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| | “How sweet are Your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!” Psalm 119:103 Unless we’re purposely fasting, we need frequent nourishment—preferably three meals a day. Yet would you believe that millions of people in the United States try to live all week on nothing more than “Sunday dinner”? Does this happen with us at FBC? I’m referring to the feast that pastors spread before their sheep every Sunday! Many people seem to think the preacher’s weekly sermon is all the spiritual food they need for the next seven days. But if you don’t open your Bible Monday through Saturday, you’re living on a WEAK WEEK DIET. It’s really a starvation diet. God never intended for us to be food critics who just visit a spiritual restaurant once a week to render our opinion of the service. He wants us to be feasting daily on His Word. Job said, “I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my necessary food” (Job 23:12). The Lord Jesus, quoting from Deuteronomy, said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God’” (Luke 4:4). The prophet Jeremiah said, “Your words were found, and I ate them, and Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart” (Jeremiah 15:16). Remember those noble Bereans who searched the Scriptures daily in Acts 17:11? The book of Proverbs says, “Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors” (Proverbs 8:34). Open your Bible to where you left off the day before, ask God to speak to you, and take a pencil and circle, underline, or mark any verse or phrase that speaks to you. Meditate on it. Pray over it. Ask God to digest it into your spirit like food being absorbed into your body. A regular diet of Bible verses, cooked from scratch and served fresh each day, gives us strength for the journey. It gives us encouragement each morning. It imparts peace each evening. It develops within us wisdom and gives us something to share with others. Most of all, it draws us close to the Lord. Those who practice this think of Jesus as being there with them at the table, beside their chair, or near their desk. He speaks to us in His Word, and we speak to Him in prayer. We cultivate our friendship with Him, and we grow thereby. There are some days when my quiet time is more meaningful than others; but even on days when I’m tired and rushed, I dare not miss my devotional time with the Lord. I need His presence and His Word every day. It’s food for the soul; and without it, I grow weak. Don’t try to live all week on Sunday’s roast. Pressing On Together; Pastor Dave |
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| | “How sweet are Your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!” Psalm 119:103 Unless we’re purposely fasting, we need frequent nourishment—preferably three meals a day. Yet would you believe that millions of people in the United States try to live all week on nothing more than “Sunday dinner”? Does this happen with us at FBC? I’m referring to the feast that pastors spread before their sheep every Sunday! Many people seem to think the preacher’s weekly sermon is all the spiritual food they need for the next seven days. But if you don’t open your Bible Monday through Saturday, you’re living on a WEAK WEEK DIET. It’s really a starvation diet. God never intended for us to be food critics who just visit a spiritual restaurant once a week to render our opinion of the service. He wants us to be feasting daily on His Word. Job said, “I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my necessary food” (Job 23:12). The Lord Jesus, quoting from Deuteronomy, said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God’” (Luke 4:4). The prophet Jeremiah said, “Your words were found, and I ate them, and Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart” (Jeremiah 15:16). Remember those noble Bereans who searched the Scriptures daily in Acts 17:11? The book of Proverbs says, “Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors” (Proverbs 8:34). Open your Bible to where you left off the day before, ask God to speak to you, and take a pencil and circle, underline, or mark any verse or phrase that speaks to you. Meditate on it. Pray over it. Ask God to digest it into your spirit like food being absorbed into your body. A regular diet of Bible verses, cooked from scratch and served fresh each day, gives us strength for the journey. It gives us encouragement each morning. It imparts peace each evening. It develops within us wisdom and gives us something to share with others. Most of all, it draws us close to the Lord. Those who practice this think of Jesus as being there with them at the table, beside their chair, or near their desk. He speaks to us in His Word, and we speak to Him in prayer. We cultivate our friendship with Him, and we grow thereby. There are some days when my quiet time is more meaningful than others; but even on days when I’m tired and rushed, I dare not miss my devotional time with the Lord. I need His presence and His Word every day. It’s food for the soul; and without it, I grow weak. Don’t try to live all week on Sunday’s roast. Pressing On Together; Pastor Dave |
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“How sweet are Your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!” Psalm 119:103
Unless we’re purposely fasting, we need frequent nourishment—preferably three meals a day. Yet would you believe that millions of people in the United States try to live all week on nothing more than “Sunday dinner”? Does this happen with us at FBC?
I’m referring to the feast that pastors spread before their sheep every Sunday! Many people seem to think the preacher’s weekly sermon is all the spiritual food they need for the next seven days. But if you don’t open your Bible Monday through Saturday, you’re living on a WEAK WEEK DIET. It’s really a starvation diet.
God never intended for us to be food critics who just visit a spiritual restaurant once a week to render our opinion of the service. He wants us to be feasting daily on His Word. Job said, “I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my necessary food” (Job 23:12).
The Lord Jesus, quoting from Deuteronomy, said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God’” (Luke 4:4). The prophet Jeremiah said, “Your words were found, and I ate them, and Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart” (Jeremiah 15:16).
Remember those noble Bereans who searched the Scriptures daily in Acts 17:11? The book of Proverbs says, “Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors” (Proverbs 8:34).
Open your Bible to where you left off the day before, ask God to speak to you, and take a pencil and circle, underline, or mark any verse or phrase that speaks to you. Meditate on it. Pray over it. Ask God to digest it into your spirit like food being absorbed into your body.
A regular diet of Bible verses, cooked from scratch and served fresh each day, gives us strength for the journey. It gives us encouragement each morning. It imparts peace each evening. It develops within us wisdom and gives us something to share with others. Most of all, it draws us close to the Lord.
Those who practice this think of Jesus as being there with them at the table, beside their chair, or near their desk. He speaks to us in His Word, and we speak to Him in prayer. We cultivate our friendship with Him, and we grow thereby.
There are some days when my quiet time is more meaningful than others; but even on days when I’m tired and rushed, I dare not miss my devotional time with the Lord. I need His presence and His Word every day. It’s food for the soul; and without it, I grow weak.
Don’t try to live all week on Sunday’s roast.
Pressing On Together;
Pastor Dave Kinney
First Baptist Church
Angels Camp, CA
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