The Power Of God's Word!
I know the Lord desires to minister to us everyone.
When courage uwera as I mentioned earlier, we are praying about vision for the coming year what God speaking to us about doing an accomplishment for him very much. I desire that we fulfill his we want to be regular and worshiping the Lord and sharing his word and pray together in our services. But beyond that within those components how God wants to do that is very much part of our heart. We're constantly asking that question and encourage you pray with us about that as well. Good to have you here. So so thankful for the opportunity to share the word with you today. I'm at where in series as a lot of you know, I called Distributing real treasure maps Distributing in my desire the in the series that I would very much convey. Very real very real things to you that are like treasure maps that will will bless your life and encourage you and really communicate the importance of these to you. The scripture that I've been sharing for the in the series has been broken. I should save those been several broken in in time has been several different things that happened between some of the messages but the series somewhere in the third third session of this series today of the foundational scriptures for this Matthew 13:44. The Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure that a man discovered hidden in a field of his excitement again and sold everything you own to get enough money to buy. Can you realize that Treasure of that feel was worth everything was it was full of treasure God's kingdom is like that it is full of treasure both eternity in in this life as well. I would encourage you exactly what we're talkin about in the series Proverbs 2:1 my child listen to what I say and treasure my commands to your ears the wisdom and concentrate on understanding cry out for insight and ask for understanding search for them that inside an understanding search for them as you would for sure. Sing for them like Hidden Treasures in Psalms. 119:105 says your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path. It's about encouragement and of the path that God lays out for session one. We talked about real Everlasting treasure in the point of that first message really was to help you realize that God says there's going to be real rewards in heaven where he went to baseball camp in at the end of a kind of goofed off for the whole thing at the end of the end. There were trophies. He was like, wait a minute. I didn't know there was any trophies at the end. I would have paid more attention to what I was doing during that time in heaven is like that and I joked that so thank you for sharing that message because I didn't know that and now Heaven's different because of the blessings they're here for me because of what I did a lot of people don't know that That was sort of joke and I'm not expected. Thank you and have them from you necessarily but I'm telling you if I'm trying to make that point that it can be a revealing understanding thing for you. So I can courage in that end session number two is everyone will receive appropriate rewards. We didn't talk about this. But in inhale people will be rewarded for their evil. You know, Adolf Hitler will get a different reward. Then other people is going to be at scriptural and I we didn't go into that whole lot and I'm certainly not going to be today. But I want you to know in heaven. We will receive a reward for what we had. So a lot of times people say I don't want to serve you but I don't want to sacrifice too much what you want me to do. So I'm going to put this boundary here and I'm just going to do what I want to do is just being good with you. I'm not really going to do what you're calling me to do. I'm not going to listen for what you're calling me to do. I want to know if you do what God gave you a message last time. We sure I'll give you a report a message that said basically I told you scripturally how Jesus says we're going to be rewarded and it's basically summed up in anytime you do something for the Lord like ever Drinkwater you're going to be reward for that in the scripture. We often don't focus on the part of the scripture says it's going to be a reward but there is in the more you sacrifice for the Lord. The greater. The reward is Jesus said those people that have given up families and homes and stuff for me and for the ministry there going to be rewarded services and said, hey, I appreciate that because they're so often things in our life that we're sacrificing for. It's something God called us to do and it's hard and it's challenging and and we're thinking we get for doing it cuz I'm going to reward you write we don't do it for the rewards in heaven, but we do it because of what God wants if you're sacrificing yourself. There's going to be a reward for whenever you do what God wants very important that you catch that and apply that to your life or you doing what he's called you to do. That's the point. It's a day. I want to share with you the next message. I wanted to try back to those effectively, but I wanted to I want to share with you today of the fact that God's word. I'm giving you treasure maps in the series. I want you I want to tell you today that God's word is a treasure map for you. And the people around you it is a Dodge