LIVE BY THE WORD OF GOD

Luke 17:15-16 documents that God awaits the offering thanks for His doing that is of His goodness.
Luke 17:15-16 records, “And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, and with a loud voice glorified God, 16 and fell down on his face at His feet, giving Him thanks. And he was a Samaritan. 17 So Jesus answered and said, “Were there not ten cleansed? But where are the nine? 18 Were there not any found who returned to give glory to God except this foreigner?” 19 And He said to him, “Arise, go your way. Your faith has made you well.”
God awaits the return of the heart one with thanks.
Psalm 150:6 states, “Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.” The word of God demands praising God at breath, meaning every moment.
From the beginning of the year to the present moment, calls for meaningful thanks to God.
This moment, return to express praiseful thanks to God.
Give God a heartful thanks.
What is not of God following one consciously or unconsciously, with an attempt to deny one not living for God? 
The Spirit of anger followed Moses despite the calling of God upon his life.
The Spirit of anger could not excuse Moses to answer fully to the calling of God.
Moses killed an Egyptian to run away from the place of his birth.
At a time of the need for water, God commanded Moses to speak to the rock for water to the Israelites.
Moses obeyed the command of God, but with anger, he spoke to the people and struck the rock twice. 
Anger followed Moses to take over him in his answer to the calling of God.
Numbers 20:12 records the response of God to Moses, “Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not believe Me, to hallow Me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.”
PRAYER
Ask that whatever it is following you, physically, spiritually, and emotionally, be permanently shattered and not have a place or accessibility in your life anymore.
Ask that whatever is not of God that you carry that is not of God be permanently terminated in the name of Jesus.
Ask against the impact over you from parents or grandparents to be separated from you forever in the name of Jesus. 
Whatever follows one, can be what one carries or is impactation.
The word of God will deliver from what is not of God in the life of anyone living by the word of God.
Living in disobedience to the word of God is evidence of departing from the presence of God.
Jonah 1:1-3 records, “Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, 2 “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out against it; for their wickedness has come up before Me.” 3 But Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.”
The word of God is God, and none should walk outside of His presence.
Hebrews 3:12 states, “Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God.”
It is evil, unbelief to depart from the word of God and not be living for Him.
Ask that the mercy of God answer for you not to depart from the word of God, not to become a victim of having an evil heart.
The word of God is God, His presence.
Psalm 138:2 mentions that the word of God is above all His name.
Live by the word of God to experience the presence of God.
What is to experience by the word of God? 
Jeremiah 23:29 records, “Is not My word like a fire?” says the Lord,
“And like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?”
Ask that the fire nature of the word of God burn off all that is not of God physically, spiritually, and emotionally in your life.
Ask that the natural hammer of the word of God break down and flat all that is standing against your life, denying you to move forward to the center divine assignment of your life.
Hebrews 11:29 states, “For our God is a consuming fire.”
What is it about the word of God?
Psalm 107:20 records, “He sent His word and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.”
PRAYER
Ask that the word of God locate you, answering for deliverance from every form of destruction, not to become a victim of destruction in the name of Jesus. 
The word of God will gain entrance.
Psalm 119:130 states, “The entrance of Your words gives light;
It gives understanding to the simple.”
PRAYER
Ask that the word of God gain entrance into your life, exposing every activity of darkness mounting around you or working against you become exposed as a failure.
From this moment, live by the word of God to be set in the right place and not in the wrong place at the right time.
Ask for the word of God to occupy you to live for the glory of God.

