Thank you, Lord. You know, if you got your Bible handle handy there, just I’m going to turn over to real quick to Jeremiah 33:3. And I want to read this to you today. This is from the New King James Version. And it says this in verse three, “Call to me and I will answer you.” Right there. We could stop right there and preach. The Lord is saying, “Call to me. Talk to me. Reach out. Ask me and I will answer you.” Wow. And it goes on to say this.
I will answer you and show you great and mighty things which you do not know of. Every day we should get up expecting great things because God’s ready to work in us. He’s ready to work with us. He’s ready to work through us. He’s ready to work for us. And he wants to do great things. And he wants us to go forth and represent him in his kingdom here on the earth doing great things. You know, in John chapter 14, Jesus said to his disciples, “You will do the works that I’ve done. You’ve seen me do.
You’re going to do those same works.” And then he says this, “And even greater things than these because I go to my father.” Wow. We read about all the things Jesus did in the New Testament. You know, he healed people in so many different ways. He raised people from the dead. He cast devils out of people, worked in their lives, brought about health and healing and wholeness and provision. And then he says, “But you’ll do greater things than these.” So what are you doing every day? I encourage you just get up and go out looking.
If somebody is hurting, pray for them right there. Just Lord, we thank you for bringing healing to this person or releasing them from this pain. Whatever it is, you don’t have to spend an hour interceding and praying. That’s good when you can do that. But just one simple little prayer, one simple little God loves you. One simple little I love you can change somebody’s life. Praise God. And great things can happen for them. Amen. God is so good today. And we talk about that a lot.
So, let’s just lift up this song from our hearts to him that says, “I love you, Lord, and I’m so grateful for your goodness today. All that you are. I love you, Lord, Hallelujah. God’s doing great things and with God all things are possible. Amen. Praise God. And Corey, I’m sorry I messed up that one course. I started in the middle and then went to the beginning. But she’s really good at figuring out where I’m going in a hurry. Praise God. Hallelujah. It’s time to worship the Lord through our giving.
And as always, we share a little devotional, a little scripture with with you about God’s perspective on giving. And today we’re looking at Luke 6:38. And this is where Jesus said, “Give, and it shall be given to you. good measure pressed down and shaken together and running over shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that you meet, with it shall be measured to you again, with all it shall be. Amen. Amen. Amen. Jesus presents giving as more than an act. This is just more than just something we do every week.
We put our offering in the offering plate or we we these days we do it digitally. We scan the QR code. We zel. We do all the other ways and and uh and give online. But giving is not just an act and action. It is more than that. Giving is a way of living. Hallelujah. What we see when we study and look at Christ’s life, his whole life was about giving in some way. Every day he was giving. As we give, we are declaring that we are not the source of what we have. That it all flows from him.
And then we take that seed and sew it into others to the place he shows us. Why? God is our source. God is our source. So God requires us to release from our hands what he has blessed us with while trusting that he is faithful to provide us with more and bring the harvest in. Bring the return in. I may have shared this before, but I grew up my uncle owned one of the largest farms in the area where our family was from. And I grew up out there in the field. I knew what it was like. I loved Michael.
One of the things he grew for market was peanuts. And uh he was there in the panhandle of Florida, just 30 miles from Alabama. Some some people said Florida back then they used the abbreviation FLA, formerly lower Alabama.
Um, but I remember being out in that field and watching and and he would get us out there helping and planting those seeds and then watching those little peanut bushes sprout and they start to grow and they start to grow and they get to that place where you know it’s harvest time and you run out there and pull one up and guess what’s on underneath the ground there on the end of that? There’s a peanut there. Praise God. How did that happen? That’s it. Giving is a way of living. It’s a way of sewing. And God is our source.
So notice the progression here. Give and it shall be given. Good measure pressed down, shaken together, and running over. What Jesus is doing here is painting a picture of abundance. The image is that of someone filling a container with grain. Okay, imagine that. A bucket, a container. It is not casually filled. It is packed, compressed, and overflowing. The emphasis is not simply on getting something back. The deeper principle is this. God is a God of increase and his works, he works through a generous heart to bring an abundant harvest. Hallelujah. God is always in the process of increase.
