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The Word of God is the WORD OF GOD  

          The Word of God is inspired, inerrant, and infallible.  It is authentic, it is alive and it is eternal.   It is full of miracle-working power.  It is God-Breathed.  It will never pass away.  It is with us now and it will be with us in heaven. 

          Holy men of God were inspired and moved on by the Holy Spirit and what they spoke and what they wrote be­came the written Word of God.  However, the Word of God existed before it became a written word.  All creation had its birth out of the Word which God spoke.  Only after the establishment of the human race, did that Word become a written word.

For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.   2Pet. 1:21   

           That record is com­plete and suf­ficient and it is the foundation and primary message of the Church today.   It is relevant and up-to-date.  It needs nothing added to it and it needs noth­ing changed in it.  It is perfect and it is finished.  

The Word of God is the Will of God

           It is His Testament… it is what He desires for His creation.  The Word reveals His eternal purpose for the Earth, for the Heavens, for the Nation of Israel, for the Church and for the believer.  The Word is the written down Will of God. 

The Word of God is the key to bringing God’s Will to pass on earth

          When we believe the Word, say the Word and do the Word, we bring God’s Will down from heaven and release it into the earth.  Jesus prayed for the Will of God to be done in earth as it is being done in heaven.  (Mat. 6:10)  When the Word prevails, heaven’s power is re­leased on earth and God’s will is done. 

          God’s will is accomplished and established through the Church.  The Church can accomplish the Will of God on earth by doing the Word of God.  When we do the Word we accomplish the Will of God.

The Believer can live and keep from dying only by the Word

…that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.   Deut. 8:3

But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that pro­ceedeth out of the mouth of God. Matt. 4:4   

          If we are to live to the fullest poten­tial of God’s plan, we will do so only by the Word and through the Word.  The Word is able.  The Word is adequate.  The Word is enough. 

• The Word will tell us what is to come and will prepare us for it
• The Word will make us strong and keep us strong 
• The Word will drive out sickness, disease, infirmity and weakness 
• The Word will keep us well, keep us whole, deliver us, and keep us in prosperity 
• The Word will convict and chasten us
• The Word will cut off the ex­cess and expose the unnecessary
• The Word will starve our doubts and feed our faith
• The Word will make us ready to meet Jesus 
• The Word will give us life and life more abundantly
• The Word shows us how to live and keep from dying

Next: The Word and your Spirit

Word for Today:  March 15

satan is fighting.

But he is fighting the God in you.  So he is fighting a can’t-win battle.

he is defying the God Who lives in you.  This is the reason the devil hates you… you are where God is.  When he see you he sees God.  When he sees you coming he thinks God is coming.  He hates God and defies God and is terrified of God.

David realized this in his confrontation with Goliath.  He declared:  “Who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the Living God?”  He did not see a giant.  He saw an opportunity.  He did not say that Goliath was defying the armies of Saul or the armies of Israel… but instead, the armies of the LIVING GOD.

Now, Who is the Champion?  Who is the Stronger One?  Who is the Victorious One?   It is God Who lives in you.  If He wins, you win.  If He can’t lose, you can’t lose.  If He overcomes, you overcome.

If satan is defying the God in you he is also defying the Word of God in you.   The Word has always been the enemy of satan.  The Word busted him and kicked him out of heaven.   The Word “bruised” his head.  The Word keeps him at bay.  The Word continually destroys all his “works.”

Whatever the devil will ever do, can be undone by the Word of God.  Whatever is planned and programmed by the devil can be prevented by the Word of God.

It is the Word that defeats the devil.  satan cannot stand against the Word.  Jesus used the Word on the devil and the devil left Him.  “It is written…” is what Jesus declared to the devil on the mount of temptation.

And he left

Word for Today:  March 14

The world is in for a shaking.

It is in its infancy now and it will grow in intensity.  It will be good for those who know how to stand and it will be disastrous for those who are weak, uncommitted and carnal and cold.

It will help the church… the True Church.  It will reveal the shallowness and the superficiality of the religious bunch.  Hypocrisy, dishonesty, hidden sin and liars will be shamefully exposed.  Play-like church will not last and men-pleasing preaching will not cut the mustard.

History will be a great stage for the “standers” and the “doers” and the believers.  The staunch and the steady.  The true and the Real.   Change is coming.   Change is going to happen.  It will rise from a whisper to an earth shaking crescendo and Righteousness will Prevail.

