PRAY OVER THIS
“Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.”
PONDER THIS
Do you know what the word filthiness is in the original Greek? It means, “ear wax.” God says if you want to hear, you’ve got to clean your ears. You can’t hear if your ears are stopped. God says sin in your life is like wax in your ear. You need to get rid of it. The reason God’s truth does not come to us is that we’ve got spiritual wax in our ears. As a result, it is absolutely crucial that when you study the Bible, you make a full confession of sin and ask God to search your heart and see if there is some wickedness in you. Get your heart clean; get your heart right with God.
If you’re going to a garden, before you plant the seed, you weed the garden. That’s what it’s all about—get your heart right. After we weed the garden, then the seed will grow. After we get the wax out, then we can hear. Do you understand that? Receive the Word. Welcome the Word with a repentant heart.
- What does it look like to lay aside all filthiness?
- When has sin stopped up your ears from understanding the Word of God clearly?
PRACTICE THIS
Take time for intentional repentance during your time in the Word today and find a way to add this to your regular Bible reading routine.
This week when I was finished one of my messages from God, a lovely lady came up to me and said, “I was saying while you were delivering your message that you should run for office.” I have been told that before. NO THANK YOU! GOD has me where He wants me to be. Why did she say that? The message that God had me deliver was on the love of JESUS, we are to love others as JESUS loves us, and that Jesus came to serve not to be served. JESUS is a peacemaker, He brings people together. There is no togetherness in America, we are a very divided country and it is getting worse. There is no peacemaker in America, JESUS is the only true peacemaker. American politics has gone to hell. When I saw Republican Steve Bannon go nuts on TV yesterday about his prison sentence, that just confirmed for me once again, that both parties stink to high heaven. The GOP and DEMS have a long list of nut cases and law breakers. I have said for years that America needs a strong third party. The two party system and the secular media in America do all they can to block third party candidates. It is all about money in the pockets, power and control. EGO! Edging God Out!God’s Word is the final authority for faith and life.
as God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.
FROM CBN NEWS:
From the nation’s capital to the harvest fields in the mid-west, Christians have been crying out to God for spiritual renewal in America. Some believe the nation sits on the brink of collapse, with the only hope being a visitation of God’s power and presence.
“Revival or we die,” Dr. Michael Brown told CBN News “That’s where we have to get. You have to get to a place where you can’t live any longer without visitation. It could be personal, personal revival where you know there must be a breakthrough.”
‘Revival or We Die’: Why America Needs Another Great Awakening