He hasn’t changed since the beginning of time. He still looks at us and says, “Be fruitful and multiply.” Now, in one context, if you’re married, yes, that means have children. But that’s not the only meaning there. It means go out into the world and be fruitful, be productive, bless others, and then multiply that, increase it everywhere you go. Here’s the greatest example of this is God himself is the ultimate giver. As we saw last week, we looked into John 3:16 for a moment.
John 3:16 begins with, “For God so loved the world that he gave.” His expression of love was through giving. God’s giving flows from his love. Hallelujah. Therefore, Christian generosity is motivated by the desire to bless others in partnership with God’s plan and purpose. Hallelujah. Giving is a reciprocal process. It’s not just a sending it out. It’s a sending it out and then coming back in is what Jesus is saying. It’s a going and coming. It’s a reciprocal process. Luke’s 6:38 began with give and it shall be given. We sow and when we sow we receive a blessing for sewing.
I love that. My the other thing, one of the other things my uncle grew was corn. And I used to love that. We’d plant one kernel of corn and get this big stalk that was six, seven, sometimes 8 feet tall, a big one. And you say, “Yeah, but it only has one ear of corn on it.” But you know what? That one ear corn has between 800 and,200 kernels of corn on that one cob. And that all came out of that one tiny seed. And then when you plant the field, you’ve got thousands of corn stalks out there.
It’s amazing how God multiplies it. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. It’s a reciprocal process. And so when we re sew, we receive a harvest. We receive a blessing. And from that blessing of harvest, we’re able to sew again. and we’re even able to sew more. And so it is what is called in scripture seed time and harvest. It’s that’s it in action. So to be a good giver, here’s another principle. To be a good giver, you must be a good receiver. If you only give and don’t receive, you hamper the order of giving and receiving. You stop the reciprocal process.
You stop the flow of reciprocity. In essence, you rob someone else of their opportunity to be blessed. 2 Corinthians 9:8 and this is in the Amplified Classic says this. And God is able to make all grace, every favor and earthly blessing come to you in abundance so that you may always and under all circumstances and whatever the need be self-sufficient, possessing enough to require no aid or support and furnished in abundance for every good work and charitable donation. That’s where God wants us living. And the way he takes us there is through our giving.
God’s grace, his favor, his blessing enables generosity in us and through us. And generosity becomes an expression of grace. There it is again. There’s that reciprocal process. Grace enables it. And once grace enables it, it becomes an expression of grace again to someone else in someone else. We’ve been doing this declaration the last few weeks. So let’s do this together and just read this together with me. I trust you, Lord, as my source and supply. I will always have more than enough to give to every good work because from you all blessings flow.
Thank you for multiplying the seed I sow and increasing the fruits of my righteousness. Amen. Hallelujah. If you’re here with us today, you can if you want to sew cash or a check, we have the offering basket here or right there in your bulletin, there’s a little QR code you can scan if you’d like to give digitally.
If you’re a part of our live stream audience, you can go to our website uh emerge internationalurch.org org and there in the right hand upper right hand corner there’s a give button you can click on and it will give you the instructions and how to follow through on that. We thank you for partnering with us as we partner with the Lord to see his kingdom come, his will be done here on the earth as it is in heaven. And that’s what we’re doing today. Let’s bow our heads in prayer today.
Father, we thank you for this opportunity we have to sew into your kingdom. And Lord, we just set our hearts right now to give ourselves to you through our offerings, through our time, our talent, however you direct us, Lord. And so, Lord, right now, we listen and we look forward. What would you have us do today? How would you have us sew into your storehouse? Thank you for the privilege and opportunity of giving into your kingdom, your purpose, and your plan. Now, Father, I pray a hundfold blessing over every seed sown today, Lord.
