Every day in the God's Word

 EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 13, 2025.

SUBJECT : WORSHIP IS PLEASURABLE TO GOD!

Memory verse: "The Lord takes pleasure in those who fear Him, In those who hope in His mercy.” (Psalm 147 vs 11.)

READ: Matthew 4 vs 8 - 10:

4:8: Again the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. 

4:9: And he said to Him, "All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me."

4:10: Then Jesus said to him, "Away with you, Satan! For it is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.

INTIMATION:

Worship is paying great honor to; to love and admire very greatly. Worship is the appropriate response to God's self-revelation. You worship because you know the worth of what you worship. You worship God because you know who He is. When you catch the revelation of God and His worth, the appropriate response is to reverence Him in worship. 

God created us for His pleasure, therefore, we should bring pleasure to Him. God takes pleasure in our recognition of who He is. He lays great emphasis on who He is. The statement, "I am the Lord," is made over 350 times by the Lord in ‘Old Testament’ alone. Anything you do that brings pleasure to God is an act of worship. Worshipping God is one of our lives’ purposes. He takes pleasure in it.

God desires our worship in spirit and in truth (John 4 vs 23). True worshippers worship God in spirit. "God is Spirit" means He is not a physical being limited to one place. He is present everywhere and He can be worshipped anywhere, at any time. It is not where you worship that counts, but how you worship. Is your worship genuine and true? 

Whatever you do anytime, anywhere, and anyhow that gives God pleasure is an act of worship. God desires our reverence and trust. Have you ever imagined who God is? Have you ever sat down to appreciate nature, and all the natural things you see around you? How did they come into being? Take a little time and do this, starting with imagining how you were made. It is in so doing, you catch the self-revelation of who created all these things, and then worship Him. 

Even the devil knows the essence of worship, and wants to be worshipped. He took Jesus to an 'exceedingly high mountain,' and showed Him "all the kingdoms of the world and their glory," (all are God's creation). He requested that Jesus should worship him for all these, which, of course, are not created by him. Jesus answered him well, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve." God created us to worship Him, and only Him we should serve. The devil, the greatest enemy of God, wanted that which is due to God alone. He offered the whole world to Jesus in exchange of worshipping him. You can now realize the value of worship—worth more than the whole world.

The understanding of "worship" defers among religious backgrounds. Some think that praises during church services with singing constitute worship, some think that praying, and listening to a sermon as worship. Some think of ceremonies, candles, and communion as worship. Others think of healing, miracles, and ecstatic experiences as worship. Worship include these elements, but worship is far more than these expressions. Worship is a lifestyle. It is not a part of your life; it is your life. Worship is not just communion with God, or church services. It is your whole life given for service to God, and His pleasure. 

The psalmist, in Psalm 105 vs 4 says, "Seek the Lord and His strength; Seek His face evermore." And, "From the rising of the sun to it's going down the Lord's name is to be praised." (Psalm 113 vs 3.) God is worshipped continually, therefore, praise God in worship at all times; at work, at home, in battle, in jail, and even in bed! Praise should be the first activity when you open your eyes in the morning and the last activity before you close them at night. Ensuring that you worship Him continually knowing it is the first purpose of His creating you.

Every activity can be transformed into an act of worship when you do it for the praise, glory, and pleasure of God. The Bible, in First Corinthians 10 vs 31, says "Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God." How is it possible to do everything to the glory of God? By allowing God's love to permeate our motives so that all we do will be to His glory. By doing everything as if you were doing it for Jesus and by carrying on a continual conversation with Him while we do it. You can keep as a guiding principle the question to self, "Is this action glorifying God?" Or "How can I honor God through this action?"

The Bible, in Colossians 3 vs 23 says, "And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not to men." This is the secret to a lifestyle of worship—doing everything as if you were doing it for Jesus. Since creation, God has given us work to do. If we could regard our work as an act of worship or service to God, such an attitude should be regarded as the cost of discipleship. The apostle Paul noted this in Romans 12 vs 1 when he said, "I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service." We should daily lay aside our own desires to follow Him, putting all our energy and resources at His disposal and trusting Him to guide us. 

