Embracing the Transformative Power of God's Word
Jun 03, 2024
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### Quotes for Outreach
1. "We must become a people of the book whether you're reading a physical material copy of the book or whether you're listening to an audio version we need to become a people of God's word we are a people of God's word we just need to start activating that then the enemy says worship me if you'll just worship me I'll give you glory and I'll give you domain see that's crazy because Satan's just trying to get Jesus to buy into his law because Jesus already had all glory and the kingdoms of this world." [34:56]
2. "The spoken and prophetic word in our context must be judged and validated or invalidated by the written word. In other words, if someone gives you a prophetic word, that prophetic word must line up with a written word of God because God will never instruct nor tell you to do something that is contrary to this book. Maybe that's another reason why I love the written word. Why go through all those intermediaries and I can open the book and get it straight. Amen is right." [08:36]
3. "When you think about the word, you've got to also consider the role and the function of the Holy Spirit. When Jesus is led into the wilderness, it is not just the word that sustains him, the Holy Spirit is there as well. If you want to see just a beautiful example of how the word and the Spirit works together, you can go to Ezekiel chapter 47. Ezekiel has this vision and in this vision, he sees, now he's in captivity, the temple's been destroyed, but he sees God seated on the throne of his temple, heavenly temple, and out of that temple from under the throne, there comes a flood." [12:39]
4. "The banks that God has given to us is his spirit and his word. When we only have the Holy Spirit, then we become experience-seeking people. We become a people that's, we've only moved by what we feel and the level of goosebumps and warm fuzzies that we're able to get out of a particular moment. If we're all word and no spirit, we're boring. And legalism can set in quickly and easily. We were not called to be all spirit or all word. We were called to be a people who had spirit and word in place in our lives." [15:40]
5. "Jesus responds to if you are the Son of God then tell this stone to become bread. Jesus responds by quoting Deuteronomy chapter 8 verse 3 for it is written man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Father or from the mouth of God. See I think this is important I think this is important because Jesus as the Son of God anything he said would have become the word of God. Anything he said would have been recorded." [32:54]
### Quotes for Members
1. "When I am up against an attack from the enemy I'm being assaulted and I'm being tempted it's not the words of Tolkien that will get me out of that mess it's the word of God it's the word that's written in this book when the enemy comes in and he says oh you're worthless I can come back and say but it is written I have been bought with a price and I am not my own I am a chosen people I am a peculiar treasure to the Lord my God I come back with the word." [34:26]
2. "When you are face to face with an assaulting attack of the enemy often you do not have the opportunity to grab your bible and to begin to find a verse of scripture have a reservoir of scripture in your heart ready to use when the need arises I think about it like this every time I memorize a verse of scripture it's like making a deposit into a checking account that way when the Holy Spirit needs to write out a check he doesn't get an insufficient funds notice but there is something there for him to draw from." [37:03]
3. "If he can't get you to do what is obviously wrong he'll twist what is truth and try to get you to compromise what is truth he quotes from Psalm 91 verses 11 and 12 oh it is written see now Satan is saying it is written it is written that he shall give his angels charge over you lest you dash your foot against a stone so go ahead throw yourself off of this pinnacle and let him give his angels charge over you but Jesus has nothing to prove you are the son of God and I am well pleased with you he has embraced and activated that truth in his life and that is why Jesus responds with Deuteronomy chapter 6 verse 16 and he says thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God know the word." [35:58]
4. "I am no longer a slave to sin. Because he has delivered me from the law of sin and of death. O, I am officially his. I am his child. I am his beloved. I am the one for whom Christ died. I am his. I am officially his. The P, I am power filled. For when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, you shall receive power. Q, I am quieted by his love. For the Lord your God in the midst of you is mighty. And he will dance where you're concerned. And he will quiet you with his love. R, I am redeemed." [22:39]
5. "He memorized Psalm 1 and Psalm 2 and Psalm 3 and 4 all the way to Psalm 151 he memorized the entire book of Psalms it took him several years to do it but he did it by the time he was finished he had a GED and was halfway through his bachelor's degree by the time God got through with him he had graduated from college and his mind was completely restored you want to know how powerful the word of God is it restores your soul it brings back to you things that have been lost things that have been forfeited church get into the word and become men and women of the word." [41:15]