Just like I saw those peanuts come and the corn come and all the other things. Father, thank you for your heart of multiplication, your heart of increase. Father, thank you for blessing every seed sown today in Jesus name. Amen. Hallelujah. Praise God. So as you give this morning, let’s sing this together. All to Jesus I surrender. All to him I freely give. I will ever love and trust him in his presence. Daily live. I surrender all. we’ve been studying the blessing of living God’s way. This is part four today.
And the person and power of the word is what we’ve been looking at. And so that’s what we’re going to continue to look at today. The person and power of the word, living God’s way. And so the central message of our study over the last few weeks has been God has a way for us and his word is his way for us. Our faith in God, his word and his character and his way is the foundation for living the abundant life he desires for his children.
And we saw a couple weeks ago, few weeks ago, we saw in John 1:1 he the word was there in the beginning. The word was in him and the word is him. Wow. God is his word. If he speaks it, it is so. Last week we saw in Hebrews 11:6 that without faith, without hope, without confidence in the Lord, it is impossible to please him. Now, this Paul isn’t or the writer here isn’t reprimanding you. He’s just telling you about the way. God works through faith. God lives by faith. and he wants us to do the same thing.
And it’s very pleasing to him when we do do the same thing. If you believe in him and you’ve received him as your Lord and Savior, you’re walking in faith with him. You’re pleasing him. And so, don’t let the enemy take that and use it against you to condemn you or try to make you feel bad. Oh, I’m not perfect and I didn’t. No, it’s okay. You’re his child. He loves you. But he does want us to be consistent. We must believe that he exists. Do you believe that the Lord exists? Good. That he is trustworthy.
Do you believe that the Lord is trustworthy? I believe you do. Praise God. And that he rewards those who diligently and earnestly seek him. Wow. God is a rewarder. He blesses you in some way. When you earnestly and diligently seek him, he blesses you. And we’re going to see that more as we go through today’s uh study. Faith is more than just an intellectual agreement. It is a deep heartfelt conviction that influences how we think, how we speak, and how we live. His word shapes us.
When we are fully persuaded of who God is and learn to rely on his word, then our faith empowers us to live his way with strength, confidence, and purpose. God’s always empowering us. He’s given us everything. This isn’t a real hard struggle living with him his way. God is our creator and ruler, the one we can fully trust. And that word ruler doesn’t mean to lord it over someone. If you’re a ruler, if you look up the definition there, it means one who pours into those he’s responsible for.
The king was ruler over the dominion, his kingdom, which meant it was his responsibility to see that things were done well, that there was harvest, blessing, prosperity in the kingdom. God wants to do that in our lives. He is our ruler. One who pours into us. We are under his dominion, his authority, his rule. And we can trust him with all of our heart. He is not distant or uninvolved in our lives. He is present with us here and now. Whether you realize it or not, God is right here with us right now.
God, I whether you’re right here in the room with us, whether if you’re watching on the live stream, God is there. God is with you right now, wherever you are. Hebrews 11:6 also reveals that God rewards those who diligently seek him. Now, let’s look at this. Diligence means being steady, consistent, and intentional in our relationship with him. Seeking God should be a daily priority, not an occasional activity. It’s not just something on our list that we check off. Well, I went to church Sunday. I went to prayer and Bible study Wednesday night. No, those are great things to do.
And we’re encouraged in scripture to come together as a body of believers and support one another and encourage one another. But our relationship with God should be a focused daily We are called to pursue his presence, understand his will, meditate on his word, and put his principle into practice to live his way every day. And we’re going to see that more. The one verse that keeps coming up in me is Matthew 6:33. And this gives us what we’re saying here today gives us insight into the key that Jesus is talking about here.
He says, “Seek first of all his kingdom and his righteousness.” And when it says his righteousness, I’m getting ahead of myself. I’m going to save that. I will tell you what his righteousness means in just a minute. But seeking first God’s kingdom means making his authority, his interest, his way of living our highest priority.