BE CONFIDENT IN THE WORD OF GOD

Have confidence in God alone.
What kind of a believer are you?
Live life by the word of God to claim His promise.
The believers quote or talk more of the word of God than walking by the word of God.
Abraham walked by the word of God to claim the blessings of God.
He directed his servant, “…The Lord, before whom I walk, will send His angel with you and prosper your way…” (Genesis 24:40) 
Take note, claiming the blessings of God is not by quoting the word of God, not living in the church, but living by the conditions in the word of God.
Abraham lived by the conditions in the word of God.
Are you walking by the WORLD or walking by the word of God?
Pray to live life by the word of God.
In praying, ask from God, not in doubt.
God as a jealous God is the evidence that He is a caring Father.
God is caring and approachable by questioning Him with faith but not with doubtful questions.
Moses, at his waiting on God, questioned God with faith: “…show me now Your way, that I may know You…” (Exodus 33:13) 
Knowing God is personalizing God as a father who cares to act for one who waits on Him.
God responds to Moses, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” (Exodus 33:14)
Do you know God or know about Him?
It is not enough to know God by mouth but by the heart.
Seek God diligently, and live life for God to find Him.
God alone brought you this far.
The goodness and mercy of God have brought you this far. 
In challenging times, keep to the word of God (walking along with God).
Having patience rooted in faith should be the vehicle.
Challenging is troubling and should not prompt one to rely on anyone but God.
Proverbs 25:19 warns, “Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble Is like a bad tooth and a foot out of joint.”
Have confidence in God alone.
Trust and hope for the mercy of God to see you through this time, living life for the glory of God.
Meditate prayerfully that this month shall be for continual reliance on God in all endeavors. 
Relying on God provokes victory of God.
Relying on God is waiting on God.
There is no shame in waiting on God.
God acts for the one who waits for Him. (Isaiah 64:4)
Gain the attention of God by waiting on Him.
Psalm 25:3 states, “Indeed, let no one who waits on You be ashamed…”  
Waiting on God endures a period of not knowing how long to get an answer from God. 
Waiting on God cannot be a waste of time. 
God will answer with yes, wait, or no.
In a time of waiting, among what to exercise as a believer are:
Be courageous; trust and hope; rest in the Lord; be patient for Him; do not fret; keep His way; let your soul wait silently.
Ask to be enabled to live by the word of God, waiting on God alone, which is the way not to be a victim of challenges.
One with wisdom and understanding shall have a knowing edge not to live a life of waste.
The challenge is inevitable, but one with wisdom, understanding, and knowledge shall be stable in the instability of the world.
Isaiah 33:6 testifies, “Wisdom and knowledge will be the stability of your times and the strength of salvation; The fear of the Lord is His treasure.”
Do you know or know about having wisdom, understanding, and knowledge? 
Knowing wisdom is knowing security and the peace of God. 
1 Corinthians 1:30 records, “But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God—and righteousness and sanctification and redemption.”  
With wisdom, fear not the challenging of time, evidence of one that fears God.
Know that: 
God is a good God.
God is a perfect God.
God creates all to live for His glory. (Revelation 4:11)
The goodness and mercy of God, His love for all, sent His beloved son.
The word of God states, “This is My beloved Son. Hear Him!” (Luke 9:5)
God owes no one, but all owe God by living life by His word.
In His love, He commands all to hear Him.
To hear Him is in hearing and hearing Him the source of having faith.
Remember, faith comes by hearing and hearing.
All owe God to live life for God, not a life of waste that misses heaven.
Ask that God uphold you not to live a life of waste but to live for His glory.

CHALLENGES 

Are your challenges more than what Job experienced? 
Challenges will come and go.
There is no one with an excuse not to experience challenges.
Challenges can be persistently painful. 
No challenge is beyond the deliverance of God.
Trusting the name of God should not be limited to when there is no challenge. 
The name of God is worthy to be trusted at all times as a strong tower that the righteous run to and are safe. (Proverbs 18:10)
Job, during his days of unimaginable challenges, declares, “Though He slays me, yet will I trust Him.” (Job 13:15) 
If Job can trust God during his challenges, what prevents others from trusting Him? 
Are your challenges more than what Job experienced?
Challenges will come and go.
Give thanks to God for all He has done and will do.
Regardless of the challenge, know to have a heart purposed for God.
HAVE A PURPOSE FOR GOD WITH PRIORITY
To answer as a believer, not living by the word of God is not with a purposed heart for God. 
Daniel had a challenge.
Daniel was a young captive taken away from his people and land. 
Daniel 1:8 records, “But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself…”
Daniel purposed, resolved, and persisted not to defile himself by engaging in that which is not of God. 
Purpose with priority to live life for God by walking with God.
Consciously, consistently, let your purpose be your custom way of life before God.
Daniel did not live a life of waste. He purposed with priority and walked with God.
The challenge Daniel could not deny him from walking with God was not to become a victim of
a wicked world.
KNOW ABOUT CHALLENGING STORY
All challenging stories are changeable for good.
Jephthah the Gileadite had a but in his life that reduced him before his world, not before God.
Jephthah was a mighty man of valor but a son of a harlot. 
Jephthah was chased out of his father because he was born by another woman. 
Jephthah was in a situation that was not called for by him. 
The challenge of Jephthah was outside of his control.
He was to pay for what he did not bargain for. 
Are you paying for what you did not call for?
Are you experiencing any similar situation to Jephthah? 
Life has ups and downs.
Life demands wisdom and knowledge of God, not to live a life of waste.
Life is a journey.
The journey of life demands unfailing faith and patience.
Faith with patience is like the key to the ignition vehicle of the life journey.
Wait, watch, and see what the Lord will do to your case. 
Regarding Jephthah, after being chased out by his people, the children of Israel came back to him for help. 
When God intervenes, the situation will change for the glory of God.
During the confrontation with the enemies, the children of Israel needed a commander. 
The elders of Gilead had to go and seek Jephthah for help.
Can you imagine how your story will change for the glory of God? 
The book of Judges 11:6 records, “Then they said to Jephthah, ‘Come and be our commander, that we may fight against the people of Ammon.’” 
Whenever your world condemns you, God has His way of redeeming you.
Jephthah became a hot commodity. 
Jephthah was a son of a harlot.
He was driven out by his brothers, now being sought to be a leader. Jephthah responds in Judges 11:7, “So Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, “Did you not hate me, and expel me from my father’s house? Why have you come to me now when you are in distress?” 
The same God set up a situation for Jephthah to become redeemed by getting a call from his people.
With his calling, he rose above and beyond where he was before being expelled.
God is in a position to always turn the story around for His name.
The name of God should become glorified over the life of anyone He brings up.
God can never be too late or too soon.
God will show up in your situation at His divine timing. 
Jephthah the Gileadite accepted the assignment to deliver victory for his people over the enemies.
The children of Israel were victorious by the leadership of the rejected one.
Jephthah did not just lead as a commander but became the head because of victory over the enemy by his hand. 
Jephthah the Gileadite had a but in his life that reduced him before his world, not before God. 
Your story will change for good to the glory of God. 
Ask that your story will change for good to the glory of God.

