07-25-2020, 09:15 AM
THE LIVING WATER
DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE
Saturday, July 25, 2020.
TOPIC: GOD WORKS IN ALL THINGS (2)
Read Romans 8:28-32
28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.
30 Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.
31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?
MEMORISE:
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope (Jeremiah 29:11)
EXPOSITION
A wise Bible teacher once said, "God allows everything into our lives for one or two purposes - either to bring us into a relationship with Himself, or, if we already know him, to make us more like His son." This is very true.
Joni Erickson Tada, an inspirational speaker, author, and singer, is a quadriplegic (one affected with partial or complete paralysis of both the arms and legs, especially because of spinal cord injury or disease in the region of the neck) who had been confined to a wheelchair for more than 40 years.
When people asked her why God allows suffering, she often said, "God allows what He hates to accomplish what He loves." And what does God love? For people to enter into relationship with Him and become more like Him. Joni's life and ministry are stunning testimony of how God can use a tragedy, like a paralysing driving accident to impact the lives of millions, positively.
Adrian Rogers, in the Billy Graham training seminar, "Rising Above Your Circumstances," said, "This is not conjecture, this is not happenstance, this is not perhaps, this is not maybe; this is ironclad certainty. 'We know that all things work together for good.'" Those who are called are those the Holy Spirit convinces and enables to receive Christ. Such people have a new perspective, a new mind-set about life.
They trust in God, not in life's treasures, they look for their security in heaven, not on earth. They learn to accept, not resent, pain and persecution because God is with them. They never doubt the fact that God has the best at heart for them, now and in the future (Jer. 29:11).
PRAYER POINTS
1. Almighty God, grant me the grace to rise above my circumstances in life, in Jesus' name.
2. Father, give all your children the grace to enter into relationship with You and become more like Jesus, in Jesus' name.
3. Heavenly Father, grant all Christians the grace to have new perspective and new mind-set about life, in Jesus' name.
EXTRA READING FOR TODAY:
Job 9 - 11; James 3 - 4
Author: CAC WORLDWIDE
Remain blessed!
DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE
Saturday, July 25, 2020.
TOPIC: GOD WORKS IN ALL THINGS (2)
Read Romans 8:28-32
28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.
30 Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.
31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?
MEMORISE:
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope (Jeremiah 29:11)
EXPOSITION
A wise Bible teacher once said, "God allows everything into our lives for one or two purposes - either to bring us into a relationship with Himself, or, if we already know him, to make us more like His son." This is very true.
Joni Erickson Tada, an inspirational speaker, author, and singer, is a quadriplegic (one affected with partial or complete paralysis of both the arms and legs, especially because of spinal cord injury or disease in the region of the neck) who had been confined to a wheelchair for more than 40 years.
When people asked her why God allows suffering, she often said, "God allows what He hates to accomplish what He loves." And what does God love? For people to enter into relationship with Him and become more like Him. Joni's life and ministry are stunning testimony of how God can use a tragedy, like a paralysing driving accident to impact the lives of millions, positively.
Adrian Rogers, in the Billy Graham training seminar, "Rising Above Your Circumstances," said, "This is not conjecture, this is not happenstance, this is not perhaps, this is not maybe; this is ironclad certainty. 'We know that all things work together for good.'" Those who are called are those the Holy Spirit convinces and enables to receive Christ. Such people have a new perspective, a new mind-set about life.
They trust in God, not in life's treasures, they look for their security in heaven, not on earth. They learn to accept, not resent, pain and persecution because God is with them. They never doubt the fact that God has the best at heart for them, now and in the future (Jer. 29:11).
PRAYER POINTS
1. Almighty God, grant me the grace to rise above my circumstances in life, in Jesus' name.
2. Father, give all your children the grace to enter into relationship with You and become more like Jesus, in Jesus' name.
3. Heavenly Father, grant all Christians the grace to have new perspective and new mind-set about life, in Jesus' name.
EXTRA READING FOR TODAY:
Job 9 - 11; James 3 - 4
Author: CAC WORLDWIDE
Remain blessed!