History is convulsing.  Governments have failed.  Leaders have fallen.  Nations have collapsed.  Kings have been dethroned.  War threats and accusations are heard on every front.  But the Church is here and the Church has prevailed…  Just as Jesus said it would!  (Mat 16)

The devil is gearing up for a last-ditch effort to deceive the masses before the Grand and Glorious appearance of Jesus on earth!  But all his effort will be futile to those who are anchored in God.

Maranatha!

Word for Today:  March 11

Jesus wants you blessed and free.

He does not want you bound, enslaved or held captive.   Are you free?  You may look free but not be free.  You may talk free but still be bound.  You may act free but still be held captive.

You are the only one (other than God) who really knows if you are free.  Your pastor does not know.  Your neighbors do not know.  Your relatives do not know.  But you know.

• Are you sick and tired of being sick and tired?
• Are you tired of being weary and frustrated and defeated?
• Are you ready to be completely released from worry? From anxiety?  From fear?  From depression?
• Do you sincerely want to be delivered and set free from any and all addictions?
• Do you want a break-through? Do you want it today?  In your Finances?  In your Family? In your Job?  In your Marriage.  In your Business?

Do you believe you can trust Jesus to tell you the truth?

Will you trust the Word of God to speak Truth to your heart today?

Will you believe it now?

Will you act on it now?

Will you risk everything you have to gain everything you need now?

Will you?  Today?  Now?

Word for Today:  March 10

• The Word Performs.
• The Word Protects.
• The Word Perfects.
• The Word Works.
• The Word Accomplishes.
• The Word Produces.
• The Word Creates.
• The Word Sustains.
• The Word is Indispensable to the believer.

The Level of Victory you are experiencing is directly proportional to the amount of WORD that is active in your life.  This is a fixed equation.  Only YOU can change it.

• The amount of Healing you have is equal to the amount of Word that is active in your life…
• The amount of Prosperity you have is equal to the amount of Word that is active in your life…
• The amount of Peace you have is equal to the amount of Word that is active in your life…
• The amount of Joy you have is equal to the amount of Word that is active in your life…
• The amount of Faith you have is equal to the amount of Word that is active in your life…
• The amount of Overcoming power you have is equal to the amount of Word that is active in your life…

All redemptive privileges work proportionally to the level of Word that is active in you.

Whatever revelation you have from the Word is what you will have faith to act on and receive.   Revelation is important because this will determine your level of deliverance.

Knowledge is not enough.  Intellect will not do it.  Revelation is imperative to receiving your deliverance and maintaining it.  Your “Perfection” level will never exceed your Word level.

The Word is Truth and Truth makes you free

Word for Today:  March 9

Preaching.

Preaching is done by men.  By women.  By children.  By twice-born, Holy Ghost appointed and anointed human beings.  Not by angels.  Not by Seraphim or Cherubim.  Not by heavenly hosts…  but by Human beings who are full of the Holy Ghost and consumed by Fire.  Those who are Called.  Who are Commissioned.  Who are Ordained by God.  Who are Selected.  Who are Sent.

Jesus was a Preacher.  He was called.  He was appointed.  He was anointed.  He was sent.  First and foremost, Jesus was a Preacher.  He had Fire in His bones, Oil on His head and a Sword in His mouth.

However, His outward qualifications would not be adequate to place Him in a modern ministry.  His demeanor would not qualify Him to be a successful preacher in the setting of today’s church.  His education would be lacking and His experience inadequate to qualify Him for a successful pastoral position in today’s religious world.

He did not dress like a preacher.  He did not keep company with preachers or with people preachers normally keep company with.  He did not act like a preacher, talk like a preacher, or live like a preacher.  He did not have a preacher’s education or a preacher’s credentials.  Yet, He was and is the Son of God.  He was a Word preacher…  Ahead of His time but in tune with His Father.  He was literally consumed with His Call and ready to Die for His Cause.

How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?   Rom 10:14

Word for Today:  March 5

And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.  Eph 3:19

I believe the “fullness of God” has to do with the Righteousness of God.  Righteousness is the force, the energy and the power of being “Just Right” with God….   Justified:   (“Just-as-if-I’d” never sinned).

When we receive Jesus by faith, we receive the Righteousness of God.  When we are Born Again, we are born OUT OF our sin nature and INTO the Righteous nature of God.

