January 29, 2023
Greetings and blessings to all of you. I love reading and visualizing the Word of God? I love all of its authentic stories. I love the way God never holds back anything. Like in Ezekiel 5 when he passes judgement on Jerusalem. Read it. You may be taken aback by God’s action and cringe. I love when God loves on us by showing that He is very sincere in wanting us to be OBEDIENT. God tells us exactly how to do it. Gal. 5:16 “So I say walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the lust of the flesh.” God’s chief goal in our lives is to make us in the image of Himself knowing it will be complete with trials and tribulations and suffering and our dutiful walk will lead to being with Him forever when we pass. Psalm 27:4 says, “One thing I ask of the Lord this is what I seek that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple.” We must learn to love and follow God’s words. Ignorance of the Word can be devasting. The Bible works against Satan himself. When we face spiritual warfare, our only strategy should be pointing the enemy to Scripture. When we go to battle, we must not forget our sword…the Word of God. “For the Word of God is living powerful and sharper than any two-edge sword piercing even to the division of soul and spirit and of the joints and marrow and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.” (Hebrews 4:12) In the temptation of Jesus in Luke 4:1-12...how many times did Jesus quote the Bible to defend himself against Satan? Did Satan use the Words of God to attempt to defeat Christ? The Word of God is powerful and supernatural. Jesus knew it. The devil knew it. In James it says, “You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe and shudder.” (James 2:19) After “submitting yourselves to God and resisting the devil, and he will flee from you” stand back in awe as you experience the power in your lives changing you and I from the inside out. The Gospel is the message of the church and we get the Gospel from Scripture. We don’t need a new or modern Gospel for the new and modern age; it stands the test of time. The Word is indestructible because, “all flesh is as grass and all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers and its flowers fall away but the word of the Lord endures forever.” (1 Peter 1:24-25)
With the Love of Christ
First Lady Vivian C. Currie
Pastor ALC