worries powerful you got and I'll tell you about that today, but God's word is a treasure map for you and they will be treasure more treasure in this life and Eternity for the people who. Pay attention to what God says every word comes out of his mouth or encourage you the treasure that we that we obtained by paying attention to God's word is heaven its Eternal reward that we were just talking about a little bit we talked about last last couple of weeks last couple sessions their blessing here. The word is a treasure map to Blessings here in this life to Abundant Life to joy and peace and hope our relationship with God God's love and understanding it's for us. It's it's it's it's a map to understand that we are children of God. It's a map to every good thing that God has it's a map to Healing. It's a map to freedom and we could go on and on with Alia Bhatt. You understand there's some very real things that we won't it's even more important than Earthly things we want if I said if I gave you a million dollars, how would you spend it right now? You start feeling that out you start writing it in and and and sharing the things that you would want on your list. It would be a long list for some of its write a lot of lot of things you'd want to buy there's some stuff that you couldn't put on that list. It's even more important than the list like Health in eternity and happiness. Enjoy. Right? We think those things on the list four types of that but even more important want you to know the things that God gives her more important, so Being encouraged. How important is the word of God to us want to read some scriptures. Do you know we're going to pray want to read some scriptures to you about how important God's word is because we all know that the word is supposed to be important to us right where Christians were in church on Sunday morning. We know the word is supposed to be important to us, but I would dare say to some of us we don't understand the power of it or the caliber of importance of how important is how much life there is in 4 weeks in your life. You want your life to be full of life as well. And his word is a pathway to that. How old is God's word? How important is it? Let me read some scriptures to you the talk about it 2nd Timothy 3:16. All scripture is inspired by God and useful to teach us. What is true to make us realize what's wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we're wrong and teaches us to do. What is right Matthew 24:35 Heaven and Earth will disappear but my words God's words. Jesus isn't read Jesus said this but but my words will never disappear. So the sky and the Earth will pass away but the stuff God said is not going to pass a Dodge words are more powerful and more real than the Earth itself in the skin of the skies above Isaiah 40 verse 8 says like that says the grass withers and the flowers fade with the word of our God stands forever. That's powerful powerful statement, Isaiah. 55:10 does rain and snow come down from heaven. And stay on the ground to water the Earth. They caused the grain to grow producing seed for the farmer and bread for the hungry. It's the same way with my word. I send out my word. He sends his word out and it will always always produces fruit. It will accomplish all I wanted to and it will prosper everywhere. I send it. I want it. I want to read it to you one more time. It's the same way with my word. I send it out and it always produces fruit. It will accomplish all that. I wanted to and it will prosper everywhere. I send it God's word is important Proverbs 4:20 my child pay attention to what I say. Listen carefully to my words don't lose sight of them. Let them penetrate deep into your heart for they bring life to those who find them and healing to their whole body. Going to skip down to Matthew 7 Matthew 7:2 Jesus said in the parable Into The Sermon on the Mount that anyone who listens to my teachings, or you can say words what he tells us, which is the same thing to wear his words and teaching anyone who listens to my teaching and follows. It is wise like a person who builds his house on the solid rock for the rain comes in the courts in the flood waters rise, and the winds be to gainst the house. He won't collapse because it is built on Bedrock. I want you to know trying to say to you through the scriptures that sell God's word is more important than we often realize. Let's pray over this word today. Come see you today just by their hearts would be open to you and what you want to reveal to it. I know you who you are. And what you want to do is bring wife to your people. You're constantly at work to bring my goodness and love to your people wear your children. You are a good father and you want to minister to us in a good way. So God. I pray their hearts will be open to what you're at work doing and saying to us in Jesus name. amen Right. So how do we know so all those things? I just read a bunch of scriptures in the Bible itself brag on the importance of EXO to speak those things are written down. So how do we know that those things are as I cite? How do we know how amazing the book The Bible is and will give you a glimpse and I'm not spend a lot of time talking about it, but I'm going to give you some help. I'm going to I'm going to I'm going to read some stuff to you. I want you just to