Establish His Word in Your Life ( by Fenny West)

Establish His Word in Your Life

Establish His Word in Your Life
Remember the Prophetic Word
God gave to you to change your life.
Rehearse it, pray it back God.

Wage a good warfare with the Word.
Keep saying it and proclaiming it.
As you do, you’ll have the reward.
Relent not, keep standing on it.

Remember, “Joseph dreamed again.”
Remember, “David turned away.”
And as you do, you too will reign.
Yes, as you do, you will not stray.

All principalities will bow
In the matchless name of Jesus
Though the Kingdom may suffer now,
But the violent takes it by force.

Stand your ground like Nehemiah.
I say be daring like Esther
Set your face like flint like Daniel.
Be importunate like David.

Pray like Jacob, “I’ll not leave you…”
Pray fervently till the tide turns.
Fast and pray and God will bless you.
Pray ceaseless, till the table turns.

Fight the Good Fight

18 This charge I commit to you , son Timothy , according to the prophecies previously made concerning you , that by them you may wage the good warfare , 1Tim1:18
9 Then He dreamed still another dream and told it to his brothers , and said , “Look , I have dreamed another dream. And this time , the sun , the moon , and the eleven stars bowed down to me.”Gen.37:9
3 Then I set my face toward the Lord God to make request by prayer and supplications , with fasting , sackcloth , and ashes. Dan9:3
29 And David said , “What have I done now? Is there not a cause?” 1Sam17:29
9 Nevertheless we made our prayer to our God , ..

Memorise Scripture ( by Don & Dawn)

Hey it’s Don here again.

I think Sam Storms, in his book on Colossians, describes well what it looks like for the word of Christ to dwell in us.

He talks about the Scriptures calling out to us.

“Don’t just read me,” they seem to say. “Feast on me! Meditate! Ruminate! Saturate your spirit!

Let my words wash over your soul like the refreshing waters of a cool mountain stream.

Hear them again and again. May they be permanently embedded in your brain, shaping how you think and live and relate to one another.

Don t be satisfied with a surface scan. Dig deeply. Explore me, word upon word, line upon line.”

Truth be told, for you to grow in faith, you need to regularly, read, study, memorize, and meditate God’s word.

There’s no other way really.

That’s why my wife Dawn and I are continuously inspiring hundreds of thousand of Christians to memorize Bible verses regularly.

There’s power in memorizing scriptures. Believe me.

If You Know It, Then Do It ( by Rick Warren)

If You Know It, Then Do It by Rick Warren

“Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.”

(James 1:22 NIV)

The Bible says in Mark 12:30, “You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength” (NLT). Another way to say this is, love God with all your talk, all your feelings, all your thinking, and all of your acting. God shaped you to be primarily either a talker, feeler, thinker, or a doer.

Talkers love God with their hearts. Feelers love God with their souls. Thinkers love God with their minds. Did you know that you can also love God with your intellect? Did you know that when you’re doing intellectual activities, it brings glory to God? When you’re developing and strengthening your mind, it is an act of worship.

People who are thinkers fall in love with the Bible when they become believers. They love to study that book. There is no other book in the world like it! It has the answers to life’s questions, like: “Why am I here? Where am I going? What is the purpose of life? Does my life matter? What’s the past? What’s the future? Where did I come from?” Thinkers love Bible study. Psalm 119:97 says, “How I love your law! I think about it all day long” (TEV).

We need thinkers, because the world needs consideration. Somebody has to be thinking through complex issues and the implications of what the rest of us are doing. We need people who think through tough problems and bring solutions to the table. That’s why we need scientists, writers, philosophers, and innovators.

But thinkers have to be careful to practice humility. The Bible says, “Don’t be impressed with your own wisdom” (Proverbs 3:7a NLT). Why? Because God is God, and you’re not.

Humility is a choice. Not once in the Bible are you ever told to pray for God to humble you. It says to “humble yourself before the Lord.” It’s a choice. Humility is something you do to yourself. Nobody else can do it to you. They can humiliate you, but they can’t make you humble. In essence, humility is total dependence on God. It’s not denying your strengths; it’s being honest about your weaknesses.

