LWF - Anchored

 Anchored

BIBLE MEDITATION:
“Fear thou not, for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of My righteousness.” Isaiah 41:10

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
I was raised in South Florida, in what you might call hurricane alley. When we knew a hurricane was coming, my dad would say, “Boys, go out there in the back yard and tie things down,” patio furniture and things like that. Sometimes we would go out after a hurricane, and the thing we tied down was gone and the thing we tied it to was gone!

ACTION POINT:
Friend, you’d better be tied to Jesus. He won’t blow away.  Where is your hope?  Where is your security?  What have you anchored your hope to?  I hope it’s in the solid rock, the Lord Jesus Christ.

Devotions taken from the messages of Adrian Rogers.
© 2011 Love Worth Finding Ministries | PO Box 38300 - Memphis, TN 38183-0300

LWF - The Love that Will Never Let You Go

The Love that Will Never Let You Go

BIBLE MEDITATION:
“The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.” Jeremiah 31:3

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
George Matheson, a student at the University of Scotland, was taken with an eye disease. He was losing his eyesight. A beloved professor came to him and said, “George, the doctors told me that it’s my responsibility to tell you that in three days you will be blind. If there is any face you want to look upon, do it now.”  George wrote to his beloved fiancée and asked, “Would you come to my side? I want to look into your face before I go blind.” She wrote back, “If you are going blind, I don’t want to be married to you” and broke the engagement.

George was crushed, but he went on to graduate from the university at age 19. Out of that pain, he wrote one of the most beautiful hymns ever written: “O Love that will not let me go, I rest my weary soul in Thee; I give Thee back the life I owe, that in Thine ocean depths its flow may richer, fuller be.  O Light that followest all my way, I yield my flickering torch to Thee; My heart restores its borrowed ray, that in Thy sunshine’s glow its day may brighter, fairer be.  O Joy that seekest me through pain, I cannot close my heart to Thee; I trace the rainbow through the rain, and feel the promise is not vain, that morn shall tearless be.”

Though blind, he became a mighty minister of the Gospel of Christ. This crushing experience allowed him to touch the world.

ACTION POINT:
The words to this hymn came to George in a total of five minutes, and he never had to go back and edit them. We all experience painful losses in our lives. How we choose to handle them is key to what happens next.

Devotions taken from the messages of Adrian Rogers.
© 2011 Love Worth Finding Ministries | PO Box 38300 - Memphis, TN 38183-0300

LWF - One of Our Greatest Fears

One of Our Greatest Fears

BIBLE MEDITATION:
“…for He has said, ‘I will never leave you nor forsake you.” Hebrews 13:5

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
This is one of the most encouraging verses in all the Bible. Greek scholars tell us this sentence, "I will never leave thee nor forsake thee," actually has five negatives in it.  Now we say a double negative is bad English, but evidently it wasn't bad Greek.  In the Amplified Version it reads: “I will never, no not ever, no never leave you nor forsake you.”  Now friend, that will take the fear out of the future. Nothing can separate you from the love of God.

A preacher was visiting a grandmother in his church, trying to comfort her in her old age.  I believe she knew the Lord better than he did, however.  He took out his Greek New Testament and was reading this verse to her, explaining there were five negatives there.  The grandma said, "Well, God may have to say it five times for you Greek boys, but once is enough for me." 

We fear because we're afraid we're going to have to face something we don't understand, and we'll have to face it alone. God wants us to walk in faith, not fear, because He is always with us—He dwells within us!

ACTION POINT:
Do you fear being forsaken, lonely? Most of us do. Yet we have the companionship of His presence.  We fear our friends will leave us. Psychiatrists say the greatest need we have on earth is not material but the ability to love and be loved. The Lord has said, “I will never leave you.” Do you believe that promise? God speaking to you.  Are you listening?  It would be a good idea to commit Hebrews 13:5 to memory this week.

Devotions taken from the messages of Adrian Rogers.
© 2011 Love Worth Finding Ministries | PO Box 38300 - Memphis, TN 38183-0300

Pledge to our Lord and Savior

Good morning!

I pledge Allegiance to the Christian Flag and to the Savior for whose kingdom it stands, one brotherhood uniting all mankind in service and love.

Pledge to the Bible:

I pledge to the Bible God's Holy word, and will take it as a lamp unto my feet, a light unto my path, and hide it's words in my heart that I may not sin against God. 

Pledge to Our Lord and Savior

Good morning!

I pledge Allegiance to the Christian Flag and to the Savior for whose kingdom it stands, one brotherhood uniting all mankind in service and love.

Pledge to the Bible:

I pledge to the Bible God's Holy word, and will take it as a lamp unto my feet, a light unto my path, and hide it's words in my heart that I may not sin against God. 

LWF - Window Shopping Through the Bible

Window Shopping Through the Bible

BIBLE MEDITATION:
“Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.” Psalm 119:105

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
Most of us just kind of go window-shopping through the Bible. “Oh, isn’t that a precious promise?”  “Hmm, what a sweet promise.”  “Oh, that’s wonderful promise.”  We take verses, memorize them, and even put them on our refrigerator door, but never lay hold on them.  Just kind of window-shopping. But do we believe them? 

Leonard Ravenhill said, “One of these days somebody is going to pick up this book, read it and believe it, and the rest of us are going to be ashamed of ourselves.”  Promises are wonderful, but the Word of God was never meant to be just a grab bag of promises. It is a lamp to our feet and the light for our path.

ACTION POINT:
Don’t wait another day to commit to making this a year of being devoted to reading the Bible and to prayer. Plan to read through the Bible this year, cover to cover.

Devotions taken from the messages of Adrian Rogers.
© 2011 Love Worth Finding Ministries | PO Box 38300 - Memphis, TN 38183-0300

Pledge to our Lord and Savior

Good morning!

I pledge Allegiance to the Christian Flag and to the Savior for whose kingdom it stands, one brotherhood uniting all mankind in service and love.

Pledge to the Bible:

I pledge to the Bible God's Holy word, and will take it as a lamp unto my feet, a light unto my path, and hide it's words in my heart that I may not sin against God.