take your used to when I read the scripture used to see it on the screen. This is not going to be on the screen just want you to listen to it. I'm not going to tell you where I'm reading. I just want you to listen to it. I'm going to ask you a question that will help make this point reduction to the message today. I'm going to read to you but you o Bethlehem or only a small village among all the people of Judah yet a ruler of Israel whose Origins are in the distant past will come from you on my behalf. All right, then the Lord himself will give you a give you the sign. Look the Virgin will conceive a child. She will give birth to a son and will call him Emmanuel. Which means god with us. Another one for a child is born to us a son is given to us a government. We rest on his shoulders and he will be called wonderful counselor, Mighty God Everlasting father Prince of Peace is government and its peace will never end. He will rule with fairness and Justice from the Throne of his ancestor David for all eternity. The passionate commitment of the Lord of Lord of Heaven's armies will make this happen another one. He was despised and rejected a Man of Sorrows acquainted with deepest grief. We turned our backs on him and look the other way. He was despised and we did not care yet in our weaknesses. He carried it. He carried it was our sorrows that weighed him down and we thought his troubles were a punishment from God of punishment for his own seared sins, but he was pierced for our Rebellion fresh for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole he was whipped so we could be healed. Another the final scripture. He was depressed and treated harshly yet. He never said a word he was led like a lamb to slaughter and as a sheep is silent before the shearers. He did not open his mouth unjustly condemned. He was let away you don't have to answer out loud, but just think about this am I talking about
The answer is Jesus. Those are very if you know, you've been a Christian very long, you know, those scriptures are about Jesus. Now another question. You can just think about it. You don't have to answer. Where are those scriptures from although I didn't tell you. Isaiah there from Micah there from the Old Testament scriptures were written before Jesus came the Bible verse the Old Testament very specifically tells who Jesus is and I love the little bit more than Carpenter. We should keep those out on if we have any right now. We try to keep them in stock but talks about how we know who Jesus Is by The Prophecy and fulfillment. Shows people who he is by prophecy and fulfillment. He will speak that this is going to happen if it was truly his word. It happened and you can see over and over again in the pattern of the Bible. The Bible is an amazing book is not just a book like another book. It's not just a book written about God. It's a book that has prophecy written hundreds of years before happens and then fulfillment. We're still seeing it unfold Even in our stay in town some of the prophecies about the end time have just come to why this to how what how they would actually were we could even know if you Hollywood work but these prophecies are amazing and it constantly are being you know, it's time goes on the Bible is proven itself because it is written before and then we'll fill later Jimmy Evans ship did the great example of this. He said that before Jimmy Evans is one of them if you come up with one of the ministers that we we watch a lot. He's transfer printing Fellowship in Abilene. He is also part of Gateway Church and administers there quite often. We watch on Wednesday night. We watch a lot of their sessions together and he shared a story before he when he was very young but young Christian God gave him a a vision of him speaking too many people and he was literally terrified by that. He was compliant Selma time and you went through some of them tell the whole story real eloquently like he did but he basically was terrified of the idea. Unfolded before his eyes and he began to speak and he was absolutely terrified during speaking the first few times and and dealt with Elaine and he would deal with larger and larger group anymore. He was asked recently to speak at Joel Osteen's church and they sent a picture of him after the service. One of the people did in the service one of the somebody get send a picture of him preaching from beside him or behind him. And he said the actual he realize when he saw it, the actual image was the image that God gave him back before he ever ever started now, I don't have to mention that story is to you because it didn't happen to you. But whatever you see God say something and then you and you follow him and you see it unfold and it was miraculous and you know where you can't work where you work. What were you were before and how change like Jimmy Evans did you see that happen over and over and over and over again? You begin to recognize that God is alive and well. Not speaking and gods God knows what he's doing. Why won't he is the Bible is amazing because it does just that over and over again and we can know if you pay attention at all. You can know the God's word is powerful and amazing in that way. So we should pay attention to it. It's God speaking to us. It truly is God's word three main points today as quickly as I can hear.
