The Gathering Place Where Family Matters

“Walk worthy of God, Who hath called you into His kingdom and glory” (1 Thessalonians 2:12).

Most of us don’t know much about royalty. Compared to the lives of princesses and princes, we live pretty much in the realm of the ordinary. Think for a moment far beyond that realm. If you are a believer in the Lord Jesus, you have become part of His kingdom and glory. As a member of the royal family, live today in a worthy manner. Do not live in arrogance and pride, but rather live as a child of the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

For today: Bring honor to the Lord today as one of His children, called to royalty!

“Faithful is He that calleth you, Who also will do it”

(1 Thessalonians 5:24).

The Lord is very active in the life of His child. If you have placed your faith in the Lord Jesus for your salvation, you have done so because He “called” you. You never heard His voice. However when you heard the gospel and sensed sorrow for your sin and then desired to ask Him to be your Savior, that was Him calling you. Remember, you were not seeking the Lord. He was seeking you and calling you!

For today: Thank Him often for seeking and saving you!

“Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ” (Galatians 6:2).

Today Karen and I will have lunch with a group of dear widow ladies in our church. These ladies are such a help and encouragement to each other. Knowing the struggles, and understanding the hardships, these ladies watch out for each other and take very good care of one another. They are an outflow of the Galatians 6:2 principle of bearing the burdens of another.

For today: Don’t be wrapped up in yourself. Help someone around you.

“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom” (Colossians 3:16).

I have been rewriting the Baptist Church Planters’ JOY Club Handbooks. Starting with the sixth grade, I rewrote the Handbooks for each of the grades. With the starting of each book, a whole grade younger, each project became a little more challenging to me. I have just finished the first grade edition. It is not easy to write as a first grader. Here is something that thrills my heart! The boys and girls of JOY Club all have something in common. Every grade memorizes God’s Word. As I pray that God’s Word will dwell richly in them, I pray the Word dwells richly in you as well.

For today: If you are too busy to read God’s Word, then dear friend, this old doc says, “You’re too busy!”

“For God has not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Thessalonians 5:9).

Call me bad if you wish, but I just love how “politically incorrect” the Scriptures are. Declaring that the Lord Jesus Christ is the only Way to the Father, the only Way for salvation, and the only Way for blessing, Paul rejoices at the top of his worship, that the believer will never experience the wrath of God. I don’t know about you, but the wrath of God is nothing I want to experience. And, PRAISE THE LORD, I never will, because I belong to the Lord Jesus. How about you?

For today: Do you have the assurance of knowing the Lord Jesus as your Savior?