The document discusses the power and significance of the word of God. It makes three key points:
1. The word of God has the power to create - it was used to create the heavens, earth, and all therein. Through faith and obedience to God's word, the impossible can become possible.
2. The word of God gives life. Jesus, who is the word made flesh, is the source of all life. God's word nourishes our spirituality and brings health.
3. God's word can breathe life into dead situations. When Ezekiel prophesied to dry bones at God's command, they came alive. God uses his word to birth new life.
The document discusses the power and significance of the word of God. It makes three key points:
1. The word of God has the power to create - it was used to create the heavens, earth, and all therein. Through faith and obedience to God's word, the impossible can become possible.
2. The word of God gives life. Jesus, who is the word made flesh, is the source of all life. God's word nourishes our spirituality and brings health.
3. God's word can breathe life into dead situations. When Ezekiel prophesied to dry bones at God's command, they came alive. God uses his word to birth new life.
The document discusses the power and significance of the word of God. It makes three key points:
1. The word of God has the power to create - it was used to create the heavens, earth, and all therein. Through faith and obedience to God's word, the impossible can become possible.
2. The word of God gives life. Jesus, who is the word made flesh, is the source of all life. God's word nourishes our spirituality and brings health.
3. God's word can breathe life into dead situations. When Ezekiel prophesied to dry bones at God's command, they came alive. God uses his word to birth new life.
The document discusses the power and significance of the word of God. It makes three key points:
1. The word of God has the power to create - it was used to create the heavens, earth, and all therein. Through faith and obedience to God's word, the impossible can become possible.
2. The word of God gives life. Jesus, who is the word made flesh, is the source of all life. God's word nourishes our spirituality and brings health.
3. God's word can breathe life into dead situations. When Ezekiel prophesied to dry bones at God's command, they came alive. God uses his word to birth new life.
appearance of the mind of God. The word of God is scattered
all over the scriptures and it has changed the lives of man. The word of God came to people in the scriptures from a different standpoint, what this means is that to some the word of God came as a prophesy, as an instruction, as a promise, as a seed, also the word of God serves as various things to mankind which are the word as a: Light, a Guide, a Sword. The word of God servers as a comfort to man. The word of God servers as an instrument that is used for creation that is the word of God can be used to create anything that needs to be created. Even the world that we live in was created by the Word. Heb 11:3 (3) Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God so that things that are seen were not made of things that do appear. The word of God servers as food to the soul of man Jer 15:16 Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts. God himself showed up to man in different dimensions same as his word can come to man in a different form. The word of God is personified Joh 1:1, In the beginning, was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. V 4 the Word gave life to everything that was created and his life brought light to everyone. NLT There is no life without the word of God and without the light that comes from the word of God you can't travel far and fast. Our access to the word of God is what makes the difference in a man’s life. The power of God is in his word and the word of God is the manifestation of the power of God. Whatsoever the power of God can do the word of God can also do. The word of God carries miraculous signs and wonders. The word of God can make a man. Mat 4:19 (19) And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. Following the word through, transforms the life of a man and makes the life of the man become a wonder to his fellow man. The word of God gives us hope in the future Jer 29:11 (11) For I know the plans that I have for you, says the Lord they are of good and not for disasters, to give you a future and a hope NLT (12) in those days when you pray, I will listen, (13) if you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me. This is where our confidence lies. That whenever we pray He always listens and when we seek him wholeheartedly we will find him, and our future is secured in him, so why worry about the future. All you need is to seek and find the word of God about your future and act on it. Doing whatever the word says is what empowers believers to command supernatural results. The best of our life cannot show forth unless we obey God’s word. The word of God comes to man per season and per time and they are meant to be acted upon as it comes. The word of God is the bases on which the life of a believer is founded upon. When we say we believe in God what we are saying is that we believe god’s word and the power in it. What then is the word of God? The word of God is the promises he has made to us in the scriptures, the instructions God has given his child to engage in his promises, the word of God also is the prophecy’s God has spoken consigning our lives and before prophecies can manifest, there have to be instructions to obey. In other words, obedience to the word of God is the condition that brings about the manifestation of the power of God in our lives. The strength of delivering divine promises is only tied to obedience. God doesn’t force obedience on you, and obedience may be costly but the reward is priceless. The word of God is the relevant operation of God, it is the wisdom of God and it’s shown how God functions.
UNVEILING THE WONDERS IN HIS WORD.