Thinkers also need to be careful to practice what they know. If you know it, then do it! James 1:22 says, “Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says” (NIV).

Do you believe you ought to give to the poor? Do you do it? Do you believe that people need Christ to go to Heaven? Do you tell them about it? Do you believe in tithing? Do you do it? You only believe the parts of the Bible that you do.

Talk It Over
• Is it harder for you to deny your strengths or be honest about your weaknesses? Why do you think this is so?
• Make a list of the things you believe in. Are you doing those things?

Book of the Law ( by Fenny West)

Book of the Law

This book of the Law shall not depart

Out of your mouth

But you shall meditate in it day and night

That you may observe to do

According to all that is written in it

Then you will may your way prosperous

And you will have good success

This book of the Law shall not depart,

shall not depart out of your mouth.

2. Have I not commanded you, be strong in the Lord

And in His mighty power

Cast down every imagination

And everything that opposes the word of the Lord

I will be with you always until the end of the age

This book of the shall not depart

shall not depart out of your mouth

3. Wherever the sole of your feet shall tread I have given it to you

You shall decree a thing and it shall be established

Ask of Me and I will give you the nations

For your inheritance

The ends of the earth for your possession

This book of the Law shall not depart,

shall not depart out of your mouth.

4. Behold, I give you power over

the power of the enemy

power over serpents and scorpions

you shall lay hand on the sick and they shall recover

the blind will see the dead will be raised

This is My will for you today

This book of the Law shall not depart,

shall not depart out of your mouth.

5. Heaven and earth will pass away

but My word will not pass away

The grass will wither

The flowers will fade

But my word shall abide forever

I stand on My word and you will see My glory

This book of the Law shall not depart,

shall not depart out of your mouth.

6. By two unchangeable things (My word and my oath)

It is impossible for God to lie

Have I spoken and will I not do?

Have I promised and will I not make good?

And then you will have good success

This book of the Law shall not depart,

shall not depart out of your mouth.

7. Bless is the man who does not walk

in the counsel of the ungodly

nor stand s in the way of sinners

or sits in the seat of God-mockers

But his delight is in the law of the Lord

This book of the Law shall not depart,

shall not depart out of your mouth.

8,. On His law he meditates day and night

He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water

That brings forth his fruit in due season

Whose leaf also shall not wither

And whatever he does shall prosper.

This book of the Law shall not depart,

shall not depart out of your mouth.

Want to Know God’s Promises? Read the Bible! ( By Rick Warren)

“I commit you to God and to the Word of his grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.” (Acts 20:32 NIV)

You have an inheritance coming to you. If you read God’s Word, the Bible promises one for you.

The Bible says in Acts 20:32, “I commit you to God and to the Word of his grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.”

An inheritance is what you get for being part of a family that’s rightfully yours.

Pretend your father was Warren Buffet, and he dies. If you never took the time to read the will, you’d be foolish. You wouldn’t get what was rightfully due to you. You wouldn’t benefit from what belongs to you as a child of Warren Buffet.

When you become a follower of Jesus, you’re not just a believer — you’re a belonger. You become a part of God’s family. Family privileges come along with that decision. You have a spiritual inheritance.

But if you walked through your entire life and you didn’t know what benefits were available to you as a child of God, that would be sad — and foolish. God wants you to grow and know what’s available to you from him. You need to read the Bible to do that.

The Bible says in 2 Timothy 3:16-17, ^“All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.”

The purpose of the Bible is to help you live out the purpose God has for your life; it’s God’s inheritance that’s due to you. God wants you to be thoroughly equipped for what you’ve been made to do. To do that, he does four things through Scripture:

– He teaches you. God shows you the path on which you should walk.

– He rebukes you. God shows you when you’re off the path.

– He corrects you. God shows us how you can get back on the path.

– He trains you. God shows you how you can stay on the path.

That’s how God’s Word helps you grow and get that great inheritance God has prepared for you.

Talk About It

– How would your life change if it reflected the truth that you have an inheritance from the King of Kings?