The title of this is the power of God's word. The power of God's word is my desire that you would know the power of God's word is this and I'll go quickly God's word is number one overcoming God's word is overcoming. Here's a funny story for you, but we can correct me. If I'm wrong several years ago. There was a flood Bulova flood on the river below Toledo Bend and there was a dirt road and we were going down the dirt road for some reason and there was a pool of water in it. And there was a gallon of gas is on a four-wheeler and he went through the water and the four-wheeler went you just look like a puddle in the you-know-what puddle like you just going to just drive through it. Well, there's been a lot of water flowing through their hand wash the road out. In the four-wheeler went down into the water dipped in the water and came up and kind of hung on the other side of the hole and wouldn't come out and see it was floating on the four-wheeler in these fish off La Paz burgundy images burned into my memory all these fish flopping around the ground cuz they were all trapped in his little shatter little minnows or something and it was hilarious. But the Foreigner wouldn't come out and what do I tell you I want you get that image in your mind because there's a lot of things in life that we can't overcome without God's word and God's help. I want to tell you something God's word will help you overcome some things that you can overcome. So God's word is overcoming and it will help you and I want you to be encouraged by gods were his God's word is overcoming and what I mean by that there is there is strength in Authority in God's word when you're in trouble times and you need strength. Speaks his strength and his authority in the situations. What happened to you as is often times. We we as humans will bow to our emotions or bouncer our desires and God's word says something different and I'll explain that to we buy the Satan's plan. We bouta whatever here's an example of that Jesus. Did Jesus gave us the perfect example of what I'm talking about and I want to read Matthew. This is a temptation of Jesus when he was in the wilderness Matthew 4 verses 1 through 11. Then Jesus was led by the spirit Into the Wilderness to be tempted there by the devil for 40 days and 40 nights. He fasted became very hungry during that time the devil came to him and said to him if you are the Son of God tell these Stones become loaves of bread. No, don't stop there and I'm not going to go so I'm going to read all of this. But I want to point out to you that the things that Satan tempted him with were things that while he was in the middle of fasting would have been very natural. Temptations are very logical be took to break his fast beat break the Lord Jesus didn't succumb to any of The Temptations of Satan because he answered with the word. He answered with God's word over the all three tall three Temptations. Jesus was answer his mind telling you guys listen to me. If you are led by your emotions your desires your wheel in your wants you're going to make different decisions that are not Gods. We have to make sure that we are being Guided by God's word, especially when we're doing the things that he's called us to do. We need to be guided by his word. What does he say about the situation and if you know the word like Jesus, did he brought it? He brought the word in he answered the situation with the word. I can't tell you how powerful that is. You did it again a three times in their butt Jesus answered every Temptation with scripture. Literally Bible out and search it on. Google is Heart Mountain Dew with the word said and he answered the Temptations with the word. This is a this is a huge deal. Give me some examples of what our flesh will say to us a lot of times. I don't want to go to church. You might ever felt that or thought that sure you have Hebrews if you answer that thought with the word God's power is with you to overcome what you need to overcome power Proverbs. If you answer that thought with what you think about it, you might be in trouble if you answer that thought with what God says about it. You're going to be helped by it by the power of the word. You can overcome her and let her if you answer that thought would let us not neglect our meeting together some people but encourage one another especially now that the day of his return is Drawing Near. Here's another example, I don't want to forgive somebody for doing somebody wrongs you and you say I'm not going to forgive them. If the word helps you answer that Matthew 6:15, Jesus said but if you refuse to forgive others, your father will not forgive your sins. You understand. If you answer your thoughts your questions with the word you will have power to overcome. We don't often do this. Here's another example, I don't have peace. I don't have peace in my heart.
I want to read off my phone. I need this one. If you don't have peace in your heart, Isaiah 26 3 through 4 says you will keep in perfect. Peace all who trust in you all whose thoughts fixed on you trust in the Lord always for the Lord God is the Eternal Rock. Listen to me if you have a problem with peace that's on my phone for specific reason, but if you have if you're you're constantly at peace you need to speak the word that applies to your situation. We all have strengths and we all have challenges and you need to make sure you know, what God's word says about what your challenge with and speak the word over your situation. I'm here's another one. Some people say I feel unloved and you need to speak the word whenever you have that thought Romans 8:38 says and I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God's love either death angels nor demons need our fear for tomorrow in our worries about tomorrow. Not even the powers of hell can separate us from God's love no power in the sky above and Earth Below indeed. Nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from God's love scriptures like that. You see how the power of God's word can help you overcome. Do you see that? You need to make sure that you apply God's word. It is a powerful map to treasure and good things if you'll if you allow God to use it that way you don't get around me 1118 Cecil commit yourself, whole-heartedly to these words of mine. Listen this description tie them on your hands and wear them on your forehead as reminders teach them to your children talk about them when you're at home and when you're on the road and when you're going to bed and we are getting up write them on the doorposts of your As long as the sky remains above the Earth you and your children may flourish in the landlord's swore to give your ancestors. Listen, that word is about you having God's word in your mind in your heart on the doorposts of your house on pictures on your notebooks in in front of you at all times before you it's theirs blessing comes from that.
