It’s time to grow.

“As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:”                    1 Peter 2:2 (KJV)

From our opening scripture, it is obvious that Christian maturity is impossible without the Word of God, because it is the Word of God that will build you to the stage of maturity or perfection as a child of God.

If you do not give the Word of God its rightful place in your life, and feed on the Word of God by studying and hearing the Word of God consistently, you will only be a religious Christian, but you will not grow into maturity in Christ.

Spiritual maturity is measured by how much the Word of God has dominated your life; your thinking, your actions, your decisions, your words, etc. Christian maturity is not determined by how long you’ve been in church or how long you’ve been saved.

There are a lot of people who think that they are mature spiritually because they have been born again for the past thirty years. No, that is not what it means to be spiritually mature. It is the level at which the Word of God has dominated you, that is what determines your level of spiritual maturity.

Prayer
Dear Father, I pray that I may be filled with the knowledge of your will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding, so that I may walk worthy of you, pleasing you in every way, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of you and strengthened with all might in my inward man, in Jesus Name. Amen.

Further Study
Ephesians 4:11-32, 2 Peter 1:5-10, 2 Peter 3:18.

Doing the word
Judge your spiritual growth with 2 Peter 1:5-10.

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The Bible is God’s book.

“… Write this for a memorial in a book …” Exodus 17:14(KJV)

The Bible accurately explains our origin, our reason for being and our destiny. The Bible is God’s book. It is God’s way of expressing Himself in the way that man can understand.

The Bible is the conclusive revelation of God. Everything you need to know about God is in the Bible. There is sufficient information in the Bible about every relevant subject that you want to discuss.

The Bible is a very important document. It is God speaking for Himself. It is God’s personal testimony given by the Holy Spirit through men inspired by God to accurately document His thoughts, His opinions about the subject matter under discussion.

The next time there is a question in your heart about any issue; go to the Bible and let God talk to you through His Word. The Bible is God’s voice in written form. Read it every day and you will hear God talking to you. Selah  

Prayer
Dear Father I believe that the Bible is your voice in written form. Today; I ask that as I study your Word, anoint my ears to hear what the Spirit is saying to me today from your Word in Jesus Name. Amen

Further Study
Joshua 1:8, Deuteronomy 11:18-19, Psalm 1:2.

Doing the word
Find out what the Bible says concerning that question in your heart and rest on His Word concerning you.

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The Bible is absolute truth 2.

“Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. 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.” 2 Peter 1:20-21(KJV)

The Bible is not the opinionated documentation of questionable men. The Bible says in our opening scripture that the writers of the scriptures were holy men. If the scriptures were not written from private interpretation as the Bible says in 2 Peter 1:20, it therefore means that the scriptures are not the opinions of men.
The Bible is not the opinionated documentation of questionable men but holy men wrote the scriptures as moved by the Holy Ghost.

The Bible is God’s accurate opinion about everything. The Bible is God’s opinion that is why we should always let scripture interpret scripture. By so doing, we are allowing God to speak for Himself.
Accept the Bible as the truth and the teachings it contains as absolute truth. The Bible is a written revelation of God’s progressive plan of redemption consummated by Christ in His death, burial and resurrection.

The central theme of the Bible is God’s redemptive plan. The Bible is not a history book, though it contains some historically accurate information. Its focus is on God’s redemptive plan to bless all men through the seed of Abraham.

Prayer
Dear Father, I thank you for the gift of the Holy Bible that daily reveals to me the truth about you, the redemptive work of Christ and my identity in you as your child. Help me to walk in the reality of this truth and grow in the perfection of Christ everyday of my life, in Jesus Name, Amen.

Further Study
2 Timothy 2:15, 3 John 1:4, 1 John 2:21, Titus 1:14.

Doing the word
Read the Bible and practice what it teaches everyday.

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The Bible is absolute truth 1.

“And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” John 8:32 (KJV) 

I remember someone said an atheist came to him and said, “There is no absolute truth.” Then he answered the atheist, “If there is no absolute truth, then what you’ve said is the truth, and if what you’ve said is the truth, then there is absolute truth.” The atheist became confused.
I found out that there are getting more scientific evidence of the proof of the fact that the earth was created.  

This authenticates that the Bible is absolute truth. I saw a program on television and the man was analyzing the scientific evidence to prove that time and space and matter came into being suddenly, moreso, he said that it came into being out of nothing. Now they have proof that the earth came into being out of nothing.
In Genesis 1:1, the Bible says, “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” The Hebrew word for create is the word ‘bara’ which means, to create out of nothing. Then it is true the earth was created according to the Bible.

If the scientists have been able to prove that time, space and matter was created suddenly out of nothing, then it further validates the authenticity of the Bible that; the earth was created by God.

