GOD’S WORD FOR SEPTEMBER 24

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.

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THE WORKS OF CHRIST DONE BY US TODAY

Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father. John 14:12

D.L. MOODY

I used to stumble over that verse, but the longer I live, the more I am convinced it is a greater thing to influence a man whose will is set against God, to have that will broken and brought into subjection to God’s will—or, in other words, it is a greater thing to have power over a living, sinning, God-hating man, than to quicken the dead. He who could create a world could speak a dead man into life; but I think the greatest miracle this world has ever seen was the miracle at Pentecost. The men who surrounded the apostles were full of prejudice, full of malice, full of bitterness, their hands, as it were, dripping with the blood of the Son of God; and yet an unlettered man, a man whom they detested and hated, stood up and preached the gospel. And three thousand of them were immediately convicted and converted and became disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ.

ERWIN LUTZER

The greatest miracle God ever performed was for your salvation. The same God who created physical light by a single word is the One who created the moral and spiritual light within us. Salvation is more than a miracle of power, it’s a miracle of cleansing, new birth, love, and grace. God overcame the moral and spiritual barrier between Him and us in order to save us.

Today, the church is doing greater miracles by the Holy Spirit being poured into believers around the world. Jesus’ miracles were confined to Israel, but now the saving gospel is spreading around the world.

Let us personally claim this verse even as we witness to the power of Christ in our lives.

    PRAYER

    Father, thank you for the Holy Spirit who enables us to continue Christ’s work on Earth. Help me to see how I am a part of a worldwide movement spreading the miracle of the gospel each day.

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Acts 13:47

For so the Lord has commanded us, saying,

‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles,

that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’

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Mark 16:15

And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.”

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Acts 20:24

But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.

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Matthew 5:15-16

Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

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Matthew 28:19-20

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.

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Romans 1:16

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

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Psalm 105:1

Oh give thanks to the Lord; call upon his name;

make known his deeds among the peoples!

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Romans 10:17

So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

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