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No Shortage of Religion in America
Love Worth Finding
TODAY'S DAILY DEVOTIONAL
October 04, 2025
“You will show me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy; at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.”
PSALM 16:11
PONDER THIS
The way of Jesus is the way of genuine pleasure. But the problem comes when we love pleasures more than we love God.
A church can have several thousand people in worship, but that is a fraction of its membership. Many people watch but don’t get involved. Many have other places they would rather be than in the house of God. They are lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God. If you look around, resorts, theaters, stadiums, and nightclubs are packed. It’s what you might call a pleasure explosion. When we think about Sunday, we have many other plans we anticipate—our lunch plans, the people we will see; we look forward to many things outside of worshiping God.
There is no shortage of religion in America. Most Americans do not need religion; they need to turn from religion to a commitment to Jesus Christ. Life in Christ is more than church attendance or lip service; it is about a life that looks to Him as genuine pleasure and trusts that He is enough. Let Him reorient your heart. Let Him change how you look at the Creator, Savior, and Helper. He is the source of pleasure and not a distraction from it.
What are some ways you have pursued pleasure over the things of God? Where has it led?
How have you found pleasure walking with God? How can you grow in your walk with Him?
PRACTICE THIS
Confess where you have sought pleasure outside of God. Ask Him to reorient your heart to find pleasure in Him.
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