The Daily Word: Sunday, March 31^st, 2019
Deuteronomy 16:1-17:20
Luke 9:7-27
Psalm 72:1-20
Proverbs 12:8-9
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Commentary from Pastor Michael White:
You shall rejoice before the Lord your God, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, the Levite who is within your gates, the stranger and the fatherless and the widow who are among you, at the place where the Lord your God chooses to make His name abide. – Deut 16:11

God promised to bless His people! But the blessing wouldn’t be poured out where the people wanted it to be poured out; it would be poured out, “…at the place where the Lord your God chooses to make His name abide.”

Know this: you will be blessed. But also know this: you don’t get to choose where God makes His name abide. The task is not to convince God to bless you through prayer; He is already willing and able! The task is to ask God in prayer, Where are You going to bless me?

Are you in the right city? Are you in the right career? Are you at the right church? Ask God where He wants to bless you; and then go there.

Prayer:

Father, tell me where I am called! Thank You that I don’t have to wonder if You’re going to bless me; I just have to discern where. Give me confidence in Your love for me, and obedience to Your call on my life, in Jesus’ name!

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The Daily Word: Saturday, March 30^th, 2019
Deuteronomy 13:1-15:23
Luke 8:40-9:6
Psalm 71:1-24
Proverbs 12:5-7
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Commentary from Pastor Michael White:
When He came into the house, He permitted no one to go in except Peter, James, and John, and the father and mother of the girl. – Lk 8:51

Jesus was about to raise a little girl from the dead. But before He did, He took care of some important business: He cleared the room of doubt and unbelief. He made sure there was an atmosphere of faith around the girl who needed to be healed.

Faith facilitates the miraculous; but doubt and unbelief can cancel it. Do you need a miracle? Surround yourself with people of faith!

But He put them all outside, took her by the hand and called, saying, “Little girl, arise.” Then her spirit returned, and she arose immediately. And He commanded that she be given something to eat. – Lk 8:54-55

Prayer:

Father, surround me with people who have great faith to see miracles happen! Help me to clear the room of people who don’t have faith so I can have a faith-filled atmosphere as I wait for You to do Your work. I believe my miracle is coming, in Jesus’ name!

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The Daily Word: Friday, March 29^th, 2019
Deuteronomy 11:1-12:32
Luke 8:22-39
Psalm 70:1-5
Proverbs 12:4
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Commentary from Pastor Michael White:
Now it happened, on a certain day, that He got into a boat with His disciples. And He said to them, “Let us cross over to the other side of the lake.” And they launched out. But as they sailed He fell asleep. And a windstorm came down on the lake, and they were filling with water, and were in jeopardy. And they came to Him and awoke Him, saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” Then He arose and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water. And they ceased, and there was a calm. – Lk 8:22-24

The disciples were in “jeopardy” (v 23). The danger was real! Their lives were at stake! But just as real as the danger, was the presence of Jesus.

When Jesus is with you, you have nothing to fear. Jesus, “…got into a boat with His disciples” (v 22). Then, they launched out together! Aren’t you glad Jesus never sends you out alone? “Let us cross over,” He told His disciples. He would be with them, so they would have nothing to fear!

Fear comes when we forget that Jesus is with us. Storms will come, and the danger may be real; but as long as Jesus is with you, you have nothing to fear!

Prayer:

Father, thank You for Your presence. Help me to always remember that You are with me; and when You are with me, I have nothing to fear in Jesus’ name!

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The Daily Word: Thursday, March 28^th, 2019
Deuteronomy 9:1-10:22
Luke 8:4-21
Psalm 69:19-36
Proverbs 12:2-3
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Commentary from Pastor Michael White:
“Hear, O Israel: You are to cross over the Jordan today, and go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourself, cities great and fortified up to heaven…” – Deut 9:1

The victories God gives you won’t make sense. The nations God would defeat for Israel were “greater” than Israel. The peoples God would destroy for Israel were “mightier” than Israel! But God would do it. He would destroy their enemies, even if those enemies were bigger and stronger. He would tear down their cities, even if they were, “…great and fortified up to heaven!”

What battles are you facing? Do you believe God will deliver your enemies into your hand? Do you believe He will give you victories that don’t make sense?

Prayer:

Father, thank You for victories that just don’t make sense. You cause me to prosper in every battle! I’m so grateful, in Jesus’ name.

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The Daily Word: Wednesday, March 27^th, 2019
Deuteronomy 7:1-8:20
Luke 7:36-8:3
Psalm 69:1-18
Proverbs 12:1
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Commentary from Pastor Michael White:
Then He turned to the woman and said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave Me no water for My feet, but she has washed My feet with her tears and wiped them with the hair of her head.” – Lk 7:44

Here we have a case study of two people.

The first, a Pharisee, tried to impress Jesus with his own perceived level of holiness. He was proud of his squeaky-clean past! He was hoping to wow Jesus with his deep, theological knowledge.

The second was a sinner. She had a dark, dirty past. She didn’t have anything to say that would impress Jesus; she simply, “…stood behind Him weeping; and she began to wash His feet with hear tears” (v 38). Then, overwhelmed with joy at the forgiveness she had received, she kissed His feet and anointed them with oil.

Do you want to impress Jesus? Be like this sinful woman. Cry your face off and wash His feet with your tears! Jesus wasn’t impressed by the Pharisee’s pride; He was impressed by this woman’s insistent worship!