Psa 119:18 (18) Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. This was the prayer of the psalmist, he prayed that his eyes should be opened to behold wondrous things out of the law. It takes to behold wondrous things, when we say open eyes, what it simply means is that your spiritual eyes of understanding have to be enlightened for you to know, behold and see wondrous things from the word of God Wonders in His Word 1 the word of God create Joh 1:3 (3) All things were made by him, and without him was not anything made that was made. Heb 11:3 (3) Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God so that things that are seen were not made of things that do appear. I believe we all know the creation story, where God created the heaven and the earth with the raw material called “the Word of God”, “and God said let there be and there was.” He created everything including things we can see and things we can’t see, the Word of God also created something out of nothing. Gen 1:2 And the earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. The earth was void, empty, it didn’t have any form but when the word of God came, its created both the living and non-living things in the earth. We can engage the creating power of the Word of God in our lives by creating whatever we want for ourselves. What this simply means is that we can use the Word of God to call forth things that are not into existence. Create your destiny with the Word of God, change your situations around for good by engaging the creating power of the Word. All things were made by the Word of God, all things including; your destiny, marriage, academic success, career, business, all were made by Him. Your success lies in the Word of God all you need to do is to find the Word of God that is meant for you per time and season engage with it by obeying the instructions that are found in the word, then your success is sure. Peter toiled all night Luk 5:5 And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word, I will let down the net. (6) And when they had this done, they gathered a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake. This story made us understand that peter had toiled all night, he has made of his professional skills in fishing but he was not able to catch a single fish, but when the Word of God came to Him, the same river where there was no fish was the same river he had a net breaking testimony. Note, this testimony came only because peter did not argue with the Word of God that came to him, he would have said he had a Ph.D. in this business so you cant tell what to do, but what did peter say v5 Nevertheless, which means notwithstanding, no matter the degree I have in this business, no matter the amount of knowledge I have about this course, “but at thy Word”. Instant obedience can call forth this that were not into existence. Another example was the wedding at Canna of Galilee Joh 2:1- 5 (1) And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there: (2) And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage. (3) And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine. (4) Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come. (5) His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it. (6) And there were set there six water pots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece. (7) Jesus saith unto them, Fill the water pots with water. And they filled them up to the brim. Jesus mother said unto the servants, what so ever he saith unto you, do it. Jesus understood that when the word comes forth, comes with possibility and ththose servantsbeyed blindly they didn’t even think that; what if it doesn’t turn to wine, what will become of them, but they obeyed, they didn’t question the instruction that came. Obedience is all it takes to the impossibility become possible. God can make the impossible to become possible, he calls the things that were not as though they because when he calls them, ten they begin to exist. Whatsoever God has promised to do, he does it and if they don’t exist, he creates them. 2 THE WORD OF GOD GIVES LIFE. Joh 1:4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. Pro 4:20-22 (20) My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. (21) Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. (22) For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. In Him we have life for the life that we live is found in Christ and outside Christ is death. There is a place for finding =, you have to find the Word of God that is meant for you for they are life to those that finds it’s the Word of God is also medicine to our flesh. The Word of God can be prescribe to a person just as drugs are prescribe to a patient in other to get well, so also is the Word of God for they are health to their flesh. It is not just for your physical health it is all-rounder which means the Word of God can take care of your emotional health, mental health, spiritual health, physical health, and lots more. So why not take the Word of God has a multivitamin capsule that provides you with vitamins that are needed for your day to day activities. In Him was life (Jesus who is the Word) was life. Eze 37:3-5 (3) And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest. (4) Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD. (5) Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live: The Word of God came to Ezekiel saying prophesy and he prophesied has he was commanded and does dry bones became a whole army of Israel, at the Word of God life is birthed, hope was revived, dry bones became the army of the Lord. Whatever situations we find ourselves in is bound to change for good once the Word is spoken over it. All we need to do is to find the Word that is directly proportional to the situations to the situation that you are going through Pro 4:22 (22) For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. 3 THE WORD OF GOD IS A LAMP AND A LIGHT Psa 119:105 (105) NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. A lamp is a source of visible illumination. Years back while I was in school I was treading on a path that was very bushes, while I was going I wasn’t with tourch light or amy source of light which could aid my journey, I couldn’t see clearly, a walk the shouldn’t take me more than ten minutes I ended up using more than 30minute to walk. Why did this happen? It happened because, I wasn’t with any source of light that could serve as a guide for me, not only did I waste a lot of time, I also ended up with an injury on my toes which took time before it could heal. My walk would have been very smooth if only I had a source of light, come to think of it, it doesn’t even matter how little the light was, it would have been helpful. In the journey of life, the Word of God is a lamp that’s guides us through this journey. The Word of God has assured us of a future. Jer 29:11 For I know the plans that I have for you says the lord, they are plans of good and not for disaster to give a future and a hope NLT. Its is still the same Word that servers as a guide into the future that God has prepared, getting into the future that God has prepared for us might be very difficult to achieve if only we let the Word of God serves as a guide into our glorious future. A journey that is expected to last for about 10 years, you might end up using more than 20years just because the Word was missing in your journey. The real secrete to our success is not in what we studied, not in what life has to for us, but it can only be found in this book which is the Word of God. If only we search through the scriptures to find out what