Zero Complaints

December 9
Daily Reading – Hosea 10-14 / Jude

GOD SAID:

Hosea 13:5-6 I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought. According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.

GETTING INTO GOD’S WORD:

  In church we sing; “God is so good, He’s so good to me.” I think most of us should change the words to; “God is TOO good, He’s TOO good to me.” If we’re honest ,God is way TOO good to us. God graciously supplied for our forefathers so well because of their committed faith in Him. Now, people living off past grace, no longer feel a need to worship or rely on God. Just as God was good to Israel and they forgot Him, so it is today. The desire for individual happiness has caused many to forget that the giver of all things, God, is to be our joy, not the gift that God gives.

    We’ve not known what it’s like to get down on our knees and beg God for daily bread. Instead, we ask for an income to take care of us forever. Even then we’re not satisfied. There’s always one more thing we think God should provide if He loves us. It’s like when children are given a bag full of candy in school. The child wants to eat it all. You let them select a few pieces, but put the rest away. The candy is theirs, yet a wise parent won’t let a child eat until they’re stuffed. First, all that candy would make them sick. Also, tomorrow when other children still have candy, this child will have none and be sad. Does the child think of that? No! All they can see is the candy and they want it. So the grown up has to do what’s right. God in like manner has already been too good to us. Then, in His wisdom, knows when we have had enough. He’s watching out for us as a good parent does.

GETTING GOD’S WORD INTO ME:

        God doesn’t have to let us have anything, but He does. If we really want to help one another, let’s help each other have a good outlook on God, His grace, and goodness toward us. We get treated way TOO good. We should have zero complaints.

Has God ever let you down?

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

Yet, Not With Our Heart

December 7 & 8
December 7 – Hosea 5-9 / 3 John
December 8 – NO Daily Reading

GOD SAID:

Hosea 7:14 And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.

GETTING INTO GOD’S WORD:

   It seems to me that there is a misconception among people today as to how and why people are saved. Some believe that if they just get them to say a prayer, they’ll have eternal life. Others seem to think that somehow they can scare them out of hell, and they will be saved. The problem I believe we have today as a result of some of these teachings are churches, full of misguided people. They have been converted from hell and not repentant for their sin. Possibly others are feeling safe with the prayer they said to be their salvation, and yet have not given their life over to God. Many people come to God looking for a stamp of approval on the life they live now, instead of salvation. Others are simply looking for safety from hell, but not the Saviour. We must love God for who He is, not just what He does.

   As we can see in the verse today, God has always wanted people to come to Him because they have given their heart to Him. Sadly, many loved the idea of what God can do for them, yet, not loved Him with their heart. God’s desire is that we would love him with our whole heart. Not that He might be their “good’s supplier,” truly loving Him for who He is. Then we realize that He’s not a “good’s supplier,” but He is the, “Good Supplier.” People need to humble their heart before a loving God and yield to Him in everything. Then, and only then the Bible says, He will direct our paths and supply all our needs.

GETTING GOD’S WORD INTO ME:

   Oh God, forgive us if we’ve caused someone to believe that the words of a prayer alone will save them. Forgive us if we’ve tried to scare people out of hell alone. Help us Lord to live so people will Love you for who you are

Do we love God for who He is, or just what he does?


 

THE WEEK IN REVIEW:

    Children sing a song in Sunday school that says Yes, Jesus Loves Me. That truth is written on every page of the Bible as we saw this week in:

● Yield Not To Temptation
● You Choose
● Yesterday Is Gone
● Yet To Come
● Yearning For The Truth
● Yet, Not With Our Heart

    What a simple little song, what a wonderful, eternal message. I am so glad that we as believers can say YES! Jesus Loves Me. The Bible tells me so.

SUNDAY:

        Today we suggest you read and study whatever the Lord has laid on your Pastors heart. Whatever scripture he uses for today’s messages were given to him by God for your specific needs

December 9, 2019	Hosea 10-14	Jude
December 10, 2019	Joel	Revelation 1
December 11, 2019	Amos 1-3	Revelation 2
December 12, 2019	Amos 4-6	Revelation 3
December 13, 2019	Amos 7-9	Revelation 4-5
December 14, 2019	Obadiah	Revelation 6
December 15, 2019	No Passages Assigned

Jesus Loves me, this I know
For the Bible tells me so
Little ones to Him belongs
They are weak but He is strong

Jesus loves me, He who died
Heaven’s gate to open wide
He will wash away my sin
Let His little child come in

Yes, Jesus loves me
Yes, Jesus loves me
Yes, Jesus loves me
The Bible tells me so.