– What benefits from your inheritance have you not yet accepted?

– Is the Bible a useful tool for you each day? Are you taking full advantage of its instruction?

Keep God’s Word Close at Hand (by Rick Warren)

Keep God’s Word Close at Hand

“He should keep it with him all the time and read from it every day of his life.” (Deuteronomy 17:19a NCV)

For most of the 2,000-year history of the Church, only priests got to personally read the Bible, but now billions of us have access to it. In spite of this, many believers are more faithful to reading their daily newspaper than their Bibles.

It’s no wonder why we don’t grow. We can’t watch television for three hours, then read the Bible for three minutes and expect to grow.

Many who claim to believe the Bible “from cover to cover” have never read it from cover to cover. But if you will read the Bible just fifteen minutes a day, you will read completely through it once a year.

If you cut out one 30-minute television program a day and read your Bible instead, you will read through the entire Bible twice a year.

Daily Bible reading will keep you in range of God’s voice. This is why God instructed the kings of Israel to always keep a copy of his Word nearby: “He should keep it with him all the time and read from it every day of his life” (Deuteronomy 17:19a NCV).

But don’t just keep it near you; read it regularly! A simple tool that is helpful for this is a daily Bible reading plan. It will prevent you from just skipping around the Bible arbitrarily and overlooking sections.

Talk About It

– With what projects or hobbies do you show great discipline in your attention to them? How can you apply that same discipline to your daily Bible reading?

– How do you think 15 minutes a day in God’s Word would change the way you approach your everyday life?

Let the People Renew Their Strength

Isaiah 41:1

Let the people renew their strength.

C.H. Spurgeon

All things on earth need to be renewed. No created thing continueth by itself. “Thou renewest the face of the year,” was the Psalmist’s utterance. Even the trees, which wear not themselves with care, nor shorten their lives with labour, must drink of the rain of heaven and suck from the hidden treasures of the soil. The cedars of Lebanon, which God has planted, only live because day by day they are full of sap fresh drawn from the earth. Neither can man’s life be sustained without renewal from God. As it is necessary to repair the waste of the body by the frequent meal, so we must repair the waste of the soul by feeding upon the Book of God, or by listening to the preached Word, or by the soul-fattening table of the ordinances. How depressed are our graces when means are neglected! What poor starvelings some saints are who live without the diligent use of the Word of God and secret prayer! If our piety can live without God it is not of divine creating; it is but a dream; for if God had begotten it, it would wait upon Him as the flowers wait upon the dew. Without constant restoration we are not ready for the perpetual assaults of hell, or the stern afflictions of heaven, or even for the strifes within. When the whirlwind shall be loosed, woe to the tree that hath not sucked up fresh sap, and grasped the rock with many intertwisted roots.When tempests arise, woe to the mariners that have not strengthened their mast, nor cast their anchor, nor sought the haven. If we suffer the good to grow weaker, the evil will surely gather strength and struggle desperately for the mastery over us; and so, mayhap, a painful desolation, and a lamentable disgrace may follow. Let us draw near to the footstool of divine mercy in humble entreaty, and we shall realize the fulfillment of the promise, “They that wait on the Lord shall renew their strength.”

Find the Book

In a Sunday school some children were told to find scrolls hidden away with scriptures written on them. They were promised some goodies and off they went with excitement and anticipation, enthusiasm, wanting to outdo each other. They were moving chairs and tables, climbing ‘mountains’, descending ‘valleys’ and poring purses.

The congregation was set alight with joy and affirmation which renewed and underlined the importance of the Word of God

In many homes, the Bible is hidden away on shelves whilst there are places in the world where Bibles are a rarity -a treasure to be hunted and treasured.

You really don’t know what you have until you lose it. And if you don’t use it, you’ve lost it.

May we find the word of God and the voice of God for our lives today and always.

Find the Book

Book of books

On the Shelf

Gathering dust

Lost on shelf

Vault of gems

In decay

Begin to look

Begin to read

Read His mind

Hear His Voice

Make it your choice

Dam every noise

Heed His Voice.