Prayer
Dear Father, I thank you because your Word has brought truth to my spirit. I humbly accept that by your Spirit and the Power of your Word, you created this world. To you alone belong all might, dominion and power everlasting. In Jesus Name. Amen

Further Study
John 1:1-3, Exodus 20:11, Revelation 10:6, Revelation 14:7.

Doing the word
Use the Bible to disprove all theories that contradicts the truth that the earth was created by God.

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What is the Bible? 1

“All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.” 
2 Timothy 3:16-17(KJV)

The word scripture in our opening scripture is the word ‘graphe’ in the Greek. It refers to something that is written or a writing. Therefore, we can say that the Bible is a written documentation of divine utterance. It’s a revelation of God’s perspective about everything. The Bible is the accurate revelation of God, His personality, His character, and His plan for redemption for all people. The Bible is the progressive revelation of God’s redemptive plan. It is the objective revelation of all that God is, His intentions, and His program for man.

Without the Bible, there will be no accurate way of determining what is true. This is because if we were left on our own to determine what is true, you will have your own opinion and I will have mine own opinion of truth. But God has not left us to ourselves; He gave us a written document to determine truth.

The Bible is that written document God has given us to determine accurate truth. Not our opinions, or science, nor the conclusions of men. The Bible is absolute truth. 

Confession
I believe that the Bible is the conclusive revelation of God. I accept that the Bible is God’s perspective on everything and the authentic document in determining truth. I accept what the Bible teaches as absolute truth for governing my life everyday. Amen.

Further Study
2 Timothy 3:14-17, 1 Timothy 4:16.

Doing the word
Pattern your life according to the Word of God.

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God’s Word is true

 “For what if some did not believe? Surely their unbelief will not nullify the faithfulness of God? Certainly not! Indeed, let God be true but every man a liar…” Romans 3:3-4, (EMTV).

From our opening scripture, we see that God’s Word is true. Therefore, for you to be able to do the Word of God, you must accept the Word of God as true. So, having that conviction that God’s Word is true will produce in you the willingness to act upon the Word because you know that the Lord has said in Jeremiah 1:12, “… I will hasten my word to perform it.” 

Mary like we saw in Luke 1:45 accepted the Word of God to be true in her life and she conceived and bore Jesus. The Roman Centurion in Matthew 8:8 said to Jesus, “…speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.”  He understood the sufficiency and the power in the Word of God. So, when Jesus spoke the Word in Mathew 8:13 saying, “… Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. … his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.” He believed the Word of God, he accepted it as true and the Word of Jesus produced results, and his servant was healed.

In John 4:49, a nobleman came to Jesus demanding that he comes to heal his son that was sick, but Jesus spoke back to him in John 4:50, “Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way.” The man believed and accepted the Word of Jesus as true, asking no questions and he went back home with the assurance of the Word in his heart. And the Bible says in John 4:51-53, “And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth. Then enquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him. So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and his whole house.” 

Confession
Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever. Therefore, I believe and I accept all His Word that He has spoken concerning me already in His Word. I believe that His Words are producing in my life and circumstances what they talk about right now in Jesus Name.

Further Study
Matthew 24:35, Numbers 23:19, 1 Samuel 15:29, Isaiah 55:11.

Doing the word
Today declare and stand on a specific Word in the scriptures and be expectant.

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Understanding faith.

“That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.”                Mark 4:12(KJV)

If you want to move from hearing the Word of God to doing the Word of God, you must understand what you are being taught. This is because if you lack understanding of the Word of God, there will be no faith in your heart. Faith is based on clarity and accurate truth. So, when I understand the Word of God, faith is ministered to me.

You must understand that as a child of God, when you speak any word of faith, it kills anything from the root. For instance, if you are sick in your body and you use drugs, you are only treating the symptoms; you are not treating the cause. But when you use the Word of God against that challenge, you are dealing with the root cause of the problem. The Word of God has the ability to destroy every kind of sickness and disease and it destroys every work of the devil.

It took Abraham twenty five years to have a child that he could have had in one year. It took Abraham that long for his faith to take a hold of what God had already given him. When Mary in Luke 1:35 and 38 released her faith according to the Word of God spoken to her from the angel Gabriel, immediately she conceived. She said in Luke 1:38, “…be it unto me according to thy word …” She understood the sufficiency of God. She asked initially in Luke 1:34, “…How shall this be, seeing I know not a man? ...” and the angel answered and said to her in Luke 1:35, “… The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.” That is the same answer God gives to everyone who is asking, “How shall these things be?”

Just believe the Word of God and there shall be a performance of those things which have been spoken to you by the Lord according to Luke 1:45.

Prayer
Dear Father I thank you for giving me understanding of your Word to the dynamics of faith and what to do in other to put the Word of God to work in my life, as I practically release my faith and take a hold of what you have already given unto me in your Word, it shall be unto me according to your Word in Jesus Name. Amen.

Further Study
Matthew 17:20, Mark 11:23-24.

Doing the word
Find scriptures that has to do with your present challenge and then, speak those words to it.

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