Prayer: Abba Father, my utmost heart desire is for an intimate relationship with You. Endue me with Your excellent spirit that I may worship You all the days of my life in my thoughts, and words, my actions, and my inactions, in Jesus’ Name I have prayed, Amen.

PRAISE THE LORD!

Do Not Harden Your Heart

 Do Not Harden Your Heart

To whom did [God] swear that they would not enter his rest, but to those who were disobedient? So we see that they were unable to enter because of unbelief. (Hebrews 3:18–19) 

Even though the people of Israel saw the waters of the Red Sea divide and walked through the Sea on dry ground, the moment they got thirsty, their hearts were hard against God and they did not trust him to take care of them. They cried out against him and said that life in Egypt was better.

That is what the book of Hebrews was written to prevent. Oh, how many professing Christians make a start with God. They hear that their sins can be forgiven and that they can escape hell and go to heaven. And they say: “What have I got to lose? I’ll believe.” 

But then in a week or a month or a year or ten years, the test comes — a season of no water in the wilderness. A weariness with manna. And subtly a growing craving for the fleeting pleasures of Egypt, as Numbers 11:5–6 says, “We remember the fish we ate in Egypt that cost nothing, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic. But now our strength is dried up, and there is nothing at all but this manna to look at.”

This is a terrifying condition to be in — to find yourself no longer interested in Christ and his word and prayer and worship and missions and living for the glory of God. And to find all the fleeting pleasures of this world more attractive than the things of the Spirit.

If that is your situation, I plead with you to listen to the Holy Spirit speaking in this text. “They were unable to enter because of unbelief!” Give heed to the word of God. Do not harden your heart. Wake up to the deceitfulness of sin. Consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our great confession, and hold fast to your confidence and hope in him.

And if you have never even made a start with God, then put your hope in him. Turn from sin and from self-reliance and put your confidence in a great Savior. These things are written that you might believe and endure, and live.

Every day in the God's Word

 EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!

WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 12, 2025.

SUBJECT : GOD WELCOMES SINNERS!

Memory verse: "Come now, let us reason together," says the LORD, though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool" (Isaiah 1 vs 18).

READ: Matthew 9 vs 10 - 13:

9:10: And it happened, as Jesus sat at the table in the house, that behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Him and His disciples.

9:11: And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

9:12: When Jesus heard that, He said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.

9:13: But go and learn what that means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

INTIMATION:

Never let guilt feelings of sin keep you from praying (seeking the face of God), which is your only means of restoration, because only God forgives sin. Do you feel that you could never come close to God because you have done something terrible? God can and will forgive you of any sin, except the sin against the Holy Spirit (Matthew 12 vs 31 - 32).

Jesus said He came for the sinners; to call them to repentance. If there were no sinners He wouldn’t had come. But because sinners abound on earth He came. The Scripture says, “All have sinned and come short of the glory of God” (Romans 3 vs 23). Jesus welcomes those He came for. Therefore, you are welcome at anytime you visit with Him, and He is ever ready to offer His free gift of salvation—of redemption, of righteousness, and of sanctification—to you.

No matter how long you have been away from God, He is ready to hear from you and restore you to a right relationship with Him. Every situation can be salvaged if you are willing to turn to God. In Judges 16 vs 28 - 30, we would observe that in spite of Samson's past, God still answered his prayer and destroyed the philistines' heathen temple and worshipers. He killed more people at his point of death than he did in life prior to that point because of the mercy of God when he turned to Him in prayer for help.

