Finding Freedom, Week Ten

Published: April 15, 2018, 5:30 p.m.

Do not conform\xa0to the pattern of this world,\xa0but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.\xa0Then you will be able to test and approve what God\u2019s will is\u2014his good, pleasing\xa0and perfect will. Romans 12:2 (NIV)

For the word of God\xa0is alive\xa0and active.\xa0Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. Hebrews 4:12\xa0(NIV)

\u201cBe strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey\xa0all the law\xa0my servant Moses\xa0gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left,\xa0that you may be successful wherever you go. Keep this Book of the Law\xa0always on your lips; meditate\xa0on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. Joshua 1:7-8\xa0(NIV)

  1. Give it time

Blessed is the one who does not walk\xa0in step with the wicked or stand in the way\xa0that sinners take or sit\xa0in the company of mockers, but whose delight\xa0is in the law of the\xa0Lord, and who meditates\xa0on his law day and night. That person is like a tree\xa0planted by streams\xa0of water, which yields its fruit\xa0in season and whose leaf\xa0does not wither\u2014whatever they do prospers. Psalm 1:1-3\xa0(NIV)

  1. Trust it

Every word of God is flawless; he is a shield\xa0to those who take refuge in him. Proverbs 30:5\xa0(NIV)

And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him\xa0must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him. Hebrews 11:6\xa0(NIV)

All Scripture is God-breathed\u2026 2 Timothy 3:16 (NIV)

  1. Let it do its job

All scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching,\xa0rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,\xa0so that the servant of God\xa0may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. 2 Timothy 3:16-17\xa0(NIV)

You study\xa0the Scriptures\xa0diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life.\xa0These are the very Scriptures that testify about me,\xa0yet you refuse to come to me\xa0to have life. John 5:39-40 (NIV)

  1. Speak it

For the word of God\xa0is alive\xa0and active.\xa0Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. Hebrews 4:12\xa0(NIV)

The Spirit gives life;\xa0the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you\u2014they are full of the Spirit\xa0and life. John 6:63 (NIV)

  1. Do it

Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror\xa0and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.\xa0But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom,\xa0and continues in it\u2014not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it\u2014they will be blessed in what they do. Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues\xa0deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless.\xa0Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after\xa0orphans and widows\xa0in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. James 1:22-27\xa0(NIV)\xa0

Your word is a lamp\xa0for my feet,\xa0a light\xa0on my path. Psalm 119:105\xa0(NIV)