So when you’re getting ready to go do something, why don’t you go seek the Lord first before you leave the house while you get in the car? ask his opinion as our friend uh Bob says Bob Odin he says in his book two chairs God knows everything why wouldn’t you ask him first God says if you’ll come seek me first I’ll show you the way and then here we know seek first all of his kingdom or all his kingdom and his righteousness. His righteousness is his way of thinking. So seek his thoughts. We studied that our first session Isaiah 55.
His thoughts are higher than our thoughts. His ways are higher than our ways. Why wouldn’t we want to, you know, if somebody walked in here today and I knew they were an expert at something and they were knew more had more wisdom about it anybody else in the world, I’d ask them some questions. Wouldn’t you? You should ask them questions. God says, “Come, come sit with me every morning for a few minutes. Ask me questions.” His righteousness is his way of thinking, his way of feeling, his way of acting and doing what is right.
As God’s children and citizens of his kingdom, we are called to represent him and live according to his ways here on earth. And the priority of his presence and his power opens the door to his provision. That’s why Jesus said, “Seek ye first the kingdom of God and all these other things will be added. They’re going to flow to you. They’re going to come to you.” Because if you’re walking in alignment with him and living his way, then all the blessings of the kingdom are yours. They come to you.
When we put God first, we align our lives with his purposes and make room for the fruitfulness and increase that comes from following his direction. Now, this does not mean that treat you treating God as a means to get what we want all the time. It’s it’s not a slot machine. It means trusting his character, pursuing his will, and allowing him to shape our lives. I always go back to this.
When David was anointed king, and the Philistine turned about it, and they said, “Well, let’s go down there and just whip him right now and put him in his place.” And they came down into the valley and they were going to show him a thing or two. And God said, David went and sought the Lord first. And God said, “Go out head on. Meet him in the valley. You’re going to win.” And he went and did what the Lord said, and they won. They overcame them. And the Philistines turned and ran home. Well, they hadn’t had enough.
They were mad about it. So they said, “We’re going to show him a thing or two. Let’s go back. And so here they come again down into the valley ready to attack Israel.
And David goes and seeks the Lord and says, “Do I go out and get them against them again like we did last time?” There’s a lot of wisdom in what just was spoken there in that verse when he said, “Do I go out like I did last time, Lord?” And God said, “No, go around the popular trees, hide there, and flank them and come from behind them and surprise them.” And they won again. God has a plan and a strategy for every day of your life.
Just because you did it one way yesterday doesn’t necessarily mean he wants you to do it exactly the same way today. So seek him. Hallelujah. Seek him. We trust his character. We pursue his will, allowing him to shape our lives. Jesus said this. He said he came to give us life. this life. In John 10:10, he contrasts what he came to do versus what the enemy came to do. He says, “The thief, the one who comes to steal, kill, and destroy.” That’s his purpose. He came with his own purpose.
But Jesus is saying here, I came with the p purpose of my heavenly father, the kingdom of God. I came that they may have and enjoy life and have it in abundance to the full till it overflows. There, there we go again. God’s a God of multiplication, of increase. The enemy seeks to rob us of what God desires for us. But Jesus came to restore us to a genuine, meaningful, God- centered life, the abundant life. Thank you Lord. Thank you Lord for what you came to give us.
He his offers are superior in quality and fullness beginning with our relationship with him and extending into how we live, serve, love, and fulfill our purpose here on the earth. Living God’s way is not slavery or merely following a list of rules. It is learning to live the life God designed for us to live. A life guided by his wisdom, empowered by his presence, and grounded in his word. God created us as his children and has called us to represent his kingdom on the earth.
His desire is for his will to be expressed through our lives. bringing the reality of his kingdom into the world around us. That’s a part of our calling every day. We get to go out into the world and bring the reality of his kingdom here on the earth. And like I said earlier today, it might be through a smile, a kind word, a hug, a touch. Could be through praying for someone, encouraging them, but in some way letting God’s love flow through you to touch the world around you. Ultimately, this message that we’re sharing calls us to make faith practical.