One of the effects of sin in our lives is keeping us away from fellowshipping with God in prayer, but it is noteworthy that perfect moral behavior is not a condition for prayer. Though the stain of sin seems permanent, but only God can remove such stain of sin from our lives. We don't have to go through life permanently soiled. God's Word assures that if we are willing and obedient in turning to Him, Christ will forgive and remove help our sins, even our most indelible stains of sin.

Christ came for sinners like you and I, and He expects us, the sinners, to come to Him for mercy. We can only go to God in prayer, acknowledging our need and admitting that we don't have all the answers, and God will come to our help. He desires to show mercy and His mercy endures forever. 

Only God clears the guilty, and it is for this reason Christ came. The unforgivable sin is the deliberate refusal to take advantage of His invitation to come to Him, acknowledge Him, and His power in Christ, expressed through the Holy Spirit. It indicates a deliberate and irreversible hardness of heart. It reveals a heart attitude of unbelief and unrepentance, that attributes to Satan the work that the Holy Spirit accomplishes. Such people have turned their backs on God and rejected all faith, and are unwilling to ask for forgiveness. Even when they receive the prompting of the Holy Spirit, convicting them of sin, they reject it. And the deliberate rejection of the work of the Holy Spirit is blasphemy, because it is rejecting God Himself. Such person removes himself or herself from the only force that can lead him or her to repentance and restoration to God. 

Prayer: Abba Father, You are the only God that forgives and blots out sin. You are so merciful and loving that you are ever ready and willing to welcome me into Your presence, and cleans me from my sins. Give me the grace for complete dedication of my life to You in all things, in Jesus name I have prayed. Amen.

PRAISE THE LORD!

How Satan Serves God

 How Satan Serves God

Behold, we consider those blessed who remained steadfast. You have heard of the steadfastness of Job, and you have seen the purpose of the Lord, how the Lord is compassionate and merciful. (James 5:11) 

Behind all disease and disability is the ultimate will of God. Not that Satan is not involved — he is probably always involved in one way or another with destructive purposes (Acts 10:38). But his power is not decisive. He cannot act without God’s permission.

That is one of the points of Job’s sickness. The text makes it plain that when disease came upon Job, “Satan . . . struck Job with loathsome sores” (Job 2:7). His wife urged him to curse God. But Job said, “Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?” (Job 2:10). And again the inspired author of the book (just as he did in 1:22) commends Job by saying, “In all this Job did not sin with his lips.”

In other words: This is a right view of God’s sovereignty over Satan. Satan is real and may have a hand in our calamities, but not the final hand, and not the decisive hand. 

James makes clear that God had a good purpose in all Job’s afflictions: “You have heard of the steadfastness of Job, and you have seen the purpose of the Lord, how the Lord is compassionate and merciful” (James 5:11).

So even though Satan was involved, the ultimate purpose was God’s, and it was “compassionate and merciful.”

This is the same lesson we learn from 2 Corinthians 12:7, where Paul says that his thorn in the flesh was a “messenger of Satan” and yet was given for the purpose of his own holiness — to keep him from becoming conceited. “Because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited!”

Now, humility is not Satan’s purpose in this affliction. Therefore, the purpose is God’s. Which means that here Satan is being used by God to accomplish his good purposes in Paul’s life. In fact, for God’s elect children, Satan cannot destroy us, and God turns all his attacks finally against him and for us.

Every day in the God's Word

 EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!

TUESDAY NOVEMBER 11, 2025.

SUBJECT: GOD'S GRACE IS FOR THE HUMBLE! 

Memory verse: "Humble yourselves in the sight of the LORD, and He will lift you up. (James 4 vs 10.)

READ: First Peter 5 vs 6 - 7:

5:6: Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He exalt you in due time,

5:7: casting all your cares upon Him, for He cares for you.

INTIMATION:

God gives grace (unmerited favor) to the humble, to those who adhere to, trust in, and rely on Him and not on their own ability, schemes, and devises, or even on their own great wisdom, knowledge, and faith.

