How the devil works for you not to keep the word

1) Through offense: Matthew 3:20-21: 20 The seed falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. 21 But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.

2) Through over-busyness: Matthew 3:22: 22 The seed falling among the thorns refers to someone who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it unfruitful.

So, what is the way out?

1) Schedule time to study the word

2) Find a gospel based teaching and listen to it

3) Minimise your reliance of entertainment or media that sows doubt in your mind

4) Refuse to be offended by anyone and anything

5) Find time in your busyness to spend time with the Lord

Favour Affirmation for the year

The favour of God surrounds me like a shield producing supernatural increase, promotion, restoration, honour, increased access, greater victories, recognition, prominence, preferential treatment, petitions granted, policies and rules changed and battles won that I don’t have to fight. Favour is mine in all things. This is my set time for God’s favour. God is doing for me what my natural abilities and connections could not do. I am blessed and highly favoured of God in Jesus’ Name!’

Favour Affirmation for the year

The favour of God surrounds me like a shield producingsupernatural increase, promotion, restoration, honour, increased access,greater victories, recognition, prominence, preferential treatment, petitions granted, policies and rules changed and battles won that I don’t have to fight.Favour is mine in all things. This is my set time for God’s favour. God is doing for me what my natural abilities and connections could not do. I am blessed and highly favoured of God in Jesus’ Name!’

The Power of the “Kept” Word

Luke 11:28: KJV: 28 But He said, “Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the Word of God and keep it.”

Other translations:

AMP: 28 But He said, “On the contrary, blessed (happy, favored by God) are those who hear the word of God and continually observe it.”

NIV: He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”

NLT: Jesus replied, “But even more blessed are all who hear the word of God and put it into practice.”

NASB: But He said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God and follow it.”

SLT: And he said, Rather, happy they hearing the word of God, and watching it.

3 words to pay attention to:

· Blessed is from Makarios – and it meand to be fortunate or favoured by God

· Hear is from akuo – and it simply means to hear what was said

· Keep – it is the Greek word “Phulasso” – and it means through the idea of isolation, to watch i.e. be on guard, observe

So, a person is favoured by God or is deemed fortunate when he hears the word of God and observes or obey it or puts it into practice

How do you put it into practice?

First you must hear it.

This is the reason why you can’t have faith beyond what you constantly hear.

Rom 10:17 NLT: So faith comes from hearing, that is, hearing the Good News about Christ.

Faith comes by hearing the Good News - not the bad news.

Fear will come by hearing the bad news

The word of God (specifically one based on the finished work of Christ) will build faith in you hence why you must hear it and hear it and hear it.

Don’t hear the gospel today and tomorrow go and hear fear-based message, it will destroy your faith or rather, your faith will become leaky!

If you have never heard a message that God has healed you in Christ, then you can’t believe for it and when you don’t believe for it, you can’t experience it.

Favour Affirmation for the year

The favour of God surrounds me like a shield producing supernatural increase, promotion, restoration, honour, increased access, greater victories, recognition, prominence, preferential treatment, petitions granted, policies and rules changed and battles won that I don’t have to fight. Favour is mine in all things. This is my set time for God’s favour. God is doing for me what my natural abilities and connections could not do. I am blessed and highly favoured of God in Jesus’ Name!’