Does God's word Rex you is it God's word is important because in God's word is overcoming because if the Rex you better than your emotions, here's the problem a lot of times. We just let our thoughts and wheel in motion direct us and we need to allow God's word. You see what I'm saying, though? How God's word is going to direct you differently than your thoughts do and why does just left eye what comes into her mind, I guess who will help you looking in your mind like you bet me to speak God's word over it will help you overcome. If you're not overcoming some area. I would ask you are you allowing God's word now. I'll give you three gold point today he go. This is goal in relation to God's word and I want you to be an overcomer. You need to piece of bees are after I guess action actions to where God's word is you need to know it. I want you to write these down there seven of them today six of them knowing you need to know God's word. What did Jesus do when he was in the middle of a situation? He knew what God's word said to him. He knew what God's word. He'll know how to apply God's word to the situation. He was in right at the moment. We got to know God's word memorize it be familiar with it nowhere to go find it do that. So we need to know God's word will actually to apply. I think the greatest problems of Christians today is a here and understanding or teaching of God's word. But they don't watch their life. Jesus actually applied the word to his situation. So make sure that you know God's word make sure you apply to your situation lot of people there their heads full of the Bible quote quote scriptures and they can read to you. I let me know, you know all kind of stuff. I can win Bible trivia games with their Life's a wreck the last a mess because you're not really apply the word to their situation to apply number to the want to give you the second one today God's word is he's a go shortly shorter God's word is a guide. God's word is a guide to us guy wants to give us Direction. He wants to lead us away from wrong and he wants to lead us into heaven and into his kingdom and into his way and into his good good good good things. He wants to give us directions to tell you the story. I've told you this before not too long ago as matter fact, there was a great Minister e v hill and I'll just tell the story real quickly as I remember it and I may not remember all the details but he heals a Ministry on the mission field and he was going to some remote Village. I think it was in Africa and he was dropped off by a taxi or car. It's some trail it's time to walk to the Village over a mountain or somewhere and he began to walk in and I was dressed kind of weird and I got nervous and he spit up and is he sped up he noticed his bed up we got nervous.
Did Scare usually ended the guy spit up to a real fast Trot? And he finally just took off running you can heal was just totally frightened and he just begin to run and he ran as far as he could. He was a big guy and he was big and he ran for as long as he could and he stopped and he tripped and fell and he just rolled over his back and the guy walked up and looked at him and he he'll say sorry. I guess you're just going to have to kill him and the guy in perfect English said sir. What you need is a God and sometimes we need a guide in life when God saying I am the perfect guy the holy spirit is God.
You just cuz you're Christian doesn't mean you're around God's word to guide your actions. That was the guide us very specifically Psalms 119:105. I read that earlier your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path. God wants to lead us guys. He wants to lead us by his word and if you will put God's word in you he will begin to lead us with that which should be led by his word and his will and his way but he wants his word is a guide for us. This word is also truth to us and you guys are thankful for the truth. There's a lot of people this is where we live in a time of relativism making up their own truth and whatever they wanted to find marriage in any way they want to and if I know what's right and wrong in any way they want I want you to know God's word is truth. Not a true. It is be true that was to reveal the truth to you and you need to be encouraged by the fact that you can read them on things. I love about the word is we can all read the Bible. We can all understand what we need. John 17:7 Jesus by your truth teach them your word which is truth. I want you to know the truth truth truth. You can know it be encouraged by that. Here's your action. There's a reaction thoughts and he's our goal of encourage you to write these down their action toward the word on this one is there's two of them one is looked into it and I mean suppose differently each release sings. I'm going to give you I mean specifically different thing. You need to look to it look to the word in other words and what I mean by that is the attitude of our heart the attitude of my heart. Beach to be that I know that the word is good. I need to be that way. I need to know that God's word is good. And I need my attitude. My heart needs to be that God. I will receive receive your word and what you say to me. I am going to look to it yet to be my guide and to be my truth Steven can come up with some wrong stuff. I'm wrong stuff. I serve God in my life wrong because it wasn't for the word. God wants us to wind up with trees and have an attitude of receiving God's work. And he also wants us to study this another one of those gold things that God wants you to study his word. It's good to have a Bible is