KNOW GOD

Know God to know in calling on Him. 
Those who know to call on God will call on Him with understanding.
Calling on His name is the same as running to His name.
Calling on God persistently is evidence of knowing that God waits to act for those who call on Him.
To be persistent in waiting is to know and not lose heart when waiting on God. 
In the Parable of The Persistent Widow, Jesus spoke a parable that men always ought to pray and not lose heart. (Luke18:1-8) 
God goes by the timing of no one but by His appointed time. 
The appointed time of God never fails.
Isaiah 64:4 states, “For since the beginning of the world Men have not heard nor perceived by the ear, nor has the eye seen any God besides You, who acts for the one who waits for Him.” 
Call on Him in the day or the night.
God is never too busy to ignore calling on Him if you are not too busy not to wait for your calling. 
He is worthy of the praise of His creation.
God alone is the Creator, and there is none like Him or will be like Him.
David said, “I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies.” (2 Samuel 22:4) 
David was not entertaining with words, but he was gaining entrance into the court of God. 
David was gaining entrance into the presence of God through praise because it is praise that grants access to His court. 
Psalm 100:4, “Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, And into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name.” Thanksgiving will get one calling on God to the gate, and praise will get one into the court. 
David wanted to get to the court when He declared praise worship for His salvation from his enemies.
Praise with joy, not just a mouthful to call on God.
Praise from the heart will get one to His court. 
Calling on His name is the same as running to His name. 
The book of Proverbs records, “The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.” (Proverbs 18:10)  
Calling God by His name is identified as a mighty tower.
Serving God is calling Him, and He answers. 
He is the same yesterday and forever. 
He has many names that no other god shares because He is the great God. 
Romans 10:13 states, “For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.”  
Give God a call and receive your package of salvation and deliverance. Remember, God is not a partial God, and Romans 2:11 confirms, “For there is no partiality with God.”. 
Ask for the strength and courage to always call on God without a doubt.
IT IS A MUST KNOW GOD
One who knows about God does not know God.
The evidence of God is the work of God.
It is foolish not to know God.
There is no excuse for not knowing God.
One does not know God but only knows about God, the evidence of the lack of understanding and not believing Him.
Lack of Understanding:
Jesus questioned and answered why lack of understanding, “Why do you not understand My speech? Because you are not able to listen to My word.” (John 8:43)
It is not possible to understand what or who you do not know. 
The world is too busy for themselves and with no attention to God. 
One who gives attention to God will listen. 
Listening is to know God for who He is. 
He is a good God, the One that reverses irreversible.
Do not forget the attributes of God, but think about Him to know God. 
Deuteronomy 4:5-6 buttresses, “Surely, I have taught you statutes and judgments, just as the Lord my God commanded me, that you should act according to them in the land which you go to possess. Therefore be careful to observe them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding…” 
One, not learning about God, will not pay attention to understanding the attributes of God enough to know God.
Truth is not appealing:
Truth is not popular and is not acceptable to the world. 
It is not possible to know what is not accepted, not believed. 
John 8:45-47 records the word of Jesus, which speaks the truth about not knowing God, “But because I tell the truth, you do not believe Me. 46 Which of you convicts Me of sin? And if I tell the truth, why do you not believe Me? 47 He who is of God hears God’s words; therefore, you do not hear, because you are not of God.” 
One who does not accept the truth to believe does not know God that is true.
One who does not accept the truth to believe does not know God that is true.
You must know God to come out of the religion of this wicked world.
Ask God to enable you to know Him more.

