Talking Back

Happy Sunday!

Sitting here for several minutes, wondering what to write and what to share with you this week! I'm so thankful that my parents introduced me to the Word, so thankful that after all that I've been through the Word still stands first place. The Word blesses me, encourages me, and keeps me sane.  I want to share it with you and hope that you are encouraged and strengthened as well.

This week I was encouraged to speak the Word even more than I already do. God created us in his image. He spoke the worlds into existence.  We have to use our voices to proclaim the Word and stop leaving our words unassigned. Dr. Barry Bennett said it like this, "When we find His words, believe them and then speak them, we are activating the eternal power of those words. Until we speak His words, they remain alive but unassigned. They cannot accomplish their purpose without our believing hearts declaring those words."

Think of it like this, my grandson Nesta sometimes disagrees with what I say.  If he voices his disagreement we say that he is "talking back", and that's disrespectful.  He's 4 years old!  What's your excuse?  God said, "by his stripes, you WERE healed." 2 Peter 2:4 (KJV)  But you talk back, and claim sickness, disease, and illness as your very own. God said, "never avenge yourselves. Leave that to God, for he has said that he will repay those who deserve it. Don’t take the law into your own hands." Romans 12:19 (Living Bible)  But we talk back, and talk about people behind their backs because it seems like God is taking to long to get them!  But God said, "Now the Lord is not slow about enacting His promise—slow is how some people want to characterize it—no, He is not slow but patient and merciful to you, not wanting anyone to be destroyed, but wanting everyone to turn away from following his own path and to turn toward God’s." 2 Peter 3:9 (Voice)   God says, "Give to others, and God will give to you. Indeed, you will receive a full measure, a generous helping, poured into your hands—all that you can hold. The measure you use for others is the one that God will use for you.” Luke 6:38 (Good News Version)  But we talk back and say, God knows I have these bills.

Let's think about not talking back as we go through the week.  Read, study, and meditate on the Word.  The more Word we know the easier it will be to say what God says.

But what does it say? "The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart" (that is, the word of faith which we preach): that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. (Romans 10:8-9)

Being obedient, speaking what my father says...love and prayers, Cynthia