Therefore, humble yourselves [demote, lower yourselves in your own estimation] under the mighty hand of God, that in due time He may exalt you. To humble yourself under the mighty hand of God that in due time He may exalt you, means to ask the LORD for what you need and then wait on Him to provide it as He sees fit, knowing that His timing is always perfect. It means to be still and know that He is God, and that He knows what is best for you in every situation of life. It means to stop trying to make things happen yourself and allow the LORD to show you what you need to do to co-operate with His plan and purpose for you.

We often worry about our position and status, hoping to get proper recognition for what we do. Remember that God's recognition counts more than human praise. Humbly obey God regardless of present circumstances, and in His good time, He will lift you up. Carrying your worries, stresses, and daily struggles by yourself shows that you have not trusted God fully with your life, and this is pride. It takes humility, however, to recognize that God cares, and also, to admit your need and lay them at the feet of our Messiah.

Sometimes we think that struggles caused by our own sin and foolishness are not God's concern. But when we turn to God in repentance, He will bear the weight of those struggles. Letting God have your anxieties calls for action, not passivity. We display lack of knowledge of God when we think of everything we did wrong and figure that it automatically disqualifies us for any of God's blessings. And it is under this weight of lack of knowledge that we are destroyed (Hosea 4 vs 6).

If God could bless only perfect people, then He could never bless anyone, because we have all sinned and come short of the glory of God. (Romans 3 vs 23.) Consequently, none of us supposedly deserves any good thing from the LORD. But that fact did not keep us from receiving His glorious salvation, then why should it keep us from receiving His manifold blessings? If He didn't spare or withhold [even] His own Son, but gave Him up for us all, will He not also with Him freely and graciously give us all [other] things? (Romans 8 vs 32).

The apostle Peter counsels us to cast the whole of our care (all your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns, once and for all) on the LORD, for He cares for us affectionately and cares about us watchfully, and His care is perfect and better than what we can do for ourselves.

The person who really understands the grace of God will not worry. Why? Because worry is a work of the flesh. It is trying to figure out what to do to save oneself rather than trusting in God for deliverance. The individual who is living in constant worry is not receiving the fullness of God's grace, because just as perfect love casts out fear (First John 4 vs 18), so God's grace expels all traces of worry and anxiety. Walk in the grace of the LORD and you will not fulfill the work of the flesh.

Prayer: Abba Father, in You I live and move and have my being. Let not the cares of this world; the lusts of the flesh, the lusts of the eyes, and the pride of life take my focus off You, in Jesus’ Name I have prayed, Amen.

PRAISE THE LORD!

We Are His House

 We Are His House

Jesus has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses — as much more glory as the builder of a house has more honor than the house itself. (For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.) Now Moses was faithful in all God’s house as a servant, to testify to the things that were to be spoken later, but Christ is faithful over God’s house as a son. And we are his house, if indeed we hold fast our confidence and our boasting in our hope. (Hebrews 3:3–6) 

The people who boast and hope in Jesus Christ are the house of God. Which means that Jesus this very day — not just back in Moses’s day or in his own days on earth — but this very day is our Maker, our Owner, our Ruler, and our Provider. 

Jesus is called the “builder” of this house. Moses was not the builder. He was part of the house. So it says, “Jesus has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses — as much more glory as the builder of a house has more honor than the house itself.” So Moses, as great as he was in leading the house, and giving God’s word to the house, was still just a part of the house. But Jesus built the house. 

So if we boast in Jesus and hope in Jesus, we are the house, and Jesus is our Builder, and Owner and Ruler and Provider. He does not let his house be destroyed or fall into ruin.

Then the writer changes the imagery — from builder and house, to son and servant. “Moses was faithful in all God’s house as a servant . . . but Christ is faithful over God’s house as a son.” So Christ did become part of the house — part of the household — he built. But even so, his honor is far above Moses. Moses was a servant. Christ is the Son. The heir. 

