing. I’ve listened to people dying of lung cancer, who’ve been told tobacco is what caused it. Yet they sit with a cigarette in their mouth saying, “I wished I’d never started this.” Ted Bundy is reported to have said in an interview, just before being put to death as a sex offender and serial killer, that he believed his lust began for him in his youth through pornography. What a trap people often set for themselves.

 THE WORD WALKING IN ME:

      Will you fall into the worst trap of all? The trap of lying to yourself by saying, “It can’t happen to me.” That’s exactly what everyone has said. Yet it happens!

 

GOD TALKING TO ME:

January 13
THROUGH THE BIBLE WITH DAILY PROVERBS
 Genesis 23-25          Proverbs 1:18-20  

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
Genesis 31-32           Matthew 11:1-19

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

Weekend Preview

January 11th & 12th 

Proverbs 1:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.   Work Week Devotions Through the Book of Proverbs      As previously mentioned, with WORK WEEK DEVOTIONS, we will only be publishing a Devotional Thought on Monday – Friday. On Saturday we suggest you re-read the entire chapter we have been studying through, and if we will be going into the following chapter the next week, we encourage you to read that chapter as well.        There are never Devotions on Sunday.       Thank you for joining us as we Journey together Through Proverbs in 2020.   WEEK 1 – Day 6 On Saturday, we suggest you re-read the Proverb we have written from this past week and the week to come. Proverbs 1-2   WEEK 1 – 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 WITH DAILY PROVERBS     January 13, 2020    Genesis 23 – Genesis 25    Proverbs 1:18-21     January 14, 2020    Genesis 26 – Genesis 28    Proverbs 1:22-24     January 15, 2020    Genesis 29 – Genesis 31    Proverbs 1:25-28     January 16, 2020    Genesis 32 – Genesis 35    Proverbs 1:29-33     January 17, 2020    Genesis 36 – Genesis 39    Proverbs 2:1-2     January 18, 2020    Proverbs 1-2     January 19, 2020    No Passages Assigned       THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY     January 13, 2020    Genesis 31-32     Matthew 11:1-19     January 14, 2020    Genesis 33-34     Matthew 11:20-30     January 15, 2020    Genesis 35-37     Matthew 12:1-37     January 16, 2020    Genesis 38-39     Matthew 12:38-50     January 17, 2020    Genesis 40-41     Matthew 13:1-35     January 18, 2020    Genesis 42-43     Matthew 13:36-58     January 19, 2020    No Passages Assigned   THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY         JANUARY 11, 2020     Genesis 29-30         Matthew 10     JANUARY 12, 2020     No Passages Assigned

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

Your Friends Make A Good Mirror

January 10, 2020

DAILY PROVERBS:

Proverbs 1:15-17
My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path: For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood. Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

OUTLOOK ON THE IN BOOK:

       As a young boy, my father would give me wise counsel. Although as a young boy, I didn’t count it as wise counsel. At that young age, I looked at it as if some old guy didn’t want me to have fun and was trying to talk bad about my friends. Friends who I felt, he didn’t even know. He would say things like, “Who you hang around with, is who you’ll become.” Or, “People judge you, not by who you are, but by who you hang out with.” Did I believe him? Not really. Was he right? ABSOLUTELY!

        My friends did not seem so bad to me at the time, and my dad really did not know them well. However, what he did know was that they were heading in the wrong direction in life. Their lives had little, if any direction, and they had absolutely no Biblical desires. If they did, they sure did not show it. What he knew was, if I continued with them, others would judge me to be just like them. Worse than that, he knew that after a while, I would become just like them. He was right, and I did.

       Had it not been for the grace of God, and His life changing salvation, I might be where many of them are today. Broken, unhappy, addicted, mean spirited, and some, dead. However, because of Godly parents’ prayers, the visitation program of a few churches, and a revival speaker, God got hold of my life. I now serve God, and not self. I now have joy immeasurable. I’m no longer addicted to the drugs, tobacco, and alcohol, which once ruled my life. I now have a different set of friends, who are godly friends. In addition, Jesus is now my best friend.

THE WORD WALKING IN ME:

    People still judge me by my friends, and I’m proud to be associated with those people. They pray for me, and keep me accountable to God. What are people thinking of you today? Do you want to know? Simply look at your friends. That’s who people think you are. Your friends make a good mirror.

GOD TALKING TO ME:

THROUGH THE BIBLE WITH DAILY PROVERBS
  January 10, 2020        Genesis 19  –  Genesis 22          Proverbs 1:15-17

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
  January 10, 2020       Genesis 27-28       Matthew 9:18-38    

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