Every day in the God's Word

 EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 01, 2026.

SUBJECT : GOD KNOWS YOUR HEART!

Memory verse: "Then He said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your heart. For that which is highly esteemed among men is an abomination in the sight of God.” (Luke 16 vs 15.)

READ: Matthew 23 vs 23 - 27:

23:23: Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith. These you ought to have done, without leaving the other undone.

23:24: Blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel! 

23:25: Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you cleanse the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of extortion and self-indulgence.

23:26: Blind Pharisee, first cleanse the inside of the cup and dish, that the outside of them may be clean also.

23:27: Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men's bones, and all uncleanness.

 

INTIMATION:

God knows our hearts and relates with us in the heart where the spirit in us dwells. Therefore, the content of our hearts not seen by anyone is what matters to God in our relationship with Him and His assessment of our true worth before Him. One may self-righteously approve of himself as right in the eyes of God, and also be approved by men, but God knows what is in one's heart. 

One may seek to gain the approval of others by religious performances, but what is important is what is in one's heart. Our acceptance by others in the religious world should not determine how we really are. What is most important is being accepted by God, and we can know that we are accepted by God if we love Him and keep His commandments. 

In the passage we read today in the Scriptures, the Pharisees acted piously to get praise from others, but God knew what was in their hearts. Jesus condemned the Pharisees and religious leaders for outwardly appearing upright and holy but inwardly remaining full of corruption and greed. Living our Christianity merely as a show for others is like washing only the outside of a cup while the inside is unclean. When we are clean on the inside, our cleanliness on the outside won't be a sham. 

The Pharisees considered their wealth to be a sign of God's approval. Even among Christians today material possessions are often seen as an approval or acceptance by God. However, just as God detested the wealth of the Pharisees because it caused them to abandon true spirituality, so it is for Christians today. Though prosperity may earn people's praise, it must never substitute for devotion and service to God. 

The Pharisees lived from the contributions of the people. In doing so they neglected the weightier matters of the law that are justice, mercy, and faith. They were emphasizing an outward form of religion without concentrating on holiness of life in the heart. We observe such things in our fellowship and churches these days, where emphasis are laid on the financial and material contributions of members while neglecting the weightier matters of spirituality and obedience to God's commandments by members. 

It's possible to obey the details of the laws and be very active in religious rituals such as going to church, being puntual and present at every fellowship meetings, paying tithes and giving offerings, sowing seeds etc, but still with a heart filled with wrong emotions such as hatred, unforgiveness, malice, lies, envy, covetousness etc. What this meas is that you can be meticulous about the details of ceremonial cleaniness, and lose your perspective on inner purity. Before God such persons have lost the mark and are unacceptable to Him. Although they were ceremonially clean on the outside but had corrupt hearts. 

For example, we could be very precise and faithful about giving 10 percent of our money to God but refuse to give one minute of our time in helping others. Tithing is important, but giving a tithe does not exempt us from fulfilling God's other directives. Christians should emphasize spiritual purity that is relevant in eternity with God, and their outward attitude of services to man and God be a reflection of their inner purity. 

Prayer: Abba Father, strengthen me heartily to desire to do Your Will at all times, and that I will serve You and others from my heart as a reflection of Your nature and my inner purity, in Jesus’ Name I have prayed, Amen.

PRAISE THE LORD!

He Does All That He Pleases

 He Does All That He Pleases

Our God is in the heavens; he does all that he pleases. (Psalm 115:3)

This verse teaches that whenever God acts, he acts in a way that pleases him.

God is never constrained to do a thing that he despises. He is never backed into a corner where his only recourse is to do something he hates to do.

He does whatever he pleases. And therefore, in some sense, he has pleasure in all that he does.

This should lead us to bow before God and praise his sovereign freedom — that, in some sense, he always acts in freedom, according to his own “good pleasure,” following the dictates of his own delights.

God never becomes the victim of circumstance. He is never forced into a situation where he must do something in which he cannot rejoice. He is not mocked. He is not trapped or cornered or coerced.

Even at the one point in history where he did what in one sense was the hardest thing for God to do, “not spare his own Son” (Romans 8:32), God was free and doing what pleased him. Paul says that the self-sacrifice of Jesus in death was “a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God” (Ephesians 5:2). The greatest sin, and the greatest death, and the hardest act of God was, in some profound way, pleasing to the Father.

And on his way to Calvary, Jesus himself had legions of angels at his disposal. “No one takes [my life] from me, but I lay it down of my own accord” (John 10:18) — of his own good pleasure — “for the joy that is set before him,” as it says in Hebrews 12:2. At the one point in the history of the universe where Jesus looked trapped, he was totally in charge doing precisely what he pleased — dying to glorify his Father in justifying the ungodly, like you and me.