good to be a Christian, but but it didn't get in her heart and then Are Mine by just laying on it or put it on my studying God's word and it gets in her heart becomes more blessed and it's a treasure map for us number three in the final ones God's word is Powerful, you may not realize how powerful God's word is but God's word is God speaking to you very directly. We were real interesting to hear what God says. If you have any desire to hear God just hear his word is whenever he speaks a word to you. He is speaking directly to you and it is powerful in that way the scriptures tell us that God's word is alive and Powerful Hebrews 4:12 says for the word of God is alive and Powerful is two-edged sword cutting between Soul and Spirit between joint and Marrow, it exposes our innermost thoughts and desires, you know, God knows what's going on in your heart and in your mind and in your desires that the scripture tells us that the word of God is alive and Powerful. I was amazed when he was perfect example that there's a story for you. I was watching President Bush's funeral the other day the one in Houston and see the one in Washington was watching the funeral and watch it because my heart is extremely for the family. I have compassion for the family and a national funeral in as a nation to a funeral when I saw I was listening to it and I wasn't particularly the funeral the situation necessarily but I had some stuff going on in my life and in the funeral God's word was spoken. Read listen to me to catch this God's word was spoken at the funeral which was appropriate for the funeral. Let me tell you what happened. God spoke to me through his word. You understand. I had something and I was challenged by that. It wasn't about death or sickness, right? I was dealing with something else across it was real. You know, what happened. Spoke to me for that word because God's word is relevant too many situations, but God could speak to you through it and it was his tremendous power than courage to God's word is powerful. He can speak to us.
I want to do action words for that item is I want to encourage you your action to wear. The word related to this idea is how power want you to encourage you to receive God's word is received what I mean by that, I mean a lot of time from God's word is spoken at a funeral you're not listening except for for the funeral part of it. I'm telling you guys whenever God's word goes forward. You need to be listening when God's words coming out of the TV out of the radio out of your reading your prayer time. Whatever anytime God's words coming out your heart needs to Your heart needs to be receiving God's word and he thought was speak powerfully to you. And we also need to declare it. This is the other action. We need to declare God's word and its ties back to those examples. I was giving me to go in the thing that Jesus did Jesus really did what he was tempted by Satan. There was a question in his mind and heart and what he did was declare God's word. He declared it. I heard I heard the story of a guy who his kids were there was child. He was at another house and they were the kids and the dad came up and said love one another. And he said the store was he said that kind of disarm some of them some of the problem that disarm some of the some of the some of the stuff that was messed up. He said I didn't when I was young. I didn't realize he was quoting scripture over the situation. So what I want to ask you to do is look at your life and make sure that you are declaring God's word over your children over your situations over the things that makes you upset over the things that are question in your mind. Should I do this or shouldn't do time to go to church to do you should declare God's word over there is power in God's word. Now I'm fixing and I know this is a little bit long and I'm going to end quickly dismissed. But I'm telling you I haven't scratched the surface with this message of how important God's word is I haven't scratched the surface. I just touched on it. The only people that will know how powerful it is is the people who seek it move into God's word receive it and begin to explore this for yourself. And then you'll see how powerful God's word is it is it will be powerful for your life. It's powerful for its power for what we do and how our life is affected. It is a great gift. Make sure you're speaking you're receiving you're open to it. And you allow God to lead you through don't just know God's word be proud of all your trivial knowledge. You need to apply it to your situation and what you do and what you decide that's exactly what Jesus did and Matthew when you apply the word who is Temptation and is his thoughts. Would you stand up with you today as we in just want to stress to you? We just scratched the surface God's word is powerful. Call treasure map and I pray that your heart sees God's word as that treasure map for you guys work to try to do good things in one of the ways that we just come to you right now. We thank you for the great gift of your word. We thank you that we haven't we can tell that it is your word because the prophecy is fulfilled because of how amazing it is because of the anointing because of the power because Pat helps us overcome a place. We would be people applied to change the Claret speak. Speak it over our situations God. Thank you for the great treasure map of the Bible. I pray that we would honor it in the way. It should be honor and we would apply it to her life bless you for this day and your goodness in Jesus name. Amen. Maybe I'm more bless your dismiss.