GOD’S WORD FOR NOVEMBER 13

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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WATER THAT SATISFIES

On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink.” John 7:37

D.L. MOODY

How this world is thirsting for something that will satisfy!  What fills the places of amusement, the dance houses, the music halls, and the theatres, night after night?   Men and women are thirsting for something they have not got. The moment a man turns his back upon God, he begins to thirst, and that thirst will never be quenched until he returns to “the fountain of living waters.” As the prophet Jeremiah tells us in 2:13, we have forsaken the fountain of living waters, and hewn out for ourselves cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water. There is a thirst this world can never quench: the more we drink of its pleasures, the thirstier we become. We cry out for more and more, and we are, all the while, being dragged down lower and lower. But there is a fountain opened to the House of David for sin and for uncleanness. Let us press up to it and drink and live.

ERWIN LUTZER

Israel had exchanged the living God for gods that don’t really exist. In the process, they became slaves to themselves, their insatiable lusts, desires, and attitudes. The sooner we learn that the wells of the world are dry, the better we will get on with turning to God again and again for our sense of satisfaction and identity.

Jesus, Thou joy of loving hearts,

Thou fount of life, Thou light of men,

From the best bliss that earth imparts,

We turn unfilled to Thee again.

PRAYER

Father, forgive me for seeking satisfaction in empty cisterns; quench my thirst with your true fulfillment.

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Psalm 42:1

“As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God.”

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Isaiah 26:9

“My soul yearns for you in the night; in the morning my spirit longs for you.”

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Psalm 63:1

“You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you.”

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Jeremiah 29:13

“You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.”

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Psalm 27:4

“One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life.”

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Matthew 5:6

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.”

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Psalm 119:81

“My soul faints with longing for your salvation, but I have put my hope in your word.”

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1 Peter 2:2

“Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation.”

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Psalm 119:10-11

“I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands. I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.”

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Proverbs 2:3-5

“Indeed, if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding, and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure, then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God.”

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2 Peter 3:18

“But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen.”

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