A Little Walk With God

A daily devotional through the Bible speaking with God as Adam and Eve may have in the garden east of Eden. Our website http://alittlewalkwithgod.com

Paul began his final journey to Jerusalem and knew he would never see his friends in some of the churches he established in his mission trips. This scene, as he met the elders from Ephesus, shows us how important Paul's legacy was to him. God had given him a task to complete and he worked hard to make sure it got done. All of us have tasks God wants us to complete and a legacy to leave behind. We all influence a lot more people than we think we do. Take the time to discover God's plan for you and then go and get it done. 

Today's Bible reading plans include:

Ready - Acts 20:13–38

Set - Leviticus 22; Acts 20

Go! - Leviticus 20–22; Acts 20

A daily devotional through the Bible speaking with God as Adam and Eve may have in the garden east of Eden. Our website http://alittlewalkwithgod.com

Not many people think much about the third commandment God gave Moses. It says we are not to take his name in vain, or misuse it, or dishonor it. Names in the ancient orient meant much more than they do today at a time when people seem to just put syllables together in any order that makes sense (or not). God made examples of some who misused his name in the story of Sceva's sons. One day all who misuse and profane his name will suffer the consequences of breaking God's command. Being stripped naked, beaten, and running through the streets naked will seem like time-out compared to what an eternity separated from God will be like. Be careful of his name. 

Today's Bible reading plans include:

Ready - Acts 19:8-20

Set - Leviticus 19; Acts 19

Go! - Leviticus 18-19; Psalms 13; Acts 19

A daily devotional through the Bible speaking with God as Adam and Eve may have in the garden east of Eden. Our website http://alittlewalkwithgod.com

Satan probably has a heyday every time he sees "Christians" squabbling with each other over the petty differences we think are so monumental between us. The divides he has created that has grown hundreds, if not thousands of denominations and shades of doctrines are just outrageous to the non-believer. Just as Gallio proclaimed when the Jews from the synagogue brought Paul in front of his court, those around us think we act like little kids that can't get along. It's time to grow up and do what Christ told us to do and love each other. 

Today's Bible reading plans include:

Ready - Acts 18:1-17

Set - Leviticus 16; Acts 18

Go! - Leviticus 15-17; Acts 18

A daily devotional through the Bible speaking with God as Adam and Eve may have in the garden east of Eden. Our website http://alittlewalkwithgod.com

Everyone who encounters God's word has one of two choices to make. He must either choose to follow God and determine to live God's plan for his life and, therefore, gain eternal life through believing in his son, Jesus, for the forgiveness of his sins. Or he can refuse to allow God to direct his life and find himself woefully short when the day of reconning comes at judgment. We all have the choice, but like those that met Paul and Silas, we also tend to drag many with us. Don't make the wrong choice. 

Today's Bible reading plans include:

Ready - Acts 17:1-15

Set - Acts 17

Go! - Leviticus 13-14; Acts 17

A daily devotional through the Bible speaking with God as Adam and Eve may have in the garden east of Eden. Our website http://alittlewalkwithgod.com

What ever happened to worship services that no one wanted to leave? God wants us so engaged in our worship and his presence in our worship that we lose sight of everything else. The example we have in today's scripture with Paul and Silas in the prison is the kind of worship God really wants from us. People so enthralled with his presence they prefer to remain in jail with him than freedom from their physical chains. That's the kind of worship God wants to see in our churches. But it takes more than just showing up at service time. It takes a congregation ready to create a relationship with him on an individual basis before we will see that kind of phenomena in our churches again. It's time we accept the task.

Today's Bible reading plans include:

Ready - Acts 16:16-40

Set - Leviticus 10; Acts 16

Go! - Leviticus 10-12; Acts 16

A daily devotional through the Bible speaking with God as Adam and Eve may have in the garden east of Eden. Our website http://alittlewalkwithgod.com

A relationship with God is not about rituals and rules and doing religious looking things in certain ways. All of these have a place in worship when remembered for what they are and why God gave them to us in the first place, but what He wants from us are our love and devotion. He wants to be Lord and director of our actions, our thoughts, and our very being. God wants to join into a loving relationship with us. He also will sometimes give us individual convictions He does not expect others to carry out. Our job is to listen to and do what God tells us. That's enough. We don't have enough time or energy to tell others what they should be doing in their relationship with God. 

Ready - Acts 15:1-21

Set - Leviticus 9; Acts 15

Go! - Leviticus 7-9; Acts 15

A daily devotional through the Bible speaking with God as Adam and Eve may have in the garden east of Eden. Our website http://alittlewalkwithgod.com

Almost anything can be proven or disproven with scripture depending on what parts you leave in or take out. Satan tempted Jesus in the wilderness using scripture. Jesus used the same scriptures the Pharisees and Sadducees used. Paul and the Jews who stoned him all read from the same scriptures. Most of the churches that split and splinter and cause such confusion among non-believers today all claim to use the same written word of God. So how is it we fight so much among ourselves when we use the same book? Could it be because we just read the words and don't let God really talk to us through His word? Do we forget it is His word and not ours to interpret? Maybe it's time to take the Bible for what it is - God's Word!

Today's Bible reading plans include:

Ready - Acts 14:8-20

Set - Leviticus 6; Acts 14

Go! - Leviticus 4-6; Acts 14

A daily devotional through the Bible speaking with God as Adam and Eve may have in the garden east of Eden. Our website http://alittlewalkwithgod.com

It isn't bad enough that people don't want to hear the truth for themselves, but so many of those want to shut the truth out from others. But the real tragedy is that Christians fail to take the message to those around them that are hungry to hear the word. Paul, with the strength of God Spirit in him, dared to speak the truth wherever he went. He did not hesitate to let those who opposed him know they didn't oppose him, but God. And their actions were at their own peril. Often in the days of the early church that peril came out in miraculous ways to show God's power in the new church.

Today's Bible reading plans include:

Ready - Acts 13:1-12

Set - Leviticus 1; Acts 13

Go! - Leviticus 1-3; Acts 13

A daily devotional through the Bible speaking with God as Adam and Eve may have in the garden east of Eden. Our website http://alittlewalkwithgod.com

Some might wonder why details like the long list of equipment and furnishings for the tabernacle are included in scripture. The begats that seem to go on forever sometimes might seem boring to you. But there is a reason all those details are there. First, it helped the Israelites focus on the One, True, Living God instead of the multitude of idols and icons that surrounded them among the pagan nations. Second, the detail shows I'm a God of order and design, not one of chaos and haphazard events. Finally, the detail, shows God had a plan then and assures you God has a plan now.

Today's Bible reading plans include:

Ready - Exodus 39:32-43

Set - Exodus 39; Psalms 15

Go! - Exodus 39-40; Psalms 15; Acts 12

A daily devotional through the Bible speaking with God as Adam and Eve may have in the garden east of Eden. Our website http://alittlewalkwithgod.com

God's word pours out wisdom the way Niagara Falls pours out water. It is full of truth that can keep us on the right track. The problem is few people live by it consistently. When we do, we find the majority of life's little problems melt away. It doesn't mean we won't have trouble, but we don't cause our own troubles like we do when we fail to listen to God. God has it right. The rest of the world?... Not so much. 

Today's Bible reading plans include:

Ready - Psalms 19

Set - Psalms 19; Acts 11

Go! - Exodus 37-38; Psalms 19; Acts 11