GOD’S WORD FOR  APRIL 27

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.  Besides his many ministries, and many books, Pastor Lutzer was Senior Pastor at Moody Church in Chicago for 36 years and now serves as Pastor Emeritus there.  He is Chancelor and a former professor at Moody Bible Institute, where he taught Theology and Ministry, and now has numerous radio teachings.

INFECTIOUS COMFORT

Psalm  91:15

“I will be with him in trouble.”

D.L. MOODY

It is a great thing to have a place of resort in the time of trouble.  How people get on without the God of the Bible is a mystery to me.  If I didn’t have such a refuge, a place to go and pour out my heart to God in such times, I don’t know what I would do. It seems as if I would go out of my mind.  But   to think, when the heart is burdened, we can go and pour those burdens into His ear, and then have the answer come back, “I will be with you,” there is comfort in that!

I thank God for the old Book.  I thank God for this old promise.  It is as sweet and fresh today as it has ever been.  Thank God, none of those promises are out of date or grown stale.  They are as fresh, as vigorous and as young and sweet as ever!

ERWIN LUTZER

No matter what our trial, we need two friends:  a friend that “sticks closer than a brother” (Proverbs 18:24), namely Jesus Christ, and at least one friend in the body of Christ.  When I think of God’s comfort, I am reminded of the upper room where Jesus promised to send the Holy Spirit.   The Greek word for Holy Spirit is PARAKLETOS.  It means to “call along, beside of.”  Jesus sent us the Comforter “who will abide with us forever.  He will guide you into all truth.”  (John 14:16&17; and 16:13).  God has ordained that He would be our friend who walks with us, be with us forever, and then give us others within the body of Christ who will walk with us through our trials.

PRAYER

Father, please let me be comforted so that I may, in turn, be a comfort to others.

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Isaiah 30:21

   “Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, ‘This is the way; walk in it.’”

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Acts 1:8

    “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

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2 Corinthians 1:4

who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

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1 John 2:27

    “As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit—just as it has taught you, remain in him.”

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Romans 15:13

    “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”

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Romans 5:5

Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

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John 14:26

But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.

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Matthew 3:11

I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

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