November 15 & 16, 2025 – Act Or Fact?

Act Or Fact?
November 15 & 16, 2025

KEY FROM GOD’S WORD:

Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

 

THOUGHTS ON GOD’S WORD:

 

     Religion is often filled with pomp and ceremony. Things must be just so, or we are not happy. Our religious acts of worship toward God are often glorious reflections of our love, adoration, respect, and worship of who He is in our lives. I will in no way say that we should make little of our many means of worship. It teaches children and young Christians reverence for an Almighty Creator and the Lord of our lives. Our means of worship help us to refocus our lives and put God first again. These traditions of faith help us to have continuity with the churches of old in our forms of adoration toward the Father in Heaven. The only times these rituals become a problem are when the act of Religious Ceremony becomes the item of worship. For example, if taking communion is your worship of God, but then you never think of Him or live for Him in between these acts of worship, then the ceremony has become a problem. Why? Because it has become your worship of God, and this is not worship. It is an act of obedience and love for Him. It is part of our way of expressing worship to the Lord. However, it is not worship.

 

     Worship includes your entire life. If you are living like the world and then believe somehow the act of coming to the communion table makes your worldly practices ok, there is a problem. As today’s verse says, “The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord.” No matter what this sacrifice is. Does your giving tithes and offerings bring joy into your life because you love God and want Him to be able to reach others with your gift of love? Or do you feel like this is one more religious notch in my belt with God? God does not care about your sacrifice until you make the one most important sacrifice. Give yourself to Him. If you lay yourself on the altar of sacrifice to the Lord, then everything you do, say, and think is filtered through who God is in your life. Then your prayers become His delight.

 

CARRYING THAT THOUGHT THROUGH THE DAY:

 

       Everyone wants to delight God. I mean, who would not want to make God happy? Well, this verse tells you how you can do that. Live upright for Him. It is not about righteous ACTS, it’s about Holiness. 

 

What do you see as living in Holiness?

 

IF YOU ARE JOURNALING:

Ask yourself what MY THOUGHTS are 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: November 15, 2025

THROUGH THE BIBLE ACCELERATED READING
^{(OT-1,/NT & PS-2,/Prov-Monthly)}
Ezekiel 17-19 / Psalm 114-115
Proverbs 15 / Romans 16

 

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
Ezekiel 1-4  /  Hebrews 11

 

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 your Pastor exactly what He desires for you on that day.  

 

GOD TALKING TO ME: November  16, 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