GOD’S WORD FOR JANUARY 26

We are reading from a daily devotional  called “Running To Win” written by Erwin Lutzer  and the late, great D.L. Moody.   Erwin Lutzer is a light in our day as D.L. Moody was in his.

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AN APPETITE FOR GOD’S WORD

Matthew 24:35

“Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.”

D.L.MOODY

Notice how that statement has been fulfilled.  There was no shorthand reporter following Jesus around taking down His words;  there were to papers to print His sermons, and they wouldn’t have printed them if there had been any daily papers.  The leaders of the people were against Him.

I can see one of your modern freethinkers standing near Christ and hearing Him say, “Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My words shall not pass away.”  I see the scornful look on his face as he says, “Hear that Jewish peasant talk!  Did you ever hear such conceit, such madness?  He says heaven and earth shall pass away, but not His words.”

My  friend, I want to ask you this question – has it passed away?  Do you know that the sun has shone on more Bibles today than ever before in the history of the world….They tried in the Dark Ages to burn it, to chain it, and keep it from the nations, but God has preserved it and sent it to the ends of the Earth.

ERWIN LUTZER

Moody was right.  When you hold the Bible, you hold a book from God.  Without it, we wouldn’t know how to prepare for the eternity we intuitively know awaits us.  We’d have no objective knowledge of right or wrong nor the ability to discover God’s purposes.  We can be thankful God made Himself known through his Son, Jesus Christ, revealed in the Scriptures. 

God’s Word is dependable, shedding light as we take our next step of obedience and preparing us for our eternal destiny.  It is Spirit-given.  Its authors wrote under divine supervision and inspiration, showing us God’s intention for the redemption of all who believe.

Let us rekindle our hunger for God’s Word through mediation, memorizing its promises, and personal worship.  Become a lover of God’s Book, and you’ll be a lover of God

PRAYER

Father, please help me to love the Bible, believe it, memorize it, and be changed by it.

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Psalm 40:8

I delight to do Your will, O my God, And Your law is within my heart.

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Psalm 94:12

Blessed is the man whom You instruct, O Lord, and teach out of Your law,

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Psalm 119:105

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

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Romans 10:17

So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

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