On the Cross, Jesus exchanged His righteous nature for our sin nature.  He became what we were in order that we might become Who He is.  When we make Jesus Lord of our lives we are born out of our sin nature and into the righteous nature of God.  We are not a person with two natures, but we are NEW, having never existed before.

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.     All things that are now in us are from God… 2 Cor 5:17- 18

What was before… the sin nature, darkness, lack of power, sin, poverty and lack, failure and frustration… is dead. Stone Cold Dead.  (So don’t be guilty of resurrecting this old dead nature).

Jesus has bought back and brought back what Adam lost… and MORE.

Jesus became what we were in order that we might be Who He is.

What a deal

Word for Today:  March 4

And God said, Let us make man (Adam) in our image, after our likeness:  Genesis 1:26

There is no truth in the statement that Believers are “only human”… this has been a lie from hell for centuries.  We have actually become partakers of the very Divine Nature of God.  (2 Pet 1:4)

God has taken up habitation inside of us and we are possessors of His Perfection and His Righteousness.  We are God’s dwelling place.  He has chosen to live in us.  He has chosen to reproduce Himself in us.  He has given us power (the legal right) to become “sons of God.”  (John 1:12)

We have received Jesus and therefore we have the legal right to partake (share in) the Divine Nature (Righteousness) of God.  Therefore, every believer is a God-person.  We have the Supernatural Life of God in us.  God has not limited us.

There are no boundaries… no lids… no fences… no walls… no restraints.  What God has made us to be, WE ARE.

We have limited ourselves by saying that we are “only human” and thereby excuse ourselves for all the weaknesses and temptations we allow.

As He (Jesus) is, so are we in this world… 1Jn 4:17.

Word for Today:  March 5

And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.  Eph 3:19

I believe the “fullness of God” relates to the Righteousness of God.  Righteousness is the force, the energy and the power of being “Just Right” with God….   Justified:   “Just-as-if-I’d” never sinned.

When we receive Jesus by faith, the Righteousness of God is imputed into our dead spirit.  When we are Born Again, we are born OUT OF our sin nature and INTO the Righteous nature of God.

On the Cross, Jesus exchanged His righteous nature for our sin nature.  He became what we were in order that we might become Who He is.  When we make Jesus Lord of our lives we are born out of our sin nature and into the righteous nature of God.  We are not a person with two natures, but we are NEW, having never existed before.

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.     All things that are now in us are from God… 2 Cor 5:17- 18

What was before… the sin nature, darkness, lack of power, sin, poverty and lack, failure and frustration… is dead. Stone Cold Dead.  So don’t be guilty of resurrecting this old dead nature.

Jesus has bought back and brought back what Adam lost… and MORE.

Jesus became what we were in order that we might be Who He is.

For He hath made Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him.  2 Cor 5:21

What a deal

Word for Today:  March 3

The Kingdom of Heaven is like treasure.

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.  Mt 13:44

Treasure is priceless.   No treasure on earth can compare with Treasure that can be found in the Kingdom of Heaven.

We get into this Field of Treasure when we get Born Again.  God plants us in His Treasure Field when we get saved.  All saved people are able to discover priceless and life-saving treasures God has provided in His Kingdom.   It is sad that many Believers are living with Treasures all around and are still spiritually poor.

Spiritual poverty is marked by lack, need, sickness, disease, demon oppression, worry, fear, unhappiness, depression and every wicked and vile thing that comes out of hell to hurt God’s People.  I want you to dig down and discover some treasures God has provided for you.

These “treasures” will change your life.  They will give you a new perspective.  They will move you into a different dimension.  Most everything that is really important in life has come through these simple discoveries.  They have kept me alive.  They have saved my household from disaster time and time again.  They have preserved the ministry.  They have kept us through every storm.  They have given us the ability to defeat the devil and overcome hell.  They have proven God and tested the Word.

These Treasures and hidden to many.  As we live in the Kingdom of heaven here on earth, I challenge you to discover these treasures and cash them in.  If you do, you will live and not die!

• The Treasure of Redemption
• The Treasure of Forgiveness
• The Treasure of the Anointing
• The Treasure of Freedom
• The Treasure of Healing and Wholeness
• The Treasure of Having all your needs met
• The Treasure of Assurance
• The Treasure of Victory and Power
• The Treasure of Peace and Rest

Find your Treasure today