Category: Ministry

Activate It

Hebrews 4:12 “For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.”

Over the years from time to time, I have up-graded our cell phones to newer models. Each time the phones were up-graded, the new phone had to be activated with the provider in order to have service to enable the cell phones to be used. Unless the new phone was activated, it could not be used.

A step in attaining true spiritual growth, will require the “activation” of the Word of God in a person’s life.

When we activate something, it then becomes operative, and effective.

So one might ask the question “what do I need to do to activate the “word of God” in my life?”

These five steps will assist with activating the word of God:

• Reading…spend time each day reading and studying the Bible. Ask God to give you revelation of His word. If a person reads 5 to six pages each day, it’s possible that a person could read the entire Bible in a year.
• Speaking…the scriptures out loud to put them in the atmosphere around you.
• Listening…have quite time when you can hear and listen for voice of God
• Applying…(obedience) the word of God to your daily walk, so that it will become a part of your lifestyle
• Exercising…faith by believing that every word of God is true. Faith is a believer’s spiritual muscle. The more it is exercised, the stronger it becomes.

In the book of Isaiah Chapter 55 Vs.11, God gives a natural explanation of His word accomplishing what He supernaturally intends for it to do. 

Isaiah 55:11 “So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.”

God is faithful to do what His word says he will do.

Matthew 7:7-8 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 “For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.”

• When a person asks God to activate His word in their lives God will do it.

• When a person seeks the word of God, he will find it.

• When a person knocks on the door for revelation of His word, God will open the door of revelation and increase your understanding.

The word of God is eternal

John 1:1 “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”

The Word of God is unchanging

Hebrews 13:8 “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.”

Want a change in your life? Activate the word God and experience the peace that will pass all understanding.

Father in heaven, thank you for Your word that changes not, in Jesus name…Amen!

Continuing in His service…Rev

Give it to Jesus

Matthew 11: 28-30 “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Vs.29 “Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. VS.30 “For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”

It can be very easy for someone to be overcome with day to day living experiences, and allow those experiences good or bad to control their thoughts, actions, speech or how they feel.

Depending on the extent of what a person might be experiencing, it can look like there is no one, or nowhere to turn to for a solution for the problem at hand.

Fortunately, Jesus has given the answer for anyone who feels that they are “heavy laden”. When the decision is made to “give it to Jesus”, He gives rest.

In the passage of scripture (Matthew 11:28, 29 and 30) Jesus, not only promises to give rest, He also tells what needs to done to receive this rest; “Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me.”

In ancient times and still today in modern society, a yoke was a harness fitted at the neck and shoulders to connect one animal to another. This was done to ease the work of a heavy load. Once the two animals were yoked together, the stronger of the two animals was able to help the weaker animal with a heavy load.

Once a person accepts Jesus’s invitation to become yoked with Him, and follow the example He sets by submitting to Him, rest is obtained.

A person that is yoked with Jesus also will experience His gentleness and meekness, without the feeling of being forced into doing something. Jesus also provides comfort to the person yoked to Him stating that “His yoke is easy, and His burden is light” eliminating any cause for fear.

Luke 21:34 “But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness and cares of this life, and that day come on you unexpectedly.”

Distractions will still come even after a person has become yoked to Jesus, and if a person isn’t careful, they can easily be pulled in a different direction.

Galatians 5:1 “It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.”

Once it is given to Jesus, don’t make the mistake, and try to take it back. Once a person becomes yoked with Jesus and has made the decision to submit to His leading in all things, it will be easier to obey what the scripture says in;

Ephesians 4:31-32 “Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Vs 32 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. [NIV]

There are benefits of being yoked together with Jesus, He helps us from being pulled into activities that lead to living in sin.

2^nd Corinthians 6:14 ^“ Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?” New International Version

Scripture gives a warning about being yoked with the wrong persons, and what the outcome will be.

There are some yokes that should be avoided all together, but there is comfort and benefits of being yoked together with Jesus. There is a peace of not having to wonder which way to go or what should be done…because once we are yoked with Him, it all has been given to Jesus.

Lord Jesus, thank for your yoke that gives rest….Amen

Continuing in His service…Rev

Do you trust Him?

Psalm 20:7 “Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: But we will remember the name of the Lord our God.”

Trust: to have a firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something.

Words associated with trust:

• Confidence
• Assurance
• Sureness

Because God is truly the one and only great “I Am”, we can trust Him explicitly with all of our needs.

We can trust God explicitly to do exceedingly, abundantly above all that we ask

Ephesians 3:20-21  ^“Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, ²¹ to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.”

We can trust God explicitly for His word not return void

Isaiah 55:11 “So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.

We can trust God explicitly for hearing and answering our prayers

John 14:14 ^“If you ask anything in My name, I will do it.”

We can trust God explicitly to give protection from dangers seen and unseen

Psalm 91:1-2 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty ² I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust.”

We can trust God explicitly to lead and guide

Psalm 23:2 “He leads me beside still waters”

We can trust God explicitly to heal us from all infirmities

Isaiah 53:5 “But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities;
The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed.”

We can trust God explicitly for deliverance

Psalm 34:17 “The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears,
And delivers them out of all their troubles.”

Psalm 107:6 “Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, And He delivered them out of their distresses.”

We can trust God explicitly for salvation

John 14:6 ”Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”

Father in heaven, I thank you for being the “great I Am” and for being the God that can be trusted explicitly, in Jesus name…Amen!

Continuing in His service…Rev