Prioritize the Word of God.

 “My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. 
”Proverbs 4:20-22(KJV)

From our opening scripture, we see that when you start making the Word of God a priority, your skin will be healthy. So if you have skin diseases it means that you are not giving the Word of God priority in your life. This is because the Word of God is medicine to your flesh. So your skin ought to be fresh as a child of God.

The Bible says in Psalm 107:20, “He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.” This means that whenever you receive the Word of God, it will not only affect your skin but it can also heal you of any sickness and deliver you from every oppression of the devil in your life. In other words, the Word of God has healing and delivering power which will manifest in your life, if only you will give the Word of God the required attention.

When you attend to the Word of God, don’t let your mind wonder, but instead engage your whole heart and mind on the Word of God. When you study the Word of God, be there in your study. Pay attention. When you are listening to a message, be attentive. This is because the measure of attention you give to the Word of God, is what will determine what you will get out of that Word.

Prayer\
Dear Father, I turn my focus away from every distraction and I focus on your Word. As I do, may the divine life dominate me and bring health and healing to my being in Jesus Name, Amen.

Further Study
Job 33:25-26, Proverbs 4:4,10.

Doing the word
If you have a health challenge, find some healing scriptures and meditate on them daily until you are totally made whole by the Word.

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Pay attention.

“Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.” Matthew 13:9(KJV)

Whenever Jesus makes the statement we see in our opening scripture, you know that He has something very important that He wants to tell us.

If you read in Revelations 2:7, Jesus said, “He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches …” From these utterances by Jesus, we can see that hearing from God is a choice. Because there are people who believe and make statements like, “if God wants me to hear His voice I will hear.” But Jesus says the opposite, “Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.”

Therefore, hearing from God is a personal responsibility. If you are not hearing from God, you cannot blame 
God because He says, “He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches”

Hearing from God requires focus. God is always talking, but not everyone is listening. The Word 'hear' is the word 'akouo' it means to give ear, to harken or hear. It refers to hearing with the intention to do what you hear. It also means hearing with the intent to act appropriately. In other words, the individual that is focused with the intent to do what he hears, is the individual God will talk to.

So, if you are not hearing God talk to you, I feel for you because there are a lot of things you are missing. This is because success in life is based on the rhema(God’s specific Word) to you, not just the written Word. The written Word(logos) has its place, but the rhema of God is important to you because it is directed specifically to you. 

Prayer
Dear Father, I thank you because my ears are anointed to hear what you are saying to me today, in Jesus Name. Amen.

Further Study
Genesis 12:1-4a, Matthew 13:16, Revelations 2:7,11,

Doing the word
So, do not just hear the Word of God, but do what you hear.

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God’s recipe for success.

“Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.” Psalm 1:1(KJV)  

From our opening scripture, we see that the man who is walking in the counsel of the ungodly is walking under the curse. And the moment a child of God starts walking in the counsel of the ungodly, the blessing stops working. So, it matters what you guide your life by and the philosophies which you imbibe.

Psalm 1:2-3 shows you what you should imbibe and how your life will eventually turn out, “But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.” Therefore, delighting in receiving knowledge of the Word of God by studying, listening and meditating on the Word of God day and night is God's recipe for our success.

Hosea 4:6 says, “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge …” The word destroy in that verse could also mean to fail. That means failure is traceable to a lack of knowledge. Therefore, for you to prosper and be successful, you must have the right knowledge.

The Word of God gives you the right knowledge by letting you know how to prosper in every area of your life. First of all He tells you not to walk in the counsel of the ungodly. Then He tells you not to stand in the way of sinners; in other words, you ought not to follow the wrong examples of sinners. He goes on to say you should not sit in the seat of the scornful, in other words, He says do not join the company of mockers or those who do not acknowledge God. But the Word of God should be your meditation day and night.   

Prayer

Dear Father, I thank you for as I choose to be a doer of your word today, thank you for granting me unusual success and prosperity in all my affairs in Jesus Name, Amen.

Further Study

Psalm 119:1-2, 1 Timothy 4:15, Joshua 1:7-8.

Doing the word

Do not imbibe, encourage or practice the examples of sinners on how to be successful.

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You are preserved from falling.

“And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.”                                         1 Thessalonians 5:23(KJV)

From our opening scripture, we can see that man is a spirit, he has a soul and he lives in a body. And God wants every part of your being to be preserved blameless unto His coming.

This means that your spirit, soul and body can be preserved blameless. The word preserve also means to be preserved from injury. That means you can live to the fullness of age without any part of your body malfunctioning.

The next verse which is 1 Thessalonians 5:24 says, “Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.” So be conscious of this truth that it is God’s will to preserve your spirit, soul and body. Amen.

