“…But now the LORD declares: I promise that I will honor those who honor me, and those who despise me will be considered insignificant.”  1 Samuel 2:30(GW) Read: 1 Samuel 2:12-36; John 12:26; Acts 10:34-35; 2 Chronicles 16:9 Even though every born-again child of God has a cloak of favor, not every one experiences this favor. God has determined to honor ANYONE…

“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is My fear? says Jehovah of Hosts?” Malachi 1:6(MKJV) Read: Malachi 1:1-14; Mark 10:29 -30; Proverbs 3:9-10 Honor is defined as, “to respect greatly; treat with deference and courtesy.” We often take the love of God for…

“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.” Hosea 4:6(KJV) Read: Psalms 75:6-7; I Samuel 2:7-8; Deuteronomy 8:7-18 When people dishonor God it is evidence of a fundamental lack of understanding. We are so wrapped up in the here and now, in the things we feel and see that we forget who really makes things happen. We cannot get promoted if God…

“For the eyes of the Lord go this way and that, through all the earth, letting it be seen that he is the strong support of those whose hearts are true to him. ”  II Chronicles 16:9(BBE) Read: Esther 2:17; Ruth 2:3 God’s eyes are like ‘heat-seeking missiles.’ They zero in on you as you emit the heat of honor. Once His eyes…

“Because you have had a new birth, not from the seed of man, but from eternal seed, through the word of a living and unchanging God.” I Peter 1:23(BBE) Read: Matthew 13:31-32; Luke 8:11-18; Psalms 12:6, 7 The reason a mustard seed eventually becomes a massive tree is because that tiny seed was programmed to become a massive tree. The average person looks…

“Through these he has given us his precious and wonderful promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature…” II Peter 1:4(ISV) Read: I Thessalonians 2:13; Ephesians 1:17-21; Psalms 119:18; Isaiah 29:18; Luke 24:45 A pill (or capsule) contains a substance that has been formulated to make us well anytime we use it for the appropriate illness.  Likewise, God has…

“Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.” Jeremiah 15:16 Read: Luke 12:42; Psalms 119:6, 97,117,148; Luke 8:21; Luke 11:28 As wonderful as technology has become, no pill can make us well unless we take it…

“But you, dear friends, must continue to build yourselves up on your most holy faith…..” Jude 1:20(ISV) Read: John 5:39; Deuteronomy 6:6-9; Jeremiah 15:16; John 15:7 As we become extremely diligent at using the word as prescribed, what happens is that we start to stockpile ‘word capsules’. Without knowing it, we would have accumulated a ‘cabinet-full’ of the ‘word capsules.’ We become loaded…

“The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.” Matthew 8:8 Read: Numbers 20:8; Psalms 33:9; Psalms 107:20 When the Centurion asked Jesus to send the word, he must have caught a deep revelation of how the word of God works. You see…

“Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces? “ Jeremiah 23:29 Read: Hebrews 4:12; Isaiah 55:11; John 6:63; Isaiah 44:26-28 Man-made pills fail when the illness is too strong for the pill. This is where the WORD is very different. It never fails. It keeps chipping away at the…