Do you have a heart's desire to be more like Jesus each day, to walk in his ways, his power and to live the God kind of life? The abundant life Jesus talks about in John 10:10 is the kind of life God lives. Jesus said we could be perfect as God the Father is perfect (Matt 5:48).

It's God's word that brings life: “Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciple indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” (John. 8:31-32, see also Prov 4:22). God’s word has the power to change us (Heb 4:12, Isa 55:11) and can work in us to bring that change about (1 Thess 2:13).

How do we tap into the life changing power of God's word? Well the writer of Psalm 119 shows us the way. He sought God with all his heart (v10) and treated God's word with awe, as a great treasure (v161-162). The writer said he hid the word in his heart and did not forget it (v11,16). He asked God to teach him (v12), he rejoiced and delighted in God's word (v14,16), meditated it (v15) and spoke it out loud (v13). I guess it was a priority to this writer; do you get the picture?

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God said: “I am the Lord that healeth thee” (Ex 15:26; KJV). It is satan that comes to steal, kill and destroy, Jesus came to give us abundant life (John 10:10). In Acts 10:38 we see: “How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him”. Satan brings sickness and disease but Jesus is still our healer today, he never changes (Mal 3:6; Heb 13:8).

Yes, you might say, I know Jesus can heal but does he want to heal me? The answer to that question is a most emphatic YES; see his response to the leper in Matthew 8:2-3: “And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed”. Also, remember Acts 10:38 above.

Walk in your healing today; healing is the children’s bread (Matt 15:21-28) and you are his child.

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The bible says a lot about our confession or what comes out of our mouth. What is in our heart will come out in our words (Luke 6:45). To be born again we need to believe in Jesus in our heart or spirit man and confess with our mouth: “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the Dead, thou shalt be saved” (Rom 10:9; KJV).

The apostle Paul also taught us that faith comes by hearing the word of God (Rom 10:17). In other words, we need to hear the word spoken to build up our faith; spoken by others and most importantly ourselves.

Faith isn’t faith without the accompanying confession: “For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith” (Mark 11:23).  

Fear is the opposite of faith; it is faith in what satan wants to say to us and have us believe. We really need to watch what we say, what comes out of our mouth, as it positions us and shows what is in us and also builds up our faith or produces fear.  Don’t be quiet, speak the word and see your faith grow.

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In Philippians 3:12-14, Paul wrote: “Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark of the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus”. Paul did not claim to have made it as a Christian but he looked forward and pressed in to the things of God that he might be all God wanted him to be.

Jesus told us that because he lives is in us, we can be perfect (John 17:23). In Matthew 11:12, the Apostle described the violent taking the Kingdom of God by force. This describes those who are desperate for God pressing in to him.

What does this all mean? We can aspire to like Jesus but it will take effort on our part. Not fleshly effort but effort in the spiritual realm to press in to know God and be like him. Paul exhorted us to get rid of the old life and habits we walked in before we were Christians and live the life of holiness that God has for us (Eph 4:21-24).    There is no room for complacency or coasting in our spiritual walk. If we want to be all he wants us to be, to have all he has for us and to be used of him we need to press into God in his word and in prayer and fellowship with him every day. As we press in the Holy Spirit will move in our lives to change us, bless us and use us. Try it, the results are Guaranteed.

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Sometimes we can get to thinking that God will bless so and so but not me; why should he be concerned about me when we think others are so much more holy. Well, remember that you are his child and that he has no favorites, he doesn’t view anyone better than another; in other words, he sees us and loves us all the same (John 1:12; Rom 2:11).

“For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit” (1 Cor 12:12-13; KJV). In the body of Christ, the church, there are many people, with different origins and with different giftings and abilities, but God views us and loves us all the same.

He wants all to be saved and none to be lost (1 Tim 2:4) and he teaches us not to treat one person better than another (James 2:1-4). We should hold our heads up and never compare ourselves to others; when we do that, we compare our weaknesses to others strengths.

God sees each one of us as his work of art, his poem: “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works” (Eph 2:10).  God loves us all just the way we are; O, how he loves us.

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