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New Life Church on the Rock Sunday April 22, 2007
“THE WORD WILL WORK FOR YOU”
“If you work the Word”
INTRODUCTION: Are you ready for the Word of God, yes or no? You’ve heard me ask this before. Where do we find the Word of God? The Bible!
2Timothy 3:16- “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.”
Your Bible is inspired by God. Your Bible is the mind of God. Your Bible is the heart of God. YOUR BIBLE IS WHAT GOD THINKS.
Your Bible is USEFUL! Valuable, Profitable
Psalm 119:72- “The law from your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of silver and gold.”
Psalm 119:105- “Your word is a lamp for my feet and a light for my path.”
THE WORD OF GOD IS VALUABLE, USEFUL. PROFITABLE.
Have you ever been in a place that was total darkness? Were you scared? When we were kids used to drive down Sarah Jane Road at night and turn out the lights.
In the darkness of this world (the tragedy in Virginia) THE WORD OF GOD IS A LIGHT!
2Peter 1:19-21- “And we have the word of the prophets made more certain, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts. Above all you must understand that no prophecy of the Scripture came by the prophet’s own interpretation. For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.”
Peter once again validates the Bible as being inspired by God. It’s a light that shines in darkness.
We need to fall in love with our Bibles. Read and study our Bibles. Be taught the Bible through teaching and preaching.
THE WORD OF GOD (BIBLE) WILL WORK FOR YOU IF YOU WORK THE WORD.
Isaiah 55:10,11- “As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.”
THE WORD WILL WORK FOR YOU IF YOU WORK THE WORD
TRANSITION: What should be my attitude toward the Word of God?
Jeremiah 15:16- “When your words came, I ate them; they were my joy and my hearts delight, for I bear your name, O Lord God Almighty.”
Psalm 119:103- “How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!”
Ezekiel 2:8-9, 3:1-4- Turn and Read
ARE YOU HUNGRY FOR THE WORD?
THE WORD WILL WORK FOR YOU IF YOU WORK THE WORD
Before Jesus begins His public Ministry He is led by the Spirit into the wilderness where He fasted 40 days and nights and was tempted by the devil.
The first temptation of the enemy addressed Jesus appetite.
Matthew 4:3,4- “The tempter came to him and said, If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread. Jesus answered, It is written, Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.”
ARE YOU HUNGRY FOR THE WORD OF GOD?
THE WORD WILL WORK FOR YOU IF YOU WORK THE WORD
Acts 2:42- “They devoted themselves to the Apostles teaching….”
Psalm 1:1-3- “Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.”
HIS DELIGHT, HIS DESIRE, HIS APPETITE IS FOR THE LAW OF THE LORD!
THE WORD WILL WORK FOR YOU IF YOU WORK THE WORD!
TRANSITION: How do I work the Word?
1. Get the Word inside you.
2. Speak the Word
Romans 10:8-10 “But what does it say, The Word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart, that is the word of faith we are proclaiming: That if you confess with your mouth, Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.”
Colossians 3:16- “Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts toward God.”
THE WORD WILL WORK FOR YOU IF YOU WORK THE WORD
1. Get the Word of God inside you.
2. Speak the Word
3. Practice the Word
Matthew 7:24-27 Turn and Read
CONCLUSION: The Word is the light in Darkness.
THE WORD WILL WORK FOR YOU IF YOU WORK THE WORD
Joshua 1:6-9 Turn and Read
THE WORD WILL WORK FOR YOU IF YOU WORK THE WORD
Share story of Freda Lindsey from Christ For the Nations
New Life Church on the Rock Sunday April 22, 2007
“THE WORD WILL WORK FOR YOU”
“If you work the Word”
INTRODUCTION: Are you ready for the Word of God, yes or no? You’ve heard me ask this before. Where do we find the Word of God? The Bible!
2Timothy 3:16- “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.”
Your Bible is inspired by God. Your Bible is the mind of God. Your Bible is the heart of God. YOUR BIBLE IS WHAT GOD THINKS.
Your Bible is USEFUL! Valuable, Profitable
Psalm 119:72- “The law from your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of silver and gold.”
Psalm 119:105- “Your word is a lamp for my feet and a light for my path.”
THE WORD OF GOD IS VALUABLE, USEFUL. PROFITABLE.
Have you ever been in a place that was total darkness? Were you scared? When we were kids used to drive down Sarah Jane Road at night and turn out the lights.
In the darkness of this world (the tragedy in Virginia) THE WORD OF GOD IS A LIGHT!
2Peter 1:19-21- “And we have the word of the prophets made more certain, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts. Above all you must understand that no prophecy of the Scripture came by the prophet’s own interpretation. For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.”
Peter once again validates the Bible as being inspired by God. It’s a light that shines in darkness.
We need to fall in love with our Bibles. Read and study our Bibles. Be taught the Bible through teaching and preaching.
THE WORD OF GOD (BIBLE) WILL WORK FOR YOU IF YOU WORK THE WORD.
Isaiah 55:10,11- “As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.”
THE WORD WILL WORK FOR YOU IF YOU WORK THE WORD
TRANSITION: What should be my attitude toward the Word of God?
Jeremiah 15:16- “When your words came, I ate them; they were my joy and my hearts delight, for I bear your name, O Lord God Almighty.”
Psalm 119:103- “How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!”
Ezekiel 2:8-9, 3:1-4- Turn and Read
ARE YOU HUNGRY FOR THE WORD?
THE WORD WILL WORK FOR YOU IF YOU WORK THE WORD
Before Jesus begins His public Ministry He is led by the Spirit into the wilderness where He fasted 40 days and nights and was tempted by the devil.
The first temptation of the enemy addressed Jesus appetite.
Matthew 4:3,4- “The tempter came to him and said, If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread. Jesus answered, It is written, Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.”
ARE YOU HUNGRY FOR THE WORD OF GOD?
THE WORD WILL WORK FOR YOU IF YOU WORK THE WORD
Acts 2:42- “They devoted themselves to the Apostles teaching….”
Psalm 1:1-3- “Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.”
HIS DELIGHT, HIS DESIRE, HIS APPETITE IS FOR THE LAW OF THE LORD!
THE WORD WILL WORK FOR YOU IF YOU WORK THE WORD!
TRANSITION: How do I work the Word?
1. Get the Word inside you.
2. Speak the Word
Romans 10:8-10 “But what does it say, The Word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart, that is the word of faith we are proclaiming: That if you confess with your mouth, Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.”
Colossians 3:16- “Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts toward God.”
THE WORD WILL WORK FOR YOU IF YOU WORK THE WORD
1. Get the Word of God inside you.
2. Speak the Word
3. Practice the Word
Matthew 7:24-27 Turn and Read
CONCLUSION: The Word is the light in Darkness.
THE WORD WILL WORK FOR YOU IF YOU WORK THE WORD
Joshua 1:6-9 Turn and Read
THE WORD WILL WORK FOR YOU IF YOU WORK THE WORD
Share story of Freda Lindsey from Christ For the Nations
