MGD: The Word that Gives Life

Bless the Lord, oh my soul and all that is

within me. Bless his holy name. Shalom, family, and welcome

to today's morning glory devotion. This is the Bruce Smith

from Harvis Shapeled International Commercy, and it is a privilege

to be facilitating today's devotion. Let us kindly share a

word of prayer. Gracious Father, but thank you for the

gift of life. We pray and commit our time in

your word into your hands. Brood over russle, God, cause

your life to shine on our heart and transform us

by the power of your word. In Chess's mighty name,

we pray with thanksgiving. Amen. That is kindly a firmal

confession from Joshua, chapter one, verse eight. Joshua chapter one,

verse eight. This book of the Law shall not depart

out of my mouth, but I shall meditate in a

day and night that I may observe to do according

to all that is written in it. For then I

will make my way prosperous, and then I will have

good success a man. The theme for today's devotion is

the Word that gives Life. The Word that gives Life

written by Joshua Amebia Law and a scripture reading is

taken from John chapter one, verse one through verse five.

John chapter one, verses one to five. I'll be reading

from the New Living Translation. In the beginning, the Word

already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word

was God. He existed in the beginning with God. God

created everything through him, and nothing was created except through him.

The Word gave life to everything that was created, and

his life brought light to everyone. The light shines in

the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it. Here

ends the reading of the Word, and all shall respond.

Thanks be to God. Amen. The Word that gives life,

The Word that gives life. We love it. When we

talk about the Word, we are usually talking about two

things which are actually the same. In one sense. We

are talking about the Holy Bible, or the Holy Scriptures

that we all hold in our hands today. Apostle Peter

says about the Holy Scriptures in tewod Peter chapter one,

verse twenty and twenty one that above all you must

realize that no prophecy in Scripture ever came from the

prophet's own understanding or from human initiative. No, those prophets

were moved by the Holy Spirit, and they spoke from God.

So the Bible we hold in our hands is not

an ordinary book. It is a record of the things

that God, the creator of the world and everything in it,

wants to say and communicate to us, the things He

wants us to know about himself, the world we live in,

the sin that plaques it in ourselves. In another sense,

when we talk about the Word, we are also referring

to the person of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

This is best seen in the fourteen verse of John

chapter one, where it says the Word became flesh and

made his dwelling amongst us. We have seen his glory,

the glory of the one and only Son from the Father,

full of Christ and truth. Amen. We are told from

verse four of today's Scripture reading that it is the

Word that gave life to everything that was created. While

it is sometimes difficult to properly and fully define what

life is today, I want us to consider two key

aspects of what life is defined as. First, life is

to bring into existence, or to cause something to exist. Second,

life is to cause something to prosper in its purpose,

to cause something to grow in a particular or desired direction,

to fulfill a certain purpose. So when we look at

the story of creation and Genesis chapter one, we see

that God caused everything to exist by first speaking it out,

but then He had a specific purpose and a design

for everything he made, so existing of being here like

we all are, is just one aspect of the equation

of what we mean when we talk about the word

given life. The other equally important aspect of the life

the Word gives is giving us insight into the reason

and purpose of our existence and bringing meaning into our lives.

And it is only by knowing the purpose of our

lives that we can truly prosper. Out of the life

that the Word gives is the light of salvation that

is available to everyone through our Lord Jesus Christ. This

light was necessary because of the darkness of death that

sin brought into the world, and it is with this

light that we can even begin to truly see and

work the part of God's purples for our lives and

prosper Beloved, At one point or another in your life,

you may have wandered what the point of everything we

go through in the world is. You may have had

many questions about your life and the world that has

plagued you. Sadly I can give you the answers to

all the questions you have about life, and no life

coach or spiritual guru anywhere truly can either. But fortunately,

what I can do is tell you where and with

whom you can find the answers that you need in

order to truly live and prosper here on earth any eternity. Yes,

there is a sure way to obtain the answers you need,

and that is by going to the one who made

and designed it all. He is the only one who

has all the right answers, and he has made these

answers accessible to us through his word. Beloved, we must

remember that the Word does not only give life, but

is necessary for sustaining life. Like our logiesus said in

Matthew chapter four, verse four, in response to the devil's dentation,

man shall not leave by bread alone, but by every

word that proceeds from the mouth of God. We cannot

and must not, under any circumstance neglect the Word if

we are to prosper and thrive in God's purpose for us.

In much the same way as we put in effort

and consideration into physically feeding ourselves every day, we must

also dedicate ourselves to daily feeding ourselves on the Word. Also,

if you are not sure how to even begin to

reach the one who made everything and gives life, then

please know that it begins by simply saying a sincere

prayer of repentance and reconciliation, by acknowledging you are a sinner,

accent for and receiving pardon from God through the sacrifice

of Jesus Christ, and accepting Jesus Christ into your heart

as your Lord and savior. A man. Let us take

our memories for today from John chapter six, verse sixty three.

John chapter six, verse sixty three, reading from the New

King James version. It is the spirit who gives life.

The flesh offers nothing. The worst that I speak to

you are spirit, and they are life. It is the

spirit who gives life. The flesh profess nothing. The worst

that I speak to you are spirit and the air life.

A man, let us kind of share a word of prayer. Father,

we thank you for your word for us today. We

thank you for the privilege to be called your children

and for your word that you have made available to us.

Help us commit to daily feeding ourselves on your word,

and as we do so, please reveal yourself to us

and help us to prosper and thrive as we work

according to your purpose for our lives in Jesus's mighty name,

with pray, with thus giving a man, thank you for

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still blessed and have a blessed and fruitful day in

Man