WORD-SOAKED

Have you thanked Him?

Have you praised Him?

Have you made it your priority to agree and cooperate with Him today?

Have you taken that deep breath and listened for what He has for you today?

1 Timothy 2:1 (The Message)

^1-3The first thing I want you to do is pray. Pray every way you know how, for everyone you know.

49 scriptures.

Last night my good friend Lisa Fulton “threw the Book at ‘em’” so to speak.

I described her time of sharing as “soaked in the WORD”. It most definitely was an encouraging and affirming revelation of the amazing ability of GOD’s WORD to have relevance, clarity and direction.

But that is what GOD’s WORD is all about. It is not the dusty writings of some bearded travelers in sandals and smocks it is most certainly the organic, living breathing Word of GOD.

2 Timothy 3:14

…Every part of Scripture is God-breathed and useful one way or another—showing us truth, exposing our rebellion, correcting our mistakes, training us to live God’s way. Through the Word we are put together and shaped up for the tasks God has for us.

Often we save reading our bibles for the Sunday “lesson” or grab it on our way out the door to keep up appearances when the ushers greet us at the door. Why?

As Lisa pointed out with passion and clarity last night, REAL LIFE issues like anxiety and depression can be “treated” and broken by the unerring WORD of GOD. Don’t think so?

Let’s give a look-see at anxiety...

Philippians 4:6-7

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

1 Peter 5:7

Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

Matthew 6:25-34

“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. ...

You get the drift?

The WORD of GOD is amazing.

Struggling with anger?

Proverbs 14:29

Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.

What about lust?

Galatians 5:16

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

I could go on but you get what I am saying.

Don’t ever discount the power of the WORD of GOD and its impact on your day. GOD has a WORD on ALL things.

So stop GOOGLING for life’s answers. Instead go grab your WORD and see WHAT GOD has to say about what you are dealing with!

It’s in there!

I love you all!

Freedom Church

Pastor GDelaney