May 17 & 18, 2025 – Smile, People Will Wonder What Your Up To

Smile, People Will Wonder
What You’re Up To

May 17 & 18, 2025

KEY FROM GOD’S WORD:

Proverbs 17:22
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

 

THOUGHTS ON GOD’S WORD:

 

     You know it has long been a documented fact that happy, smiling people tend to be healthier and live longer. In fact, there was a study done one time that concluded that people who smile live longer than people who do not.

 

     Stop reading just for just a moment and go look in the mirror. By the looks of things, it sadly appears that some of you might not make it through this day!

 

     I have long said Christians should be the happiest people in the world. We have so much more to look forward to.

 

     If something would happen to me today and my life would be ended here on earth, God says I have a home waiting for me in heaven.

 

     If I live through this day, God says He will never leave me nor forsake me.

 

     If I am hurting physically or spiritually, He is the Great Physician.

 

     If I am lonely or distraught, He is always ready to listen, and through the power of the Holy Spirit whispers sweet peace to me.

 

     Why shouldn’t we be happy? Our text today says; “A merry heart doeth good like a medicine:”

 

CARRYING THAT THOUGHT THROUGH THE DAY:

 

     Philippians 4:4 says, “Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.” If you are feeling down, try this. Get out an old Hymnbook, find the peppiest song you can find, and start praising God. It may surprise you that in just a few minutes of following this practice, you will find joy once again. Try it!

What song is flooding your soul today?

 

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:  May 17, 2025

THROUGH THE BIBLE ACCELERATED READING
^{(OT-1,/NT & PS-2,/Prov-Monthly)}
1 Samuel 24-27 / Psalm 113-114
Proverbs 17 / Romans 16

 

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
1 Kings 3-5 / John 4:39-54

 

WHAT TO DO ON SUNDAY:

    There will not be a Daily Devotion sent out on Sundays. Instead, we encourage you to attend your 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.  

GOD TALKING TO ME:  May 18, 2025

THROUGH THE BIBLE ACCELERATED READING
^{(OT-1,/NT & PS-2,/Prov-Monthly)}
NO READINGS ON SUNDAY

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
NO READINGS ON SUNDAY