LIVE FOR GOD

Live life to give God regard constantly.
Do not be a hypocrite but live life-giving regard to God consistently.
Seek God by giving Him attention for all He has done.
Giving God attention is attending Him for his jealousy.
Exodus 34:14 identifies God, “For you shall worship no other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.” 
God also said in His commandment, “For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God…” (Exodus 20:5) 
God desires, deserves, and requires from all to live life by giving Him regard with all heart. 
Giving God regard at every breath is worthy. 
Psalm 150:6 states, “Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.” Giving regard to God demands consistency, not a casual approach. 
Giving regard to God can be likened to sowing and expecting to reap. 
In life, what a man sow is what such will reap.
Regardless of how banana and plantain look alike, it is impossible to sow banana and expects to reap plantain.
To fear God is to love and seek God by giving Him constant regard. Deuteronomy 10:12 buttresses, “What does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul” 
One that fears God is giving regard to God to gain the attention of God.
“As a father pities his children, So the Lord pities those who fear Him.” (Psalm 103:13)
Giving regard to God can be described as thinking of God highly, giving God admiration, and giving esteem to God. 
Giving regard to God is rooted in hallowing Him with honor.
Jealousy God demands attention from His creation. 
The work of God is the operation of His hands and should never fail to gain attention from His creation.
Psalm 28:5 pointed out what a failure to regard God is about, “Because they do not regard the works of the Lord, nor the operation of His hands, He shall destroy them and not build them up.” (Psalm 28:5)
Giving regard to God is to do good that pleases God. 
In times of challenge, give regard to God to gain His goodness, the evidence for His awareness.
Among ways of doing good to please God are: 
Charitable deeds, praying with no hypocrites and fasting with a heart set on God the evidence of giving regard to God. 
Do good at all times, not only engage at times of challenging situations.
Give God attention for His awesomeness. 
Doing good to please God should not impress others press further in their relationship with God. 
Do not be a hypocrite but live life to give God regard constantly.
Give regard to God.
A commitment to giving regard to God will build a relationship with God. 
David was giving regard to God to have a relationship with God. 
One with a relationship with God determines the kind of communication with God.
The relationship of David with God is evidenced by his communication with God when he states, “I cry out to the Lord with my voice; With my voice, to the Lord, I make my supplication. I pour out my complaint before Him; I declare before Him my trouble. (Psalm 142:1-2) 
One that does not know God cannot have a special relationship by communicating with God.
Relationship with God is the evidence of knowing God.
In life, personalizing God is from giving regard to God constantly. Personalizing God builds up a relationship with God. 
Relationship with God is evidence of how much one knows God. 
Is it your desire to know God? 
God has given what it takes for one to be knowledgeable about Him. However, knowing God is a choice and not by force. 
One with the choice of knowing God will be full of the knowledge of God and not lack the knowledge of God. 
Just like David, Daniel knew God. 
The Bible testifies about Daniel stating that those who know their God shall do exploit. (Daniel 11:32) 
Truly Daniel did exploit when he lived as an overcomer through four different unbelieving kings that could hurt or terminate his life. 
Daniel constantly gave regard to God, and his captivity did not prompt him to complain, but he purposed heart not to defile himself with what is not of God. (Daniel 1:8) 
Daniel, a man of God, gave regard with his custom prayer approach to God. (Daniel 6:10)
David, Daniel lived life as an example of giving regard to God and knowing God.
One with the heart not to know God becomes short of the benefit encased in knowing good gracious God. 
To lack knowledge of God makes a man a vessel that perishes. 
The lack of knowledge is evidence of one that does not give regard to God.
Giving regard to God is very crucial to navigate through the wicked word. Give God regard. 
Ask God to enable you to give Him regard to having a relationship with God, knowing Him.