These Words Shall Be In Your Heart

Do you READ the Bible? Have you read the Bible
through? Do you KNOW the Bible? How many
verses of Scripture can you quote by memory?
Do you know if someone is misquoting or mis-
interpreting the Bible?
In Deuteronomy's version of the presentation
of the Ten Commandments, God follows up the
event by saying how important it is to keep His
statutes and commandments, and to teach them
diligently to others, especially our children.
Read chapter six, verses 1 through 9 for background
of my message to you today.
God instructs us to speak of His words in our
daily conversations, whether sitting in our homes,
walking through town, lying down, and arising!
He suggests having them on our hands, and before
our eyes, even to writing them on our doorposts
and gates!!
God's WORDS are LIFE! They are POWER! They
are CONVICTING! They TEACH how to live! They
keep the enemies of our souls at bay! They will
draw us closer into His PRESENCE when we speak
them or read them!!
His words are HEALTH! His words are STRENGTH!
They are DEFENSIVE! They are WEAPONS! The
verses of the Bible can be HEALING! PEACE!
Spoken, God's words can put your enemies to flight!
They can call ANGELS to your rescue! Scripture
is a means of putting you into HIS PRESENCE!!
How many verses or passages of Holy Scripture do
you know? A few? A dozen or two? Hundreds?
WE CANNOT KNOW TOO MANY! Perhaps it
would be a good idea to begin a Bible verse memory
plan for yourself! A verse a week? One of Jesus'
sayings? A New Testament passage on living the
Spirit-filled Christian life? A rebuke of our common
enemy - Satan? A reminder of God's promises to
protect and provide?
How about "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life!".
Or......"I will never leave you or forsake you.".
Then....."He who hears my word and believes in Him
who sent Me has everlasting life."
Of course there are so many more that can help you,
strengthen you, and enable you to live the life and to
be the witness that God wants you to be. Please,
for your souls sake, and for the sake of those around
you, KNOW AND SPEAK THE WORDS OF SCRIPTURE!
God said in Isaiah chapter 55, verse 11, that His word
"that goes forth from My mouth, it shall not return
void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it
shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it."
As you and I speak the Bible, things will happen!
Souls will be touched for Jesus! Our ears will hear
our tongues saying those powerful truths and our
hearts will be joyfully encouraged! The enemy will
be halted in his evil intentions for us! We will be
able to overcome by the words of our testimony,
as the Christians of the early church did!
GOD HONORS AND EMPOWERS THE SPEAKING
OF HIS WORDS, and we would do well to cooperate
with Him in his divine plan for mankind by quoting
the "words of life" every opportunity we get!