The enemy wants us to think that faith is this big thing and we got to work so hard and oh, we’re going to believe so hard and God’s going just trust me. Believe in me and come on, let’s do this together. Make it practical. You ever seen those people that are trying to get something done and they’re working so hard at it and then that person that’s been doing it for 50 years walks up and goes, “Here, how did that what what did you do?” They learned how to make it practical.
My grandmother, both of my grandmothers were masters at the pies and cakes and things they fixed. And I would say, ‘What’s the rest? I want the when I got older, “I want the recipe.” “Well, it’s a little of this and a little of that.” And uh and I’d be trying to fix it and she’d look over, “No, you just need a pinch more of this here.” And I go, “How do you know?” “Well, you just know. You learn.” You know, but God wants to bring us to that place in him where in the moment we know.
We sense his spirit showing us the way. Faith connects us to God’s power. Seeking him first aligns us with his kingdom and living according to his word enables us to experience and demonstrate his abundant life. Our purpose is not simply to exist here on earth, but to walk with God and reflect his will and his ways in our everyday lives. His kingdom come, his will be done here on earth as it is in heaven. All right, that was the summary from last week. Yeah, you could go back and listen.
I I think there’s new stuff in the summary that over the last few weeks we’ve been studying the purpose of person and the power of God’s way. And today we begin we continue that but we begin to explore the process of living God’s way. There is a process to living God’s way. And the Lord says to us, “This is the way. Walk in it.” And that brings us to Joshua 1:8. Joshua 1:8, Amplified Classic, says this.
This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe and do according to all that is written in it. For then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall deal wisely and have good success. Wise words satisfy like a good meal. The right words bring satisfaction. The tongue can bring death or life. Those who love to talk, I love this. Those who love to talk will reap the consequences. What are you saying? What seeds are you planting verbally? Proverbs 18:20-21 in the passion translation.
Sharing words of wisdom is satisfying to your inner being. It encourages you to know that you’ve changed someone else’s life. Your words are so powerful that they will kill or give life. And the talkative person will reap the consequences. What the Lord is saying to Joshua here and through the writer of Proverbs is about allowing God’s truth, his instruction, his direction, his way to become part of who you are. How you think and speak shape you. His word forms, fashions, and shapes your life. And that’s why he’s saying, “Keep it in here every day. Keep it before you.
Keep declaring it. Keep praying it and confessing it. It’s shaping you. It’s helping you to be who I created you to be. Now, here’s a principle to take note of. Spoken words are never trivial. And we get caught up in that all the time. We say something and then we laugh and go, “Oh, I’m just kidding. No, God knows if you were kidding.” The true heart behind those words actually engage when they go out. Spoken words are never trivial. They carry massive realworld consequences for relationships, reputations, and survival. Speech dictates the entire spectrum of human experience.
From destruction and ruin to healing and flourishing, people ultimately live with the direct results, good or bad, of the habits and words they cultivate. You’ve probably heard this before, but it’s a truth and we see it in scripture. We’ve even cognitive science has proved it over and over. What you focus on becomes your appetite. What you feed on influences your perspective and beliefs, which influences your day-to-day life. Spoken words begin with thoughts. Our thinking creates a platform for our speaking which influences our attitude, our choices, our actions, and our outcomes.
So God is telling Joshua here, focus on this book of instruction. Read it out loud. Meditate on it. Murmur it. Mumble it. So that you receive the revelation of the word, the insight, the understanding and wisdom of the word. By doing this, you will transform your thinking, understanding, insight, and wisdom. So you walk in the way that will bring blessing and good success. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. God was telling Israel, “This is the pattern for a blessed life. It’s not merely,” okay, read your Bible and you do it occasionally.
The idea is that God’s word should be so familiar that it influences your conversations, your decisions, your reactions, your priorities, and your perspective. In everyday life, that can look like this. When you’re uncertain, what does God say is true? When you’re afraid, what has God promised me? When you’re angry, how does God tell me to respond? It’s a big one right there. When you’re tempted, what does God’s word say about this? When you’re making an important decision, what principles should guide you? When you’re successful, who gets the credit? When you’re disappointed, what does God want me to learn or remember?
