One with the Word can be used of God to bring Him glory! Live close in Christ--there are none more powerful that the Lord. He wins. With Him you will too. God is SO near to you,.omnipresent..and He will guide you according to His Word and Kingdom. By faith and obedience to the Lord, you can make a difference in this world.
Yes, you can know Him today and that's where it starts. With turning and trusting Him.
"Pay close attention to yourself [concentrate on your personal development] and to your teaching; persevere in these things hold to them, for as you do this you will ensure salvation both for yourself and for those who hear you." 1 Tim. 4:16 amp
Remember when God used Moses by His power? Turn and trust. By faith appropriate Christ’s cleansing and dynamite-like power to witness.
Dunamis power is available (Ancient Greek: δύναμις). Yeah, that is Greek meaning "power", "potential" or "ability." (Blog)
What’s amazing? It’s more than amazing to me that God has ordained the verbal proclamation of truth as a primary way to bring people into His Kingdom.
I really don’t know why it's this way, but that is exactly what God has done and we get to be a part of His plan.
Living the Word..walking in the Word.. and explaining God’s word so that there’s understanding for wise application’s sake is so important! Proclaiming God’s word is powerful. You alone with God (who delights to empower people) ..can enjoy fellowship with Him and doing this too. It's about biblical worship and having Jesus first. No idols.
The Apostle Paul did this and didn’t quit. He said, “But one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 3:13–14 nkjv
Now “Forgetting those things that are behind” doesn’t really mean that Paul failed to remember them all. Rather, it means those things no longer influenced or affected him. God freed and empowered Paul.
It means that, like Paul, you can break the power of the past by living for Christ with Him and His future for you in view. You don’t have to be controlled by your past failures or sins. God’s Kingdom is one of power to overcome. And one sure way to forget your past is to not repeat your mistakes cuz you’re walk tight with Jesus as Lord. Learn from the powerful Word and from your past.
As I like to say, learn how to fall forward. This simply means that if you stumble, you want to remember the very difficult lesson you just learned, so you don’t do it again.
Jesus said, “No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God” (Luke 9:62 NKJV).
To run this race of life well and to finish it well, we need to look to Jesus. Because it doesn’t matter if you start well, it matters if you finish well.
Some people will substitute Christian radio or Christian television for going to church to learn of God's word. And sometimes there are extenuating circumstances in which people can’t get out of their home's door. But nothing takes the place of getting together with God’s people and studying the Bible together. Christian TV programming can be good at times, but it is not a replacement for getting together with God’s people. Something supernatural, something wonderful happens when the Word of God is proclaimed and when you hear it in person with fellow on-fire Christians. There is a freshness and an immediacy to it.
The early church believed in preaching, because God established preaching. Remember, Jesus Christ was a preacher of the Word. We read that when He began His ministry, "From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, ‘Repent, for the kingdom of Heaven is at hand’ " (Matthew 4:17).
Preaching is God’s primary way of reaching lost people. As the apostle Paul wrote, "For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe" (1 Corinthians 1:21).
Notice Paul didn’t say "foolish preaching," but "the foolishness of the message preached." God has ordained preaching and teaching in the church, and that is what the early church focused on.
Live with the Lord, live amazed by how God’s Word impacts what's SO good for growth, and transforms lives. So many people talk about growth today, but there is no spiritual growth apart from God's powerful word.
"For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind." 2 Tim. 1:7
“After all the Kingdom of God is not a matter of getting the food and drink one likes, but instead it is righteousness (that state which makes a person acceptable to God, right living and being in right standing cuz of Christ’s loving forgiveness) and heart peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.” Rom. 14:17 #emp.mine
"For the Kingdom of God is not based on talk but on power. Which do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod [of discipline and correction, or with love and a gentle spirit?" 1 Cor. 4:20-21
"After that comes the end (completion), when He hands over the kingdom to God the Father, after He has made inoperative and abolished every ruler and every authority and power." 1 Cor. 15:24
"For He has rescued us and has drawn us to Himself from the dominion of darkness, and has transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son" Col. 1:13 amp
“Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, ‘Now salvation, and strength, and the Kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down.’” Rev. 12:10
No time for lonely or an unhealthy isolation. You are not alone--Jesus is there. Pray alone earnestly, good, but stay in fellowship first upwards and then outwards ..with growing onfire believers in God's Kingdom who are empowered. Live 100% for Jesus seaside or wherever He leads you. Fish4souls.org .. Mountains .. City