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1. "We must become a people of the book whether you're reading a physical material copy of the book or whether you're listening to an audio version we need to become a people of God's word we are a people of God's word we just need to start activating that then the enemy says worship me if you'll just worship me I'll give you glory and I'll give you domain see that's crazy because Satan's just trying to get Jesus to buy into his law because Jesus already had all glory and the kingdoms of this world." [34:56]
2. "The spoken and prophetic word in our context must be judged and validated or invalidated by the written word. In other words, if someone gives you a prophetic word, that prophetic word must line up with a written word of God because God will never instruct nor tell you to do something that is contrary to this book. Maybe that's another reason why I love the written word. Why go through all those intermediaries and I can open the book and get it straight. Amen is right." [08:36]
3. "When you think about the word, you've got to also consider the role and the function of the Holy Spirit. When Jesus is led into the wilderness, it is not just the word that sustains him, the Holy Spirit is there as well. If you want to see just a beautiful example of how the word and the Spirit works together, you can go to Ezekiel chapter 47. Ezekiel has this vision and in this vision, he sees, now he's in captivity, the temple's been destroyed, but he sees God seated on the throne of his temple, heavenly temple, and out of that temple from under the throne, there comes a flood." [12:39]
4. "The banks that God has given to us is his spirit and his word. When we only have the Holy Spirit, then we become experience-seeking people. We become a people that's, we've only moved by what we feel and the level of goosebumps and warm fuzzies that we're able to get out of a particular moment. If we're all word and no spirit, we're boring. And legalism can set in quickly and easily. We were not called to be all spirit or all word. We were called to be a people who had spirit and word in place in our lives." [15:40]
5. "Jesus responds to if you are the Son of God then tell this stone to become bread. Jesus responds by quoting Deuteronomy chapter 8 verse 3 for it is written man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Father or from the mouth of God. See I think this is important I think this is important because Jesus as the Son of God anything he said would have become the word of God. Anything he said would have been recorded." [32:54]
### Quotes for Members
1. "When I am up against an attack from the enemy I'm being assaulted and I'm being tempted it's not the words of Tolkien that will get me out of that mess it's the word of God it's the word that's written in this book when the enemy comes in and he says oh you're worthless I can come back and say but it is written I have been bought with a price and I am not my own I am a chosen people I am a peculiar treasure to the Lord my God I come back with the word." [34:26]
2. "When you are face to face with an assaulting attack of the enemy often you do not have the opportunity to grab your bible and to begin to find a verse of scripture have a reservoir of scripture in your heart ready to use when the need arises I think about it like this every time I memorize a verse of scripture it's like making a deposit into a checking account that way when the Holy Spirit needs to write out a check he doesn't get an insufficient funds notice but there is something there for him to draw from." [37:03]
3. "If he can't get you to do what is obviously wrong he'll twist what is truth and try to get you to compromise what is truth he quotes from Psalm 91 verses 11 and 12 oh it is written see now Satan is saying it is written it is written that he shall give his angels charge over you lest you dash your foot against a stone so go ahead throw yourself off of this pinnacle and let him give his angels charge over you but Jesus has nothing to prove you are the son of God and I am well pleased with you he has embraced and activated that truth in his life and that is why Jesus responds with Deuteronomy chapter 6 verse 16 and he says thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God know the word." [35:58]
4. "I am no longer a slave to sin. Because he has delivered me from the law of sin and of death. O, I am officially his. I am his child. I am his beloved. I am the one for whom Christ died. I am his. I am officially his. The P, I am power filled. For when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, you shall receive power. Q, I am quieted by his love. For the Lord your God in the midst of you is mighty. And he will dance where you're concerned. And he will quiet you with his love. R, I am redeemed." [22:39]
5. "He memorized Psalm 1 and Psalm 2 and Psalm 3 and 4 all the way to Psalm 151 he memorized the entire book of Psalms it took him several years to do it but he did it by the time he was finished he had a GED and was halfway through his bachelor's degree by the time God got through with him he had graduated from college and his mind was completely restored you want to know how powerful the word of God is it restores your soul it brings back to you things that have been lost things that have been forfeited church get into the word and become men and women of the word." [41:15]
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