The importance of a daily intimate quiet-time with the Lord everyday-
This includes reading the Word, praying to God and also to just listen quietly for His answers, and to pray in the Spirit. Why a daily time of reading His word and praying? Because when you are in the Word continuously you get familiar with what’s truly going on and how to deal with it. Examples would be scriptures in Ephesians that explains that we do not fight against flesh and blood but against principalities of darkness, that we must put on the armor of God and do spiritual battle to thwart Satan’s attacks on our lives. Psalms speaks of delighting yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart, Proverbs speaks on trusting the Lord, how to live a prosperous life, how to find wisdom, the value of a good reputation that far outweighs wealth, and so forth. Genesis speaks of how powerful yet also how loving our heavenly Father truly is and why He created just me and just you!

The Bible is full of life giving principles that we must first know and understand then secondly we must obey and live by them. A quick example of one scripture that says we do not live by bread alone but by every Word of God. This scripture is just not a recommendation Jesus is giving us, this is our Creator, our Designer instructing and commanding us how to live. This is how He designed the human body to operate and let me tell you from personal experience that this scripture is a spiritual principle. When I am not in the Word I am spiritually dry, things just don’t go as well but when I am in the Word consistently and I am depending on it to live life fully, when I am trying to find answers to my problems something just naturally inside of me comes alive! I am rejuvenated! My spirit comes alive, things just start clicking for the good and I am amazed that I am just now realizing this spiritual principle! When all along that scripture of we do not live by bread alone but by every Word of God has said that right in front of me and I failed to recognize that value, failed to recognize that instruction! You guys we have the Word of God, we have prayer and we have the Holy Spirit in our lives and we have access to them at anytime and we must exercise these things in our lives- is a must! So develop an intimate quiet-time in your life everyday and throughout the day and get ready to see your answers promised through God’s Word!

Hebrews 4:12 ‘For the Word of God is living and powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.’

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