Find the Book

Eat the food

Drink the milk

Eat the meat

Be nourished

Use the medicine

For your disease

Sin-sickness

Renew your mind

Grow in grace

Find your grace

Run the grace

Finish your race

Win the race.

Find the Book

Begin to pore

And Explore

Find the Spirit and life

The golden door

See yourself

Get instruction

Get direction

Get impartation

Get correction

Get illumination

Get transformation.

See your walk

Walk as He walked.

8.Then Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the LORD.” And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it. 2Kings22:8

2King22:8-23:3

2Tim2:15, Ps1:1-3,Jos1:8,Ps119:9,11,89, Matt7:23-24, John15:1-7

O Book divine, supreme,sublime

Entire, etrernal, holy, true;

Sufficient for all men and time-

We pledge our faith to thee anew- Anon.

http://christian-talk.forumotion.com/t5576-fresh-and-flourishing#10883

https://inspiration4generations.wordpress.com/2011/12/24/journey-of-jesus/

Wealth and Worth of the Word

So, so, incredible, indescribable

Surpasses anything you have heard

Contents of its vault: unbelievable!

Compass for navigating life on earth

Shoes of the Gospel to proclaim peace

Belt of truth, so you can every lie unearth

Breastplate of right-standing so you’re at ease.

Helmet to cover your mind from evil thoughts

The sword of the spirit to cut down demonic trees

Shield of faith to quench flaming arrows of doubt

Lamp for you to shine so that you can clearly see.

Water- liquid gold- more than silver and gold

Music to delight your soul and inspire you

Food for you to eat, grow in grace, till you’re old

Breath of fresh air, to breathe as to energise you.

Bed to lie down on and feel comfortable

Teacher-the Holy Spirit- to standby and strengthen

Guide, help, revive, recreate, restore, make you able,

Rise above obstacles, on eagle’s wings;

keep you on top of the table.

Clock for timing in everything; milk and meat.

Oil to make your face shine, oil your engine,

As you walk along the narrow road that leads to life.

Marriage Certificate, announcing your covenant with God.

Fire to refine you so that you come forth like gold.

Burial ground to bury your sins after you confess them.

Acquittal Certificate that declares your freedom

And sets you up gloriously for adoption,

Blood of Christ, to cover and wash away all your guilt.

Red light to warn you to wait: ‘Danger ahead!’

Green light to tell you that the way is free: ‘Go ahead!’

Epistles and love letters authored by the Holy Spirit,

To renew your mind and lift your spirit.

Green pastures and still waters to quench your thirst

And encourage you in your heavenly quest.

Divine spectacles for you to see things God’s way,

And prevent you from going astray.

Fishing net to equip you to fish for others

Who are lost, on the broad road and on hell’s borders.

Enemies who push you into our destiny.

Medicine to make you whole when you’re sick.

Good news to thrill and fill, warm and calm you.

Megaphone to announce the Good News,

To correct wayward, erroneous earthly views.

Parchment of God’s commandment.

Dynamite to break hard rocks on your way.

Tonic to pep you up give a fillip when you’re tired

God’s Voice to cheer, counsel and correct

God’s mind to interact with and mind your mind

Different faces and graces of God for His elect

Sweet Rose of Sharon in all places you will find.

¹⁸Open my eyes, that I may see Wondrous things from Your law.

Ps119:18

Jeremiah 23

²⁹ “Is not My word like fire?” declares the LORD, “and like a hammer which shatters a rock?

Jer23:29

Jer23:29,Isa30:21,Ps119:9,11,14,18,24,25,28,45,50,54,68,72,89,96,99,101,103,105,115,160,162,165,166,Heb4:12,John8:32,John15:7,Eph6:10-17,John6:35,48

Acts1:8, Ps1:1-3,Jos1:8, Prov4:20-23, Is55:10-11,

Isa40:8, Heb8:16, Deut28:1-15,Matt4:4,Ps19:7-11

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https://inspiration4generations.wordpress.com/2011/12/24/journey-of-jesus/

Establish His Word in Your Life

“Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.”