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

Yearning For The Truth

December 6
Daily Reading – Hosea 1-4 / 2 John  

GOD SAID:

Hosea 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

GETTING INTO GOD’S WORD:

    Today, there is the immediate access to more information than I believe at any other time in human history. It used to be that libraries were not in every city. Sometimes people would have to travel a great distance to just go into a library to look something up. The printed book was very costly and considered valuable to anyone who owned one. In contrast, today we simply speak our questions into the air, and some artificial inelegance device connected to our home, phone or computer will answer almost any question we ask. Books are being printed by the billions every year and are so plentiful that people don’t value them as before. Often they’re tossed in the trash when people are done with them. Yet with all this available today, biblical literacy is at an all time low. The Word has been twisted and re-written to suite different likes and dislikes. Some have claimed it to be no more than a book of stories and fables. People don’t know what to think.

    In Hosea 4:6 God says; “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee,…” It wasn’t that the Word of God was not available back then. They had no excuse for not knowing what God was saying to them. He had been doing so through priests, and prophets all along. They simply rejected what God had to say. That rejection of the God’s wisdom is what destroyed them as a nation and personally.

GETTING GOD’S WORD INTO ME:

       What’s our excuse? The Bible is available in written and audible form almost everywhere. Good churches proclaim His truths weekly. Yet, our nations, and people are being destroyed by rejecting God’s knowledge for us.

Will we wait until its too late
to yearn for His truth?

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

Yet To Come

December 5
Daily Reading – Daniel 11-12 / 1 John 5  

GOD SAID:

Daniel 12:4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.

GETTING INTO GOD’S WORD:

  At a local restaurant that I frequent, there is a sign behind the cashier that reads; “Everything will be ok in the end. If things are not ok, then it’s not the end.” Although this is just meant as a humorous little sign about the daily struggle we go through, it could also well reflect, peoples search for peace in life. Some have tried to teach that we are going through the tribulation period described in the New Testament right now. As bad as things may appear today globally, they do not compare with the description of the Great Tribulation in the book of the Revelation of John. Things are not OK, and the end is yet to come.

    In Daniel 12:4, Daniel is told to “shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end:” God told Daniel to preserve this word of prophecy, as it would be needful for clear understanding in the last days. This verse goes on to say; “many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.” Some have supposed this to refer to the day we live in. People move about the globe in hours, which use to take months. Information that researchers would spend months compiling in the past, is now available in moments on the Internet. However, the verse is talking about the prophecy Daniel was to preserve to the end. Today there is a renewed interest in the future. Many run here and there, trying to find eternal answers. Blind to the truth, the lost still seek it. However, a clear revelation is yet to come.

GETTING GOD’S WORD INTO ME:

        Sadly, many will realize this clear revelation of eternity, when it’s too late. Daniel 12:2-3 says some will rise to eternal life, however, many will rise to eternal shame. Yet, still today, many are diligently searching.

Would you be willing to help them find the truth,
before it’s too late?

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

Yesterday Is Gone

December 4
Daily Reading – Daniel 9-10 / 1 John 4  

GOD SAID:

Daniel 9:19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name..

GETTING INTO GOD’S WORD:

    Daniel cried out to the Lord for the children of Israel in a time when they were in bondage and it seemed there was no hope and no way out. He had read the prophesies of Jeremiah, and believed the word of the Lord. For this he is referred to in Daniel 10 as a “man greatly beloved.” As we know today, there was hope. God was their hope, and He delivered them.

    As believers in this same God, shouldn’t we be praying this same prayer today for our nation, which is now in the grips of sinful lifestyles and disobedience to God’s Word?

    “O Lord, hear”… However, God does not hear if we are not coming to Him in prayer. We need to be on our knees before God for our nation.

    “O Lord, forgive”… In our prayers, we must repent for not always taking Him seriously, and following God’s Word as our infallible guide.

    “O Lord, hearken and do;”… As God leads, we must follow.

      It’s far past time to simply pray. It’s time to beg and plead for God’s mercy on a sinful people. For His grace toward those who have disobeyed. Thankfully, He has always loved us, and always will. However, we dare not confuse His love with a tolerance for sin. People, its time to PRAY!

GETTING GOD’S WORD INTO ME:

       There is precious little time left. “For thy people are called by thy name.” Are we not called by His name? Christians. Yesterday is gone, we cant change that. However, we’re responsible for what we do with today.

Christians, if we don’t do what’s right,
who will?

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