So, let us stand in awe and wonder. And let us tremble that not only our praises of God’s sovereignty, but also our salvation through the death of Christ for us, hang on this: “Our God is in heaven; he does whatever he pleases.”

Happy New blessed Month of September 2026

Every day in the God's Word

 EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!

MONDAY AUGUST 31, 2026.

SUBJECT : GODLINESS IS PROFITABLE FOR ALL THINGS!

Memory verse: "For bodily exercise profits a little, but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.” (First Timothy 4 vs 8.)

READ: Mark 10 vs 29 - 30:

10:29: So Jesus answered and said, “Assuredly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for My sake, and the gospel's,

10:30: who shall not receive a hundredfold now in this time—houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions—and in the age to come, eternal life.

INTIMATION:

Godliness is to be devoutful; it is that piety which is characterized by a Godward attitude. It is doing that which is well-pleasing to God. The power to lead a godly life comes from God. God allows us to be partakers of His divine nature (Second Peter 1 vs 3) in order to keep us from sin and help us live for Him. When we are born again, God, by His Spirit, empowers us with His own goodness. 

In godliness there is great reward. The apostle Paul, in his letter to Timothy (his true son in faith) noted that godliness is profitable unto all things both here, and in eternity. The benefits of loving God is here now, and in the future. However, you can’t follow God if you don’t love Him. Jesus said, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.” (John 14 vs 23.) Imagine where you have God the Father and the Son make their home with you! Life definitely will be at its best.

Jesus told the disciples that no follower of Him will ever lose anything at the end. For whatever loss you may suffer in following Him, you will undoubtedly recover several times over at the end. Knowing all these, what will ever stop anybody from following Him. Godliness is key to spiritual growth and personal fulfillment. We should honor God and center our desires on Him, and we should be content with what God is doing in our lives.

Godliness cannot be possible in the life of a believer without the help of Christ. We can’t please God on our own; we must depend on Christ, and His divine nature. As a man, Jesus lived a perfect life, and so He is a perfect example of how to live. As God, Jesus gives us the power to do what is right. It is possible to live godly life—through following Christ. 

Because we don’t have the resources to be truly godly. God allows us to be partakers of His divine nature in order to keep us from sin and help us live for Him. When we are born again, God by His Spirit empowers us with His own goodness. 

God has supplied us with everything in this life that is necessary for living according to His directions and for developing a nature that prepares us for eternal dwelling. One of these things certainly includes the Word of God. It is through the Word that we learn how to conduct our lives according to His Will. The Word is certainly the guide that we must follow in order to be certain concerning the conduct of our lives in godly behavior and living. 

Though bodily exercise is not wrong, however, focusing on the admiration of the flesh as opposed to concentration on the spiritual development of the inner man is profitable only a little because our physical health is susceptible to disease and injury, Therefore, we should concentrate more on exercising the soul unto godly health than on our physical body. Godly health profit is not only in this life, but also in the life to come. Those who focus continually on the flesh, have turned their thinking inward to themselves, and not on that which will dwell throughout eternity. 

Godliness must be expressed in our behavior, not just in appearance. A pious or godly look can be deceitful. The appearance of godliness includes; going to church, knowing Christian doctrine, using Christian cliches, and following a community’s Christian traditions. Such practices can make a person look good, but if the inner attitudes of belief, love, and worship are lacking, the outer appearance is meaningless. The apostle Paul warned us not to be deceived by people who only appear to be Christians at first, but their daily ungodly behaviors will give them away. 

Prayer: Abba Father, endue me with the spirit of godliness, exercising myself in my inner man for spiritual growth, godly living. Give and me the grace to follow You to the end, in Jesus’ Name I have prayed. Amen.

PRAISE THE LORD!

The Lion and the Lamb

 The Lion and the Lamb

“Behold, my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved with whom my soul is well pleased. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles. He will not quarrel or cry aloud, nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets; a bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not quench, until he brings justice to victory; and in his name the Gentiles will hope.” (Matthew 12:18–21, quoting Isaiah 42)

The Father’s very soul exults with joy over the servant-like meekness and compassion of his Son.

When a reed is bent and about to break, the Servant will tenderly hold it upright until it heals. When a wick is smoldering and has scarcely any heat left, the Servant will not pinch it off, but cup his hand and blow gently until it burns again.

Thus the Father cries, “Behold, my Servant in whom my soul delights!” The worth and beauty of the Son come not just from his majesty, nor just from his meekness, but from the way these mingle in perfect proportion.

