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Word for Today:  February 7

It would be a close guess that out of the next five people you talk with, at least four of them will be hurting.

In pain.  Emotionally, physically, spiritually or financially.  Upset.  Wounded.  Heart-broken.  Desperate.  Wondering.  Wishing.  Hoping.

So, for the sake of these, we must know how to get results from the Word that will heal their hurts and solve their problems.

And it may be you.  You may be the hurting one.  If you are not hurting right now it is a good possibility that soon you may be.  What will you do?  What can you do?  What must you do?    For every Believer, God has provided a Way of escape.  Listen to the Word:

There hath no temptation (test, trial) taken you but such as is common (not unique or unusual) to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer (allow)you to be tempted (tested, tried) above that ye are able; (more than you can bear) but will with the temptation (test, trial)  also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. 1Cor. 10:13

I like to read it this way:

 There hath no OPPORTUNITY been presented to you that is UNCOMMON (to a Believer)… God is faithful who will not allow you to be CHALLENGED with anything that will be IMPOSSIBLE for you to accomplish.  With every OPPORTUNITY, God will provide a way for you to succeed so that you will never suffer failure or defeat.  (Free translation)

Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.  Mr 9:23

Only Believe

Word for Today:  February 6

God wants you to Think Right.

Your biggest problem is a thinking problem.   In fact, you are the sum total of what you think (Pro 23:7).

Where you are, how you are and what you are are all determined by how you think.   What you will be is determined by how you think.     Successful living comes from successful thinking.    The highest quality of life comes from thinking and living out of a mind that is renewed by the Word of God.  The mind is renewed by Revelation Knowledge that comes from the Word.

Man is a Triune Being.  Just as God is revealed through the Mystery of the Trinity, man is understood through his triune nature.  Man is a Spirit.  Man has a Soul.  Man lives in a Body.  Therefore, man is (1) Spirit (2) Soul and (3) Body.

The Spirit is the Real man.  The Soul is the mind, will and emotions.  The Body is the physical, biological living tabernacle of flesh in which the Spirit and Soul lives.

Your Mind is the key to the Power that is in you.  That is why satan attacks the mind… he knows if he can get you think wrong or faint in your mind you cannot draw from the Power within.  (Eph 3:20)

When you faint in your mind:

• You forget what you know (the Word)
• You become caught up in the problem… you become moved by circumstance and situation
• Doubt is born and fear sets in
• You fall into this six-fold temptation:

1. Discouragement
2. Depression
3. Despair    (“Nothing will help… it will always be this way”)
4. Acceptance of Failure
5. Condemnation, guilt, inferiority
6. And ultimately, Death

And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;  Eph 4:23

The mind is where the battle is

Word for Today:  February 5

The Word of God is True

It is perfect and it is complete.   It is from God and it tells us about God.  It was written by men who lived in the first century.  These men were inspired by God and they recorded exactly what God told them to write. This record has been preserved by the Holy Spirit and the Power of God through the centuries and we have it today… it is called the Bible and it is the Word of God.

It is more than just a book.  It is more than just an historical record.  It is more than literature.  It is the very Word of God and it is alive and full of Power.

It tells us about God.  It reveals the Nature of God.  It uncovers the mystery concerning God.

It tells us that God made Man in His own image

It tells us that man sinned against God.

It tells us that God sent His Son, Jesus, into the world to die in behalf of man and because of man’s sin.

It tells us that all men everywhere can be forgiven of their sin and restored to God through Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

The Bible, the Word of God, tells us how to live.  It tells us how we can live life abundantly.  It tells us how we can overcome hardships and change circumstances.     It tells us how to be happy and filled with joy in times of sadness and depression.  It guarantees us that we can win over any situation in life that is bad.

The Bible, the Word of God, tells us how to be well and not sick.  It tells us how to be healed from sickness and disease and infirmity.  It tells us how to overcome any adversity.

This is why you and I need to know the Word of God.  The Word of God is TRUTH and TRUTH has more power than FACTS.

When we know the Truth and do the Truth, the Truth will make us free.  John 8:32

The Word is GOD written down

Word for Today:  February 4

Never lose confidence in the work that God began in you.

Being confident (peitho; inward certainty) of this very thing, that He (God) which hath begun a good work in you will perform it (epiteleo; fulfill completely), until the day of Jesus Christ… Phil 1:6

You are Called, Selected, Elected and Chosen.  You are important and you are loved.  God has begun a work in you and He will complete it.  You are not what you were but you are not what you are going to be.

Always expect every situation to turn around for your good.

For I know that this (situation, circumstance, defeat, etc.) shall turn to my salvation, (Soteria; rescue, safety, deliverance, health) through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ… (Phil 1:19)

The battle is not yours… it is the LORD’S and He always wins.  Anytime, every time and all the time.

Never allow satan to intimidate you.

And in nothing terrified  (pturo:  to frighten, to scare) by your adversaries…Phil 1: 28

Where there is no fear there is no devil.  Perfect love “casteth out fear” and “fear hath torment” and “torment” is exactly where the devil lives.

Stay humble before God and expect Him to exalt you in due season.

(Jesus) made Himself of no reputation, and took upon Him the form of a servant…. He humbled Himself and became obedient unto death… Phil 2: 7-8

The example Jesus set for us is awesome.  He literally became what we are in order for us to become Who He is.

Never let go of God’s Word… no matter how impossible things seem.

Holding  (Epecho: to pay attention to; to retain) forth the Word of Life, that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain neither labored in vain…  Phil 2: 16

God keeps His Word.  God honors His covenant.  God fulfills His promises.  God does what He says He will do.  You can trust His Word.

Never hang on to your past.  Keep reaching forward.

I c0unt not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before… Phil 3:13

Be Confident

Word for Today:  February 1

That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word…  Eph 5:26

It is the Word that is the washing and cleansing agent for the Church.

And the Word also the way to get our minds renewed.  When we do, we think right.  Wrong thinking always gets us in trouble.  Carnal thinking or natural thinking leads to death.  Spiritual thinking leads to life and peace.

For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Ro 8:6

When we renew our mind with the Word, we are enabled to think right.

Right thinking is Word Thinking.

To be spiritually minded is to think in agreement with the Word of God.  When our thinking is influenced by the Word, the world and the world system think we are unbalanced.  And Unlearned.  Or out of touch with reality.  Living in fantasy.  Foolish.  Ignorant.  And in some cases crazy.

The Word is so far above the world in Truth that when we live our lives by the Word, the world just can’t understand us.

We really are Peculiar (I Pet 2:9)