Scripture

Does not wisdom cry out, and understanding lift up her voice? “To you, O men, I call . . . O you simple ones, understand prudence, and you fools, be of an understanding heart.”
(Proverbs 8:1-5)

Devotional

Are you rejecting the cries of wisdom or avoiding the voice of understanding? “Where “, you ask, “where can I hear them?” Here is where you may hear them speaking: in countless churches throughout the world. There are people ordained by God to deliver His Word to you. God has a message just for you; all you have to do is receive it. Your local New Testament Church is God’s post office, and the pastor of that church is God’s mailman. There is a first class special delivery waiting just for you and the postage has been paid. I promise, if you go expecting to receive, you will. However, if you go with an attitude of skepticism and disbelief you will get what you expect. I have inevitably found that when the student is ready, the teacher will come. Wisdom is crying out at your church. Understanding is raising its voice. Won’t you take a front row seat and listen with all your heart?

Text For The Day

Proverbs 8:1, 4, 5: Does not wisdom cry out, and understanding lift up her voice? “To you, O men, I call…O you simple ones, understand prudence, and you fools, be of an understanding heart.”

Thought For The Day

“No man should be alone when he opposes Satan. The church and the ministry of the Word were instituted for this purpose, that hands may be joined together and one may help another. If the prayer of one doesn't help, the prayer of another will.” Martin Luther, The Early Years

Questions To Ponder

Where does the Lord speak to you the clearest: in the reading of His Word, through prayer, in His church, all three?
Where do all aspects of communication with God take place?
Can we walk in obedience to Christ outside the body of Christ?

Morning Study Guide

Defining: Church: “A house consecrated to the worship of God, among Christians; the Lords house. This seems to be the original meaning of the word. The Greek, to call out or call together, denotes an assembly or collection. But, Lord, a term applied by the early Christians to Jesus Christ; and the house in which they worshipped was named from the title. So church goods, bona ecclesiastica; the Lords day, dies dominica.” Webster’s 1828 American Dictionary of the English language

Referencing: “They continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers,” Acts 2:42.

Applying: God has a letter for you, His Word, the Bible. He has a package for You in his post office, the Church, and He has a telegram for you from His mailman, your pastor. Pick up your mail.