When the angel cries out in Revelation 5:2, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?” the answer comes back, “Weep no more; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals” (Revelation 5:5).

God loves the strength of the Lion of Judah. This is why he is worthy in God’s eyes to open the scrolls of history and unfold the last days.

But the picture is not complete. How did the Lion conquer? The next verse describes his appearance: “And between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders I saw a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain” (Revelation 5:6). Jesus is worthy of the Father’s delight not only as the Lion of Judah, but also as the slain Lamb.

This is the peculiar glory of Jesus Christ, God’s incarnate Son — the stunning mingling of majesty and meekness.

Every day in the God's Word

 EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!

SUNDAY AUGUST 30, 2026.

SUBJECT: OCCUPY TILL I COME!

Memory verse: "So he called ten of his servants, and delivered to them ten pounds and said to them, "Occupy till I come." (Luke 19 vs 13.) 

READ: Luke 19 vs 11 - 13:

19:11: Now as they heard these things, He spoke another parable, because He was near Jerusalem and because they thought the kingdom of God would appear immediately.

19:12: Therefore He said, "A certain nobleman went to a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return.

19:13: So he called ten of his servants, and delivered to them ten pounds and said to them, 'Occupy till I come.'

INTIMATION:

Jesus' parable in the passage we read today is about a nobleman who goes to a far country to get a kingdom and returns. Before leaving, he gave each of his ten servants a pound (a mina) and told them to trade with it until he comes back. When he returned, he rewarded the servants who doubled or multiplied their pound. He scolded the one servant who was afraid, hid his coin in a cloth, and did nothing.

The phrase "occupy till I come" in the Scriptures means to stay busy doing God's work, investing your time, talents, and resources to advance His kingdom until Jesus returns. The command is translated more directly as "do business until I come" or "put this money to work. The original Greek word means to do business, trade, or put money to work.

 

This parable is talking about the importance between the first coming and the Second Coming of Jesus. There is a huge gap between the two events. There have already been 2,000 years of the church age, during which we need to occupy and be busy about the Lord’s business until He comes back.

The story showed Jesus' followers what they were to do during the time between Jesus' departure and His second coming. Because we live in that time period, it applies directly to us. We have been given excellent resources to build and expand God's kingdom. Jesus means that believers should actively work, serve, and multiply the spiritual and physical resources God gave them until He returns, rather than sitting around and waiting passively.

Christians should not just stand still or stare at the skies waiting for the end times. They have work to do. Use the gifts God gives to them for the purpose of growing His kingdom. God gives every person time, talents, money, and opportunities. We need to take the time, treasures and talents God has given us right now and spread the Gospel. We are to occupy until the Lord returns in His Second Advent or Second Coming.

Jesus excepts us to use these talents so that they multiply and the kingdom grows. He will ask each of us to account for what we do with his gifts. Instead of sitting idly and waiting passively for the end times, believers are told to stay actively productive and useful. It is a call to maintain moral purpose, share the gospel, and serve others with steadfast commitment. While awaiting the coming of the kingdom of God in glory, we must do Christ's work. Keep working faithfully so you will be ready when the master comes back.

Why was the king so hard on this man who had not increased the money? He punished the man because (1) he didn't share his master's interest in the kingdom, (2) he didn't trust his master's intentions, (3) his only concern was for himself, and (4) he did nothing to use the money. Like the king in this story, God has given you gifts to use for the benefit of His kingdom. Do you want the kingdom to grow? Do you trust God to govern it fairly? Are you as concerned for others' welfare as you are for your own? Are you willing to use faithfully what he has entrusted to you? 

Jesus will return just as the king, and He expects to see returns on the investments and gifts He entrusted to His people. He will commend the fruitful belivers and condemn the unfruitful ones. Therefore, the ball is in our courts to showcase what we have achieved while He was away and except our rewards which is with Him to give to everyone according to our works have been.

Prayers: Abba Father, endue me with strength, wisdom, diligence, and commitment to remain actively engaged in the works of advancing Your kingdom as a lifestyle until Your return, in Jesus' Name I have prayed. Amen.

PRAISE THE LORD!

Church Growth God’s Way

 Church Growth God’s Way

It is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as offspring. (Romans 9:8)

Picture the Old Testament Abraham as a pastor. The Lord says, “I will bless you and prosper your ministry.” But the church is barren and bears no children.

What does Abraham do? He begins to despair of supernatural intervention. He is getting old. His wife remains barren. So he decides to bring about God’s promised son without supernatural intervention. He has sex with Hagar his wife’s handmaid (Genesis 16:4). However, the result is not a “child of the promise,” but a “child of the flesh,” Ishmael.

