God’s Word Pt6
Getting the Word in Your Heart
Wednesday, April 1, 2020
I God’s Word
A.Getting the Word in Your Heart
1.(John 8:31-32) Knowing the truth makes us free from any sin, bondage, sickness, disease or anything that Satan would use to steal, kill and destroy us.
a. (ref. John 14:6; 17:3) God’s Word, the truth, is both living and written.
b. (Isa. 55:10-11) the Word is like seed and bread.
2. The Truth does us no good if it doesn’t get into our heart (soul/spirit and your subconscious).
a. (Matt. 12:33-35)
b. (Ps. 37:30-31; 40:6-8; 119:11-16)
c. (Pro. 2:1-2, 10-13)
3. (Josh. 1:8) Meditate in the Word day and night.
a. Worry is meditating on the wrong things, but Jesus gave the remedy. (Matt. 6:25-34)
b. Meditate – הָגָה (hagah) to mutter under your breath, to ponder, to imagine, to think on.
~(Ps. 1:1-3)
~(1 Tim. 4:15 KJV) “Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.”
4. 7 Ways to Meditate God’s Word
#1 Read the Word
#2 Listen to the Word (YouVersion Bible App, BibleGateway.com, BibleHub.com)
~(listen to messages: Andrew Wommack, Duane Sheriff, Creflo Dollar)
#3 Write the Word out
#4 Look up passages in numerous versions
#5 Say Scriptures aloud and set to memory.
#6 Write scriptures on Post It notes
#7 Talk about or teach passages to others.
[Pastor Lee Stokes]