The Word of God Speaks, and God’s People Listen and Obey

Today I am changing the format of the presentation of the Devotional that I have been writing for over 18 years.

I will not be writing five days a week unless that LORD gives me something more to say.  I just published my first devotional book.  Information about the book is found at the bottom of this page in the SIGNATURE BOX. I’m also writing a journal daily and will see with the unfolding of time if a second book will be the fruit of my labor together with our LORD.

I am deeply concerned about the division in my homeland; the United States of America. If you are citizens of another country, I believe that you have concerns for your homeland also. The whole world is changing, but our God remains the same.

Numbers 23:19 (NKJV) 

 “God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good? 

One of my mentors in leadership and writing is John Maxwell, and he has written a book about it.

John C. Maxwell

Good Leaders Ask Great Questions

All of us are leaders, and the first person we lead is ourselves. I have started asking myself better questions, and I have talked to my family about the importance of asking themselves better questions.

How can we heal the divisions in our country among the left, the moderate, and the right?

What outcome do you have in mind for the position you know hold? Will it result in a better opportunity for everyone?

God Words Speaks:

1 Peter 5:5-7 (NKJV) 

 Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for “God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble.” 

 Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, 

 casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you. 

When God’s People Pray the Word:

2 Chronicles 7:14 (NKJV) 

 if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land. 

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Title: 31 Days of Hearing God Speak

Why I Love and Cherish the Word of God

 

Text:

Psalm 119:105 (HCSB)

105 Your word is a lamp for my feet and a light on my path.

Observation:

The lyrics of an old hymn of the church comes to mind as I meditate on our topic and text for today.

“More about Jesus let me learn,

More of His holy will discern;

Spirit of God my teacher be,

Showing the things of Christ to me.”

When we walk in the pathway that Jesus leads His children we realize that it is a pathway that is filled with light. We are able to distinguish between our will, and God’s will.

As we walk with Jesus it is important for us to read on a daily basis the Word of God; we need to hear what God has to say to us from His Word.

Proverbs 6:23 (HCSB)

23  For a command is a lamp, teaching is a light, and corrective discipline is the way to life.

The Word of God deposited in our heart is the best investment we can make of the use of our time and talent.

Psalm 119:11 (HCSB)

11  I have treasured Your word in my heart so that I may not sin against You.

Psalm 119:18 (HCSB)

18  Open my eyes so that I may contemplate wonderful things from Your instruction.

Psalm 119:48 (HCSB)

48  I will lift up my hands to Your commands, which I love, and will meditate on Your statutes.

Prayer:

Father, hallowed be Your name. I am so grateful for the Word of God, that we have it in a language that we can read and understand.

Father, I thank You that the Word of God is a lamp and light for Your people to be able to discern Your will, and Your ways. Father, I ask that You turn, and tune the hearts of Your people to be people of the Word, the will, and the ways of our heavenly Father. In the mighty name of Jesus I pray, Amen.

Isaiah 55:11 (KJV) 
11  So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

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