God stuns Abraham by saying, “I will give you a son by her [your wife Sarah]” (Genesis 17:16). So Abraham cries out to God, “Oh that Ishmael might live before you!” (Genesis 17:18). He wants the work of his own natural, human effort to be the fulfillment of God’s promise. But God says, “No, but Sarah your wife shall bear you a son” (Genesis 17:19). 

But Sarah is 90 years old. She has been barren all her life, and she has already passed through menopause (Genesis 18:11). Abraham is 100. The only hope for a child of promise is stunning, supernatural intervention. 

That is what it means to be a “child of the promise” — to be born “not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God” (John 1:13). The only children that count for children of God in this world are supernaturally begotten children of promise. In Galatians 4:28 Paul says, “You [Christians], like Isaac, are children of promise.” You are “born according to the Spirit,” not according to the flesh (Galatians 4:29). 

Think of Abraham as a pastor again. His church is not growing the way he believes God promised. He is weary of waiting for supernatural intervention. He turns to the “Hagar” of mere human devices, and decides he can “attract people” without the supernatural work of the Holy Spirit. 

However, it will not be a church of Isaacs, but Ishmaelites — children of the flesh, not children of God. God save us from this kind of fatal success. By all means work. But always look to the Lord for the decisive, supernatural work. “The horse is made ready for the day of battle, but the victory belongs to the Lord” (Proverbs 21:31).

Every day in the God's Word

 EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!

SATURDAY AUGUST 29, 2026.

SUBJECT: DO NOT GROW WEARY OF DOING GOOD!

Memory verse: "But as for you, brethren, do not grow weary in doing good." (Second Thessalonians 3 vs 13.) 

READ: Galatians 6 vs 7 - 10:

6:7: Do not be decieved, God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will reap. 

6:8: For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life. 

6:9: And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. 

6:10: Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith. 

INTIMATION:

To grow weary is to feel tired, discouraged, or wanting to quit, regarding something, especially when it relates to helping or doing good to others, and when help is hard or results take too long. However, it is normal to feel tired, burnt out, or discouraged when you work hard and see no immediate results. 

"Doing good" is acting with love, kindness, honesty, and generosity toward the people around you through patience, kindness, and faithful actions.

"Due season" denotes the right, appointed time set by God when your efforts will bear fruit, not at your own time. And it's noteworthy that you will receive your reward or harvest only if you do not give up. Just like a farmer plants seeds and has to wait for crops to grow, your good deeds are like seeds. Persistence is the key. You only miss the harvest if you walk away before the time of growth arrives. 

It is discouraging to continue to do right and receive no word of thanks or see no tangible results. However, as a child of God, when you feel like your efforts to be kind, honest, or helpful go unnoticed, don't be discouraged, rather rest assured that your positive actions matter and will bear fruit eventually. Keep on doing good and trust God for the results. In due time, you will reap a harvest of blessing. When we keep our eyes on God as our reward, we are strengthened in good works and are rewarded by God Himself.

Believers in Christ must be zealous to do good works, for this is one reason why they have been brought forth in Christ (Ephesians 2 vs 10.) They must not become lazy or discouraged in doing that which brings glory to the Father. They do good, not for the purpose of putting God in debt to reward one with heaven. They do good because of a feeling of thanksgiving for their salvation by God's grace. They do good because they are in Christ, not in order to come to Christ. 

Even if you are treated wrongfully for doing good, you should maintain good works. In this way you are among the preserving salt of the society. Every opportunity must be taken to work that which is good, because we were brought forth by the grace of God. We are encouraged as believers in Christ to keep helping others and doing the right thing, even when it feels hard or unappreciated. It is paramount that your hard work and kindness will eventually bring a reward if you refuse to quit. 

It's noteworthy that in doing good to those who are not of the household of faith, Christians proclaim that Jesus is their Lord. They proclaim the value system of Christianity to all the world in order to draw the world to Christ. 

It's a principle of life that one reaps what he sows. One must not be deceived into thinking that he can escape the consequences of his behavior. To think one can, is to mock God, for God says that we will reap what we sow, not only in this life, but also in that which is to come. It would certainly be a surprise if you planted corn and pumpkins came up. It's a natural law to harvest what we plant. If you plant to please God, such as being persistent in good works, you will harvest joy and everlasting life.

Prayers: Abba Father, You recreated me in Christ for good works. Endue with the excellent spirit of remaining steadfast in doing good works knowing that Your reward is with You to give everyone according to one's works, in Jesus' Name I have prayed. Amen.

PRAISE THE LORD!