Today's devotionals by Pastor Adrian Rogers were rather good, and I wanted to share them with you. I pray that your day today is filled to the brim with God's grace & tender mercies, even overflowing. May the follow words bless your day as they have mine.
“For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure.” ~Philippians 2:13
I can’t do anything like Jesus, can you? At least not in my strength. But, aren’t you glad that the Example of our obedience is also the Enabler of our obedience? God is responsible for not only the desire, but also the doing. The word “worketh” in Philippians 2:13 is the word from which we get our English word “energy.” God energizes us to do His will. It is like the power steering in your automobile. The power steering is there to work for you, but it waits on you to turn the wheel. The moment you turn the wheel, you will notice the wonderful power. The moment you decide to serve God, His power takes over. God is waiting on you right now to serve Him. What are you waiting for?
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“This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.”
~ Psalm 118:24
Have you ever heard someone say, “He has more time than I have.” That’s not true. No one has more time. There are only 86,400 seconds in a day. Nobody has more time than that. Even the man in Switzerland who owns the $7 million watch I read about recently. He doesn’t have one more second than you have. You have a day that God has made. It is a gift from God. That is why it is called the present. Every morning, His mercies are new. Every day God gives you enough time to learn, enough time to work, enough time to laugh, enough time to love. He gives you enough time to do gracefully everything He wants you to do. It is a gift. What kind of steward are you of that gift today?