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1 Thessalonians 2:1-16

When you hear a preacher preach, how often have you claimed by saying you receive it, and after claiming to have received the word, nothing happens? No changes, no results, but yet you continue to claim ÒI receive it.Ó The word of God is true, it has not failed and it will not fail except if you fail to live by what is required. 1 Thessalonians 2:13, ÒFor this reason we also thank God without ceasing, because when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you welcomed it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which also effectively works in you who believe.Ó  The word that you claimed to have received is not working because: one, you have failed to welcome the word. Can you think of what and how it will be when you receive a message that one million dollars has just been deposited into your account? When you truly receive the word as you frequently claim, you will celebrate it. Two, if what you claim to have received is scripturally based, then do not let anything deny your reception and celebration of what you have received. When the measure of how you welcome what you receive matches up with the celebration at the time of reception, then what you receive will work effectively for you.