We are all sinners; but there is forgiveness for all sin at the feet of Jesus.

Prayer:

Father, make me a worshipper. I want to worship and weep at the feet of Jesus, just like this sinful woman! I pray I would never be too proud to worship You with all my heart, in Jesus’ name.

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The Daily Word: Tuesday, March 26^th, 2019
Deuteronomy 5:1-6:25
Luke 7:11-35
Psalm 68:19-35
Proverbs 11:29-31
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Commentary from Pastor Michael White:
“Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, as the Lord your God commanded you. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work…” – Deut 5:12-14

The Sabbath is not a suggestion; it is a command. God was reminding His people: you need to take time to rest. Do you take time every day to rest? Do you take one day out every week to refrain from work, and simply rest and think about everything God has done in your life?

Scripture is also giving us a lesson on the importance of time management. “Six days you shall labor and do all your work…” (v 13). Moses was telling God’s people to be productive and get “all [their] work” done in advance! They had to work hard for the first six days of the week, to make sure they had time to rest on the seventh. If they “didn’t have time” to rest, it meant they hadn’t been wise with the first six days!

Do you have time to rest? Evaluate your work habits. God wants you to work hard, and rest hard. Are you working productively during your time at work, so you have time to rest at home? Are you doing the important things early in the day, so you have time to rest at the end? If you want to fulfill the command to rest, you have to get the hard work out of the way first!

Prayer:

Father, help me find time to rest! Open my eyes to any work habits I need to change. If I’m procrastinating in any way, shape or form: let me know! Help me to live a lifestyle of supernatural rest, in Jesus’ name.

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The Daily Word: Monday, March 25^th, 2019
Deuteronomy 4:1-49
Luke 6:39-7:10
Psalm 68:1-18
Proverbs 11:28
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Commentary from Pastor Michael White:
And He spoke a parable to them: “Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into the ditch?” – Lk 6:39

Who is leading you? Are you following your boss? Are you making your parents happy? Are you doing your best to please your friends? Whom are you following? And are the people you are following leading you to the right place?

People can only take you somewhere they’ve already been. If you want someone to lead you to Paradise, you have to follow someone who knows how to get there. Jesus knows the way:

Thomas said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?” Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” – Jn 14:5-6

Are you following Him?

Prayer:

Father, make me a good follower. I don’t know the way. The people around me don’t know the way! But You, Lord, know the way. Make me a good follower, in Jesus’ name!

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The Daily Word: Sunday, March 24^th, 2019
Deuteronomy 2:1-3:29
Luke 6:12-38
Psalm 67:1-7
Proverbs 11:27
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Commentary from Pastor Michael White:
Let the peoples praise You, O God; Let all the peoples praise You, then the earth shall yield her increase; God, our own God, shall bless us. – Ps 67:5-6

When we praise, the earth “shall yield her increase.” The more we praise God, the more our circumstances conform to God’s will. The more we praise, the more we are prepared to receive the blessings of God. The more we praise, the more God “shall bless us!”

Are you looking for increase? More of God’s presence in your life? More provision in your finances? More peace in your relationships? Praise! As you praise, your life will start looking like the life God wants you to have.

Prayer:

Father, I want to praise You! I know when I praise, my circumstances will yield. I know when I praise, You will bless me! Thank You for my ability to praise You, in Jesus’ name.

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The Daily Word: Saturday, March 23^rd, 2019
Numbers 36:1-Deuteronomy 1:46
Luke 5:29-6:11
Psalm 66:1-20
Proverbs 11:24-26
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Commentary from Pastor Michael White:
And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; or else the new wine will burst the wineskins and be spilled, and the wineskins will be ruined. – Lk 5:37

If you want to see God do something you’re never seen before, you have to put yourself somewhere you’ve never been before. Do you want God to do something new in your life? He can’t force new wine into an old wineskin! You are the wineskin: your routines, the way you worship, and the prayers you pray! So the question is not, “God, why won’t You do it?” The question is, “God, what do I need to change so You can do it through me?”

If you want to see God move, get ready. Position yourself! Cry out to Him like never before! Be more desperate for His presence than ever before! When you make the wineskin ready, God will bring the wine.

Prayer:

Father, if there’s anything You want me to change, let me know! I’m not married to my rituals and routines; I’m married to You! You have full permission to come into my life, and have Your way, in Jesus’ name.

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The Daily Word: Friday, March 22^nd, 2019
Numbers 33:40-35:34
Luke 5:12-28
Psalm 65:1-13
Proverbs 11:23
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Commentary from Pastor Michael White:
Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Command the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘When you come into the land of Canaan, this is the land that shall fall to you as an inheritance–the land of Canaan to its boundaries.’” – Num 34:1-2

The Promised Land had boundaries. God promised to bless His people, as long as they didn’t wander outside the boundaries He had given them! We see the same principle at play in the Book of Deuteronomy:

…then I will give you the rain for your land in its season… – Deut 11:14

As long as you stay where the Lord has called you to go – in “your land” – you will be blessed! It is when we wander outside of His boundaries, often in the name of “free will,” that the blessings stop flowing.

Prayer:

Father, help me to stay in the land You have given me. Help me to respect the boundaries You have set for me. Thank You for showing me where You want me to be, in Jesus’ name!

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