And we are part of this household. Hebrews 3:6: “And we are his house, if indeed we hold fast our confidence and our boasting in our hope.” By all means, let us respect and give Moses his due. But the point of the whole book of Hebrews is: Christ is greater. Greater in every way. He is the builder of the house of God’s people. And he is the Son in the house of God’s people. Let us respect Moses. But let us worship Jesus — our Maker, our brother.

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 EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!

MONDAY NOVEMBER 10, 2025.

SUBJECT: DEVOTE YOUR TIME TO DOING GOD’S WILL!

Memory verse: “For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the Will of God, you will receive the promise." (Hebrews 10 vs 36.)

READ: Ephesians 6 vs 6 - 8:

6:6: Not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the Will of God from the heart,

6:7: with goodwill doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men,

6:8: knowing that whatever good anyone does, he will receive the same from the Lord, whether he is a slave or free.

INTIMATION: 

God’s Word is His Will. Obeying God’s Word is doing His Will. Every command of the Lord has the attendant promises made by God—God is a God of promise. There are about 3,000 promises made by God in the Scriptures, and each has the provision(s) attached to it. Fulfill the Will of God, and you will receive His promises and obtain the provisions.

God has made life so simple that if you do His Will (keep His commandments), every other thing you need to live for Him, He promised to provide. Therefore, do His Will, and then obtain the promised provisions. God, in His love nature, works in us to make us the kind of people that would please Him, and He equips us to do the kind of work that would please Him. 

God has poured out His love nature in our hearts by the Holy Spirit—our Helper, who has been given to us (Romans 5 vs 5), and helps us in our weaknesses. We are not alone in the task of doing His Will. Jesus said, “I am with you always, even to the end of the age” (Matthew 28 vs 20). He is with us in the form of the Holy Spirit who dwells in us. The Father and the Son sent the Holy Spirit to fill our lives with love and to enable us to live by His power. With all this loving care, how can we do less than serve Him completely!

Haven known the promises of God for doing His Will, and the greatest promise of the crown of life—living with Him in eternity, we should ultimately strive to please Him. Let nothing stand between us and pleasing God. The apostle John, in First John 2 vs 15 - 17, says: “Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world. And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the Will of God abides forever.”

It’s obvious that worldliness is our greatest distraction in pleasing God, and is characterized in those three attitudes enumerated above—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life. These vices influence us both internally and externally. Externally in our behavior; the people we associate with, the places we go, the activities we enjoy. Internally in what we harbor in our hearts; preoccupation with gratifying physical desires, being possessions conscious; coveting and accumulating things—bowing to the god of materialism, and obsession with one’s status or importance; being class conscious. 

There are some places you go to, those things you enjoy doing, and those companies and association you keep, that lure you into compromising your commitment to obeying God. For such things flee from them; resist those attractions, be bold to voice them out to your friends and counterparts, and the Holy Spirit will offer His help to you in that regard. Identify those physical desires that lure you into disobeying God’s Will, such as sexual pleasures, social vices—drunkenness, smoking etc. These fleshy desires are contrary to the Spirit, and hurts you as well as your relationship with God. Resist them!

Of what sense is it to keep accumulating possessions that you know that one day, you will abandon them, though against your wish, and depart this world? King Solomon called them all “vanity” (See Ecclesiastes 2). One day all these things shall be burnt up, “For the form of this world is passing away” (First Corinthians 7 vs 21). When the desire for possessions and sinful pleasures feel so intense, pray earnestly for the Helper’s Intercession, and He will help you resist the devil and his lures, and he will flee from you (James 4 vs 7). Knowing that this evil world will end can give you the courage to deny yourself temporary pleasures in this world in order to enjoy what God has promised in eternity with Him. 

Prayer: Abba Father, Endue me with the spirit of raw obedience to You, that I may do Your Will at all times, with joy and gladness of heart, knowing in so doing I will obtain Your promises and attendant provisions, in Jesus’ Name I have prayed. Amen.

PRAISE THE LORD!