Your spirit is the real you, because your spirit is the centre of life. So, if God is able to preserve your spirit, it means that you can be preserved from falling from the faith as a child of God. Jude 1:24 says, “Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy” Also, the Bible also says in Romans 14:4 says, “Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.”

Therefore, since you now know that it is God’s will to keep you from falling, and to preserve you blameless in your spirit, soul and body. I will like to encourage you with the words of Paul the Apostle in Philippians 2:12-13, “Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.”

Prayer
Dear Father of mercies I thank you, for you sanctify me completely, and you are able to preserve me blameless and faultless in my spirit, soul and body until the coming of my Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.

Further Study
Romans 16:25, 2 Timothy 4:18, Hebrews 13:20-21.

Doing the word
Continue to hear, study and meditate on the Word of God because that is what cleanses your spirit. (John 15:3)

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Be led from within.

“The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.” Proverbs 20:27 (KJV)

The Bible calls your spirit the candle of the Lord. And we know that we use a candle for seeing. This therefore means that as a child of God, God will guide you and enlighten you through your spirit. It is important you understand this because until you become spirit conscious as a believer, you will miss God and you may not fulfill your destiny.

If you are not spirit conscious; by being led by God’s Spirit, how would you know the voice of God? You probably might expect Him to speak to you through your dream, and God does not always speak through dreams.

In Jeremiah 23:28(CEV), God speaking to His Prophets made a comparison between their dreams and His Word. He said, “Their dreams and my truth are as different as straw and wheat…” In other words, God calls dreams straw and His Word which is truth; He calls wheat. He calls His Word wheat because the seed is the Word of God.

Therefore, load your spirit with the Word of God and be attentive to the voice of the Holy Spirit, because He will speak to you and guide you in line with the Word of God. So, when you hear the voice of God’s Spirit speaking to you or guiding you from your spirit in the way you should go, know that it is God guiding you and leading you.

Prayer
Dear Father, I thank you for sanctifying my heart and making my spirit a sure guide to lead me in the way that I should go. I thank you Father for as I consistently renew my mind by your Word, I will be able to identify the good, acceptable and perfect will of God in all situations in Jesus Name. Amen.

Further Study
Job 32:8, Romans 8:14, 2 Corinthians 4:6, Galatians 5:16.

Doing the word
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God speaks in different ways.

“God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,” Hebrews 1:1(KJV)

From our opening scripture, we see that God speaks to us in divers ways. In other words, God speaks to us in different ways. One of the ways He speaks to us like we see in the opening scripture is through His Prophets.

Reading through the Bible, you will see that God spoke to Pharaoh through his dreams and Joseph interpreted the dreams to reveal God’s plan for the future. Why did God speak to Pharaoh through his dreams? This was because he wasn’t someone brought up in spiritual things.

God does not always speak to us through His audible voice. For instance, God can talk to you through an inward impression. That is what the Bible calls an inward witness. We call this the perception of the human spirit. In 1 Corinthians 2:11 the Bible says, “For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.” So, God can guide you or speak to you from your spirit through the Holy Spirit that is in you as a child of God.

Prayer
Dear Father I ask that you awaken all my spiritual senses to be sensitive and attentive to hear your voice and instruction through which ever means you choose to communicate to me today in Jesus Name. Amen.

Further Study
Numbers 12:6, Jeremiah 23:28, Joel 2:28, Acts 22:17-18, Matthew 2:12.

Doing the word
Use the written Word of God to judge the authenticity of any means you believe God spoke to you, it should be consistent with God’s revealed Word.

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God speaks from the Bible.

“We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:”      2 Peter 1:19(KJV)

The Bible tells us in our opening scripture, that we have a more sure Word of prophecy. The word translated Word in this verse is ‘logos.’ The logos of God is the entire body of divine revelation. It refers to God’s thoughts and His thinking. 

In John 1:1, the Bible says, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” It is revealed to us here that the Word of God is a person. Don’t approach the Word of God (Bible) in the same way you will approach a Chemistry text book or a newspaper. This is because every appointment with the scriptures is an appointment with God. Be conscious knowing that every time you read your Bible, God is going to talk to you.

The Word of God is a divine personality because according to John 1:1, the Word of God is God. John 1:3 says, “All things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that was made.” The Bible did not say all things were made by it, but rather the writer of the scripture under the influence and the inspiration of the Holy Spirit says, “All things were made by him, emphasizing to us that the Word (logos) of God has a divine personality.

Therefore, every time you read the Word of God have the consciousness knowing that God is talking to you.

Prayer
Dear Father my ears are open and my spirit is alert and ready to hear you speak to me from your Word today in Jesus Name, Amen.

Further Study
Psalm 19:7-9, Acts 17:11, James 1:21.

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