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Well, thank you for joining us today on "Enjoying Everyday Life".
I'm talking this week about the importance of studying God's word.
At least that's what I talked about yesterday, and I'm gonna be talking about it again today, and tomorrow.
Today, I'm talking about believing God.
But believing God is believing the word.
Because when you study the word, you're really studying the nature and the character of God, and his heart for his people.
And so, so many people say, "Read the Bible".
And yes, it's great.
Read the Bible.
Any chance you get, read the Bible.
But we need to go deeper than that.
I think that reading the Bible is kind of like the surface, but studying the Bible, you go deeper.
A lot of people think because they go to church on Sunday, that, that's, "Well, I hear the word".
Well, that's good, too.
But you need to invest time in studying the Word of God.
Mark 4:24, in the Amplified Bible, says, "And he said to them, be careful what you're hearing.
The measure [of thought and study] you give [to the truth that you hear] will be the measure [of virtue and knowledge] that comes back to you, and more [besides] will be given to you who hear".
I love this.
It's basically saying exactly what I'm trying to say.
You hear the word, be careful that what you're hearing is accurate, coming from an accurate Bible teacher.
And then, the measure of thought and study that you give to that truth that you hear, is the measure of virtue and knowledge, like real knowledge.
Not just head knowledge, but revelation knowledge.
You know, I always say, we don't need more information.
We need more revelation.
It needs to get from here to here.
It needs to be incorporated into our lives.
We don't just need to hear it, but we need to do the work.
In John chapter 13, Jesus washed his disciples' feet.
And when you get to verse 17, he said, "Knowing these things, happy are you, if you do them".
See, just knowing the word, won't add the joy to our life that God wants us to have.
It's the doing it.
And there's power in the word to help you do it, because the Holy Spirit works through the word, and he will give you the grace to do it.
But sometimes, you may have to study it for a period of time.
For example, if you need to forgive someone that's hurt you, well, you might hear somebody say, "You need to forgive your enemies".
Well, you might think, "Well, I can't.
It's just not fair.
They don't deserve forgiveness.
It's too hard.
It's too hard".
But if you study, yourself, and it takes time.
But investing time in the Word of God is just that, it's investing.
It's not wasting.
It's investing.
Now, you know, we all have the same amount of time, and it's really up to us, what we do with it.
And, you, anybody who really wants to can carve out some of their time to study the word.
And when you spend time in the word, you're spending time with God.
And you're not doing it for him.
It's not like an obligation, or something you owe God.
But you're doing it for yourself, because you're learning how to live right, and how to recognize what's right from what's wrong.
And you have an enemy, a spiritual enemy, Satan, the devil, and demonic power, evil forces.
And the way that they gain access into our lives is through lies and deceptions.
And the only way that you can ever recognize when the devil is lying to you, is if you know the truth of God's word.
I've been studying the Word of God for 45 years.
And I can tell you, that it has completely transformed me.
And the Bible says that we are to be transformed, that means changed from the inside out, into the image of Jesus Christ.
So, we look in the word, and we see Jesus all through it.
"This is what he would do.
This is what he wouldn't do".
And then, as we study that, we become transformed.
Well, if I really wanna forgive somebody but I'm having a hard time doing it, I don't need to just say, "Well, I can't, it's too hard," or, "I've tried and it doesn't work".
I need to just keep studying those scriptures.
Keep meditating on those scriptures.
Keep thinking about those scriptures until I'm able to follow through and do what the word tells me to do.
One of the best decisions that you can never make, for yourself, is to stop hating people and stop being mad at them.
What's the point in hating somebody that's out having a good time, and couldn't care less if you're mad.
Maybe they don't deserve your forgiveness, but you do deserve peace and joy.
And so, you do yourself a favor, and forgive.
Now, the word "Believe", Jesus said, "You believe in God, believe also in me".
You can believe or you can doubt, it's up to you.
And I just wanna start by saying if...
You have to make a decision that you're gonna believe what the word says, because the word says it, not because you think it's right, or you feel it's right.
This is not about head knowledge.
It's about revelation knowledge.
You can't figure everything out.
There's a lot of things that God tells us to do that just, plain, don't make any sense.
Like, if you wanna have more money, you gotta give away some of what you've got.
Well, anybody will think, "Well, that makes no sense.
If I give away some of what I got, I'm gonna have less".
Well, in the world, that's the way that works.
But not in God's kingdom.
In God's kingdom, you give first, and then, you receive actually, more back than you gave.
He says, "The first will be last and the last will be first".
Well, that doesn't make much sense either.
"Forgive people who have hurt you, who have abused you, and treated you unjustly".
The Bible says that when we do that, that, "God is a God of justice and he will bring justice into our life.
He will be our vindicator".
Why spend your life trying to get somebody back that hurt you?
When, if you turn the whole situation over to God, he can take care of it, and you can be happy and enjoying your life in the meantime.
But I have several scriptures here, all that talk about just believing, and I want you to listen to these.
"Then Jesus said to the centurion", Matthew 8:13: "'go.
And let it be done just as you believed it would be'".
Wow.
So, he says, "You're gonna get what you believe".
"Be it unto you even as you have believed".
Wow, think about that.
Well, sometimes, it wouldn't be surprising, what you ended up with, if you looked at what you believe.
You say, "Well, I can't help it".
Yes, you can.
You can believe the word, or you can doubt the word, it's up to you.
"And his servant was healed at that very moment".
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