plans he has for our lives, we would be amazed about what God will make out of our lives. In this kingdom ignoring the power of the Word leads to damnation but when we embrace the power of His Word, our success is sure. Engaging the power in the Word of God Josh 1v8; study this book of instruction continually, meditate on it day and night so you will be sure to obey everything written in it. Only then will you prosper and succeed in all you do. NLT I know this is a very popular scripture that we all learnt while we were growing up, but if we can really study it therein lies our success in all areas of our life. The very first thing I need us to take cognizance of is that this book is a book of instructions, wherever you find any promise God has made for his people check well there is an instruction God before He brought about the promise. Promises doesn’t come expect there is an instruction to follow. Considering Gen 12:1-4 (1) Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: (2) And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: (3) And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. (4) So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran. The first verse was an instruction that came from the Lord to Abraham and the second and third verses was the promise that comes after the instruction has been carried out. Then verse four tells us that Abraham obeyed the instructions. Can I tell you what came after that obedience? In Gen 13:2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. its shows thatvthe result of obedience cannot be over emphasized. For God to bless you, He has to give you an instruction for you to obey, “Question” what instruction has God given to you and have you obeyed it? Our blessing is tied to the instruction God has given, so what we have to do is to diligently search for instructions that consigns you and have you obeyed it. That leads us to the obedience that works. Obedience is the condition that brings the wonders in the Word of God also the strnght of delivering divine promise is only tierd to obedience. Obedience simply means to abide, comply, follow, heed, listen or take orders. A life that is bent on taking orders from the Word of God as no other options then to prosper. Prov 6v20; those who listen to instruction will prosper NLT. our prosperity is tied to our listening to instruction. Our lives is built on instructions that we have listened to over the years, simply put, we are what we listen to, if it’s the devil we have always harken unto over the years we will be so sorry about the result our lives would produces, but if its God we have always listened to believe me the result will be so glaring for others to see. Obeying God can be one of the most difficult task or a growing believer, but trust me that is where our prosperity lies. It takes empowerment for a believer to obey instruction, all you need to do is to ask for the grace and enablement to obey His instruction. Deu 28:1 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken (listen) diligently unto the voice of the LORD (His commandment) thy God, to observe (fully obey) and to do all his commandments (instructions) which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: God doesn’t enforce obedience to you, that why the verses started with and it shall come to pass, “if’ thou, if is a conditional statement that places you in a situation that makes you choice whether to do or not to do.at this implies is that you can choice to obey or not, but when you have decided to obey then you can then move to the next stage which is to harken (listen) to His command (instruction) obedience may be costly but the reward is priceless, instructions from God are always costly and demanding but he end result are always awesome, be careful if the instruction you receive doesn’t cost you anything my dear, it might not be from God after the instruction that came in deut 28v1, the next verse that is v2-13 where the promises that is attached to the instruction in then v15-68 were the consequences of not obeying this instruction, so we can all see that the reward for obedience is priceless while the consequences of disobedience is disastrous. The strength of delivering divine promise is only tied to obedience and obedience to the Word of God has to be total, it has to be total, it has to be done with love and it must be done in fear and trembling. Obedience that is done outside of this factors is not considered as obedience. Considering the obedience of king Saul in 1sam15, his obedience was not total and the condition of his heart when he carried out the act was not pure and it was accounted unto him as disobedience and the consequence cost him his throne, so what God demands form us is complete obedience Pro 21:2-3 (2) people may be right in their own eyes, but the Lord examines their heart. The Lord is more pleased when we do what is right and just than when we offer Him scarifies NLT. Simply put obedience is better than scarifies 1sam15v22b. Back to our text, Josh 1v8; study this book of instruction continually, meditate on it day and night so you will be sure to obey everything written in it. Only then will you prosper and succeed in all you do. NLT. We are all expected to study this book continually, and what does this mean? It means that the book should be studied in a continuous manner, over and over again without stopping or interruption. You are expected to study this book by meditating on it and meditation is done by focusing your thoughts or pondering over the Word and this is done consciously and your consentration is highly need. Josh1v8 gave us the best time to meditate on the Word, which is day and night. Thank God the scripture did not say morning and night, if not we would have just been doing religious activities that teaches us to read our bible both morning and night, but it said day which include morning and afternoon while night includes evening and night. So meditations is too be done all the time by focusing our thought or pondering over the Word of God. It is in the process of meditating on the Word get light and that light is capable of birthing the wonders you desire in the word. How to tap into the power in the word 1 keep meditating on the Word of God continuously and consciously. Josh1v8 2 keep speaking the Word of God over your life and destiny because there is power in the Word and its then same Word God spoke and things that were not came into been. This is also applicable to us too, whatever we say with our mouth over time begins to manifest, so why don’t you stat speaking the Word of God to change every bad situations around. Negative situations + positive speaking = glorious destiny and positive situations. 3 Be committed to give God all the glory for all He has done, all He is doing and all He will do. 1Th 5:18 In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. Thanksgiving is the will of God for us in Christ and also an instruction from God to us that are in Christ Jesus. Heb 10:36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. Like we have discussed, there is always a promise after an instruction has been given and the instruction is that we should always give thanks to God and His promises which are endless will be manifested in our lives. In conclusion, when God sent his Word, wonders follows, God's words precedes Gods wonders and every appereance of God is by his Word. The Word of God set the captives free, the Word of God is prophetic and it has the capacity to turn things around for you. Walking in the Light of His Word is what changes nour story from Glory to Glory.