It Is Written… Isn’t It?

February 6, 2020

DAILY PROVERBS:

Proverbs 3:27-29 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it. Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee. Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

OUTLOOK ON THE IN BOOK:

“Cleanliness is next to godliness.” “God works in mysterious ways.” “God helps those who help themselves.” These three phrases can be found in Hezekiah 1:12. Now before you look them up, it’s a joke. There’s no Hezekiah 1:12. It sounded like there could have been, right? So what do these phrases have in common with Hezekiah 1:12? Like the reference, they’re not in the Bible. We use these phrases all the time, and want to believe they’re in the scripture, when actually they are not. In fact, they all three in some way contradict scripture.

• Nothing in the Bible says God holds hygiene in any priority over anything else. A clean heart is what interests God. The Bible says the outside is only what man sees. (However, please take a bath. If not for God, at least for your neighbors. It’s hard for you to be a witness when people will not come near you.)
  
  
• God does not always work in mysterious ways. It’s true, the ways of God are above men, and so sometimes hard to understand. Nevertheless, God has made His plans for this earth, and your eternal life very clear in His Word.
  
  
• Finally, God does not always help those who help themselves. It’s in contradiction to what God has said about trusting in God. Our verses today show God also helps those who help others. God takes care of all our needs. If you are trusting in you, you’re faith is in the wrong place.

THE WORD WALKING IN ME:

  “..If any would not work, neither should he eat.” That is in the Bible, (2 Thess. 3:10.) The phrase God helps those who help themselves isn’t. Actually, it should say, God helps those who help others and trust in Him. Let’s live out the word today.

GOD TALKING TO ME:  February 6, 2020

THROUGH THE BIBLE WITH DAILY PROVERBS
  Leviticus 1 – 5      /      Proverbs 3:27-29

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
   Exodus 31 – 33      /      Matthew 24:27-51 

Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep…

February 5, 2020

DAILY PROVERBS:

Proverbs 3:24-26 When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet. Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh. For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.

OUTLOOK ON THE IN BOOK:

      Do you remember the little prayer you heard when you were a child? “Now I lay me down to sleep, Pray the Lord my soul to keep, if I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take, Amen.” What a comforting prayer for a child.

      However, have you ever thought of using this prayer for an adult? When an unsaved person is alone, when there are no friends hooting and screaming, and all the activities have died down, what goes through their mind? I remember when I lived that way. Often I would wonder, “what if I would die tonight in my sleep?” What if the house caught on fire, and I didn’t make it out? What if someone broke in, and killed me? The people I hung out with were not always the nicest people. As far as that goes, neither was I. What if one of them got drunk, or high, and came to get even for something I said, or did? Where was I going after death? This simple little prayer can haunt an unsaved person.

      This prayer, in all its sweetness, is not a salvation prayer. It never asks for forgiveness of sin. It never shows repentance for sin. It’s a fine children’s prayer before the age of accountability. As for an adult, we first must ask God to save us. Acknowledge that we are sinners, and ask God to forgive us. Invite Him to come into our heart, and dwell in us. Then when we lie down, we can sleep in sweet restful confidence that God is watching over us. Then, no matter what happens in the night, when we die we will be with Him.

THE WORD WALKING IN ME:

  Saved adults might need to change the prayer a little to say, “Now I lay me down to sleep, I know the Lord my soul doth keep. If I should die before I wake, I know the Lord my soul will take. AMEN!”

GOD TALKING TO ME:  February 5, 2020

THROUGH THE BIBLE WITH DAILY PROVERBS
   Exodus 37 – 40      /      Proverbs 3:24-26

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
   Exodus 29-30      /      Matthew 24:1-26 

THROUGH THE BIBLE WITH DAILY PROVERBS
   Exodus 34-36      /      Proverbs 3:21-23

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
   Exodus 27-28      /      Matthew 23:23-39 

Wisdom, Knowledge, And Understanding

February 3, 2020

DAILY PROVERBS:

Proverbs 3:16-20 Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her. The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens. By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.

OUTLOOK ON THE IN BOOK:

    If Solomon has been trying to teach us anything in the Book of Proverbs, it’s that we all need wisdom, knowledge, and understanding. The Lord Himself used wisdom, knowledge, and understanding in His creation of the world. God’s creation of waters and land, with the correct amounts of each, show how God, with His infinite wisdom, understood exactly what He was creating for all time. If we had larger oceans and less land on this planet, it would be much more humid, rainy, and damp all the time. More land and less water could produce more droughts. We have just enough to keep the ecological cycles going. Without any water we would all die. We need water for our own living. Based on the number of people who will be here in 100 years from now, how much water will we need then? The answer: Just what we have now. The Lord had all those things figured out before He created it.

  Without water, God could have never started the earth’s population again with Noah, and His family. Without water, God could have never painted a rainbow in the sky as a reminder to us, and Himself that a global flood will never happen again.

    God put each stars in it’s place, the planets in their orbit s, and has kept it all in balance for all these years. Isn’t it amazing that none of the planets ever just broke out of orbit and left? They probably won’t. Do you know why? God placed them there for a purpose. God is now, always has been, and forever will be in total control.

THE WORD WALKING IN ME:

    If God used wisdom, understanding, and knowledge to design, create, and control all we seem to enjoy so much today, shouldn’t we desire His wisdom, understanding, and knowledge to direct our lives also? How wonderful it is that the God, who created the universe, created you and I as well, and shares His wisdom, understanding, and knowledge with us in His Word. 

GOD TALKING TO ME:  February 3, 2020

THROUGH THE BIBLE WITH DAILY PROVERBS
   Exodus 30 – 33      /      Proverbs 3:16-20

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
   Exodus 25 – 26      /      Matthew 23:1-22 

Weekend Review

February 1 & 2, 2020

Proverbs 3:5-8

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart;
and lean not unto
thine own understanding. 
In all thy ways acknowledge him,
and he shall
direct thy paths.

Work Week Devotions
Through the Book of Proverbs

      As previously mentioned, with WORK WEEK DEVOTIONS, we will only be publishing a Devotional Thoughts 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 4 – Day 6

     On Saturday, we suggest you re-read the Proverb we have written from this past week and the week to come.

Proverbs 2-3

WEEK 4 – 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

February 3, 2020     Exodus 30 – Exodus 33     Proverbs 3:16-20
February 4, 2020     Exodus 34 – Exodus 36     Proverbs 3:21-23
February 5, 2020     Exodus 37 – Exodus 40     Proverbs 3:24-26
February 6, 2020     Leviticus 1 – Leviticus 5    Proverbs 3:27-29
February 7, 2020     Leviticus 6 – Leviticus 8    Proverbs 3:30-32
February 8, 2020     Proverbs 3 – 4                 
February 9, 2020     No Passages Assigned    

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY

February 3, 2020     Exodus 25-26     Matthew 23:1-22
February 4, 2020     Exodus 27-28     Matthew 23:23-39
February 5, 2020     Exodus 29-30     Matthew 24:1-26
February 6, 2020     Exodus 31-33     Matthew 24:27-51
February 7, 2020     Exodus 34-35     Matthew 25:1-30
February 8, 2020     Exodus 36-38     Matthew 25:31-46
February 9, 2020     No Passages Assigned

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY

    February 1, 2020     Exodus 23-24         Matthew 22
    February 2, 2020     No Passages Assigned