(James 1:22 NIV)

But thinkers have to be careful to practice humility. The Bible says, “Don’t be impressed with your own wisdom” (Proverbs 3:7a NLT). Why? Because God is God, and you’re not.

Thinkers also need to be careful to practice what they know. If you know it, then do it! James 1:22 says, “Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says” (NIV).

Do you believe you ought to give to the poor? Do you do it? Do you believe that people need Christ to go to Heaven? Do you tell them about it? Do you believe in tithing? Do you do it? You only believe the parts of the Bible that you do.

Talk It Over • Is it harder for you to deny your strengths or be honest about your weaknesses? Why do you think this is so? • Make a list of the things you believe in. Are you doing those things?

This book of the Law shall not depart

Out of your mouth

But you shall meditate in it day and night

That you may observe to do

According to all that is written in it

Then you will may your way prosperous

And you will have good success

This book of the Law shall not depart,

shall not depart out of your mouth.

2. Have I not commanded you, be strong in the Lord

And in His mighty power

Cast down every imagination

And everything that opposes the word of the Lord

I will be with you always until the end of the age

This book of the shall not depart

shall not depart out of your mouth

3. Wherever the sole of your feet shall tread I have given it to you

You shall decree a thing and it shall be established

Ask of Me and I will give you the nations

For your inheritance

The ends of the earth for your possession

This book of the Law shall not depart,

shall not depart out of your mouth.

4. Behold, I give you power over

the power of the enemy

power over serpents and scorpions

you shall lay hand on the sick and they shall recover

the blind will see the dead will be raised

This is My will for you today

This book of the Law shall not depart,

shall not depart out of your mouth.

5. Heaven and earth will pass away

but My word will not pass away

The grass will wither

The flowers will fade

But my word shall abide forever

I stand on My word and you will see My glory

This book of the Law shall not depart,

shall not depart out of your mouth.

6. By two unchangeable things (My word and my oath)

It is impossible for God to lie

Have I spoken and will I not do?

Have I promised and will I not make good?

And then you will have good success

This book of the Law shall not depart,

shall not depart out of your mouth.

7. Bless is the man who does not walk

in the counsel of the ungodly

nor stand s in the way of sinners

or sits in the seat of God-mockers

But his delight is in the law of the Lord

This book of the Law shall not depart,

shall not depart out of your mouth.

8,. On His law he meditates day and night

He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water

That brings forth his fruit in due season

Whose leaf also shall not wither

And whatever he does shall prosper.

This book of the Law shall not depart,

“I commit you to God and to the Word of his grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.” (Acts 20:32 NIV)

You have an inheritance coming to you. If you read God’s Word, the Bible promises one for you.

The Bible says in Acts 20:32, “I commit you to God and to the Word of his grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.”

An inheritance is what you get for being part of a family that’s rightfully yours.

Pretend your father was Warren Buffet, and he dies. If you never took the time to read the will, you’d be foolish. You wouldn’t get what was rightfully due to you. You wouldn’t benefit from what belongs to you as a child of Warren Buffet.

When you become a follower of Jesus, you’re not just a believer — you’re a belonger. You become a part of God’s family. Family privileges come along with that decision. You have a spiritual inheritance.

But if you walked through your entire life and you didn’t know what benefits were available to you as a child of God, that would be sad — and foolish. God wants you to grow and know what’s available to you from him. You need to read the Bible to do that.

The Bible says in 2 Timothy 3:16-17, “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.”

The purpose of the Bible is to help you live out the purpose God has for your life; it’s God’s inheritance that’s due to you. God wants you to be thoroughly equipped for what you’ve been made to do. To do that, he does four things through Scripture:

– He teaches you. God shows you the path on which you should walk.

– He rebukes you. God shows you when you’re off the path.

– He corrects you. God shows us how you can get back on the path.

– He trains you. God shows you how you can stay on the path.

That’s how God’s Word helps you grow and get that great inheritance God has prepared for you.

Talk It Over
• Is it harder for you to deny your strengths or be honest about your weaknesses? Why do you think this is so?
• Make a list of the things you believe in. Are you doing those things?

The Bible says in 2 Timothy 3:16-17, ^“All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.”