The word of God is a reference point for reality. Let me say that again. The word of God is a reference point for reality rather than simply something you consult on Sundays. Next, you shall meditate on it day and night. Okay? So, don’t let this word depart out of your mouth. Now, we’re getting to the second part here. You shall meditate on it day and night. Meditate means to murmur, to ponder, to imagine, to mutter quietly over and over and over.
And then it also means to roar, speak it out, study it, talk it, utter it, devise a plan around it, plot. What’s it inspiring you? What’s it showing you? Meditation is something you can do all day long when you’re driving in your car. You ever get home and wonder how’d I get here? Cuz you were just driving. and you weren’t even thinking about the turns. And uh sometimes Conia and I were going somewhere the other day and we were talking and I was driving and making turns and she goes finally she goes, “We weren’t far from the house here.
We’re out here just a couple blocks from the house.” And she looks at me goes, “Where are you going?” And I went, “Well, I’m going way over yonder, but I was driving as if I was going home.” It was habit. It was habitual. God’s word, God wants his word so close in us, so real in us. That’s just the way we think and do. So meditate on it day, daily, during the daytime, continually. Don’t stop it. And night. Now, I love what this says in the Hebrew. This is just me, but it says night as opposed to day.
So the opposite of day. It also nighttime can be considered a season, a time of prayer, praise and meditation. I know the this week Conia and I took some time and we came here to the chapel and just spent about an hour just praying in the spirit, walking and praying and worshiping and declaring together. Man, it was powerful and it gave us insight. God gave us insight on some things we were working toward. Now, this is probably the part I would focus on the most is this. Biblical meditation isn’t primarily about emptying your mind.
A lot of meditation practices, they’re telling you to empty your mind. Biblical meditation is about filling your mind with God’s truth and turning it over repeatedly. So, as Paul said in Romans 12, we’re transformed by the renewing of our mind. And transformation proves the perfect will of God for us. You read something in scripture in the morning and then you carry it with you. A verse about patience comes to mind when someone frustrates you. A verse about trust comes to mind when you don’t know what’s going to happen.
A verse about generosity comes to mind when you’re deciding what to do with your resources. A verse about integrity comes to mind when nobody would know if you cut a corner. That’s meditation becoming a living reality. When that is done consistently, the outcome is stated. The result is positive and positive action is taken consistently. Do not let this word out of your mouth. Meditate on it day and night. Then the third point here is that you may observe and do.
Observe means to guard, protect, attend to, take heed, be a keeper of, regard, have charge of, retain, treasure up in memory, perform. It means to garden. You know, you can garden your mind. Weeds get in your mind sometimes in your thinking. You got to uproot those things. That’s why Paul said in the New Testament, he said, “Take captive those thoughts that aren’t of the Lord. Cast them down. Guard your mind. Keep one’s mouth. What? Guard what comes out of here.” I know Conia and I have had this as me. I’ve learned this over the years, but something will happen.
She’ll go, “How did that make you feel?” and I say, “I’m not going to give voice to that. I don’t want that out there. I don’t want the enemy to be able to take that and use it against me.” Be prudent in speech. And that word prudent means to do it with respect and grace and some skill. And when you do this, wisdom shall preserve you. The word do here, observe and do means to accomplish. So the insight, the understanding, the direction, everything you get from being in the word, do it. Don’t just read it. Don’t just study it.
Do it. means to accomplish, to advance, means to be. You were created to be. You are a being. But you have the capacity within you to become more, to bring forth, to emerge, to execute, to follow, to govern, to perform, to provide, to serve, form, fashion, produce, to attend, to acquire. You know, Hebrew is so so multifaceted. It’s so multi-layered there. It can go so deep. That’s one reason we study it like we do because God is saying in every way you live and breathe, do this. Observe the word and do it.
And this is where Joshua 1:8 becomes extremely practical. God isn’t telling Joshua no more scripture. What God is saying essentially is know my word well enough that it changes what you do. and how you do it. So again, here’s a progression. Hear the word, meditate the word, understand the word, obey the word, live wisely, and be blessed. Six steps there. It’s possible to know an enormous amount about scripture and still not live according to it. You ever seen that? You ever felt like you were like that some days? Joshua 1:8 puts the emphasis on application.
It’s not just knowing, it’s knowing and doing. The question becomes, what does this truth require me to do today? That’s a very very different approach than just reading the Bible. according to all. The fourth point there and that verse is according to all that is written therein and as Pastor Conia likes to say and I’ve stolen it from her. I well I’ve borrowed it. Guess what all means?
All very good Corey. the whole all together everything totality all according to all that is written not just part of what’s written here not the part you like all of it let me read it again Joshua 1:8 amplified classic this book of the law so this book of instruction direction divine direction shall shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe and do according to all that is written in it. That’s the first half of that verse. And it is giving us his way.
And as we said over the last few weeks, his way is his word. Not some of his word, all of his word, all that is written therein. Simply put, is these four things. This word shall not depart out of your mouth. Meditate on the word day and night. Observe, learn, understand, and do according to all that is written in the word. This is the way. Walk in it. There you go. There’s the process. Now, next week, we’re going to drill down into the second half of this verse, which is the part of the verse everyone loves.
Oh, I’m going to be prosperous and have great success. Yes, if you do those four things I just talked about. And we’re going to look at the three keys to walking in the blessing next week. But guys, I want to encourage you. I have a Bible reading plan. I read every day, but I also study. I want to there there are verses that come to me and I want to study them and I want to get them in me. I don’t want it just to be head knowledge.
I want it to be heart knowledge and inspired by the Holy Spirit within me in a way that causes me to walk in the way God has for us here on the earth. Praise God. God wants to bless you. And this isn’t about legalism and being perfect and all the things. So many times we see in in Jesus ministry here on the earth, the Pharisees talking about how perfect they’ve kept all the rules and regulations and the laws. No, it’s not about that. God wants you to get this in you because it is life. It is love.
It is light and shows you how he created you to be, to live, to walk and do. So you can be a blessing. You can live and walk in his blessing and you can share that blessing with others. Amen. Let’s bow our heads. Father, we thank you for your word to us today. We thank you for your instruction. We thank you for showing us the way, Lord.
And Father, I pray that as everyone hears this and they go back and study these notes and look at everything and listen to this message again, Father God, that that gets in them and they begin to walk more fully and who you created them to be and in your word. And we thank you, Father, for doing that in us and through us, with us, and for us. We praise you for it. I pray for a blessed week for everyone, Father. And may your word come alive more and more and more in us. And we thank you for it. Praise God.
Pastor Conia is coming now with some closing thoughts and a prayer. God bless you. Have a great week, everyone. So, two Bible scenes come to mind as we’re doing this. One of them is God basically kind of just gave up and said, “I’m done with you guys. Go to the promised land if you want to go.
Don’t go if you don’t want to go.” And they said, “No, God, if you’re not going with us, we don’t want any part of it.” And Jesus at one point looked at Peter and a few of the other disciples and said, “Hey, you guys want to check out, too?” because everybody was leaving in droves at one point. And Peter said, “To whom would we go?” As we look at what we’re doing in our lives, it really doesn’t make any sense to do anything without God. It doesn’t make any sense to do anything without Jesus.
So, whatever you do today, walk with God in it because without him, it’s just kind of pointless. Father, thank you. Thank you for this time today. Thank you that you show us how to live. Thank you that you give us this book of instruction and that as we do meditate on it, Lord, it gets down deep in our spirit and becomes not only something that we’ve heard about or something that we’ve read about, but something that we walk in, something that becomes part of us. Thank you Lord for your word. We love you Lord in Jesus name. Amen.
Y’all have a great week.
