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The Precious Word of God, Message Four
The Bible—God’s Will
Day 5

V. The Father’s Blessing is for those who love the Lord and keep His word

John 14:23–24   Jesus answered and said to him, If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word, and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make an abode with him. He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father’s who sent Me.

Read over the outline points and verses above and use these for your prayer to spend time with the Lord in the Word in the morning. After your prayer time, jot down in your notebook one or two things that the Lord touched you with.

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The Precious Word of God, Message Four
The Bible—God’s Will
Day 4

IV. Our Will is to choose to receive and obey God’s Will revealed in His Word

Luke 11:28   But He said, Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it.

James 1:21–22   Therefore . . . receive in meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. And become doers of the word and not hearers only who delude themselves.

Psalm 119:112   I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes / Forever, to the end.

John 7:17   If anyone resolves to do His will, he will know concerning the teaching . . .

2 Corinthians 3:16   But whenever their heart turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.

Read over the outline points and verses above and use these for your prayer to spend time with the Lord in the Word in the morning. After your prayer time, jot down in your notebook one or two things that the Lord touched you with.

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The Precious Word of God, Message Four
The Bible—God’s Will
Day 3

III. God’s Word must dwell in us and be our delight

Colossians 3:16   Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another with Psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to God.

Psalm 119:16   I will take delight in Your statutes; / I will not forget Your word.

Read over the outline points and verses above and use these for your prayer to spend time with the Lord in the Word in the morning. After your prayer time, jot down in your notebook one or two things that the Lord touched you with.

Here are two hymns to enjoy along with this week’s daily portions.

Hymns, #383, “Sweet Will of God” (use the original tune rather than one of the new tunes).

Hymns, #30, “What love Thou has bestowed on us” (the lyrics are here and the tune is here).

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The Precious Word of God, Message Four
The Bible—God’s Will
Day 2

II. Satan’s Will is opposed to God’s Will and is embodied in the world and carried out by the rebellious spirit of disobedience (See Eph. 2:2 notes 2¹ & 2³)

Romans 12:2   And do not be fashioned according to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of the mind that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and well pleasing and perfect.

1 John 2:17   And the world is passing away, and its lust, but he who does the will of God abides forever.

1 Timothy 6:11   But you, O man of God, flee these things, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, meekness.

Read over the outline points and verses above and use these for your prayer to spend time with the Lord in the Word in the morning. After your prayer time, jot down in your notebook one or two things that the Lord touched you with.

Later, listen to the following podcast sometime during the day.

 

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Note: Here is the whole outline for the week in PDF format for your reference.

The Precious Word of God, Message Four
The Bible—God’s Will
Day 1

I. God’s Will is revealed in the Bible

Ephesians 5:17   Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

A. Christ came as a God-man to carry out the Father’s will

Hebrews 10:7   “Behold, I have come . . . to do Your will, O God.”

B. God’s will is for us to be men of God, God-men partaking of God’s life and nature to become one with Him and do His will on the earth

2 Timothy 3:16–17   All Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, That the man of God may be complete, fully equipped for every good work.

Read over the outline points and verses above and use these for your prayer to spend time with the Lord in the Word in the morning. After your prayer time, jot down in your notebook one or two things that the Lord touched you with.

Later, listen to the following podcast sometime during the day.

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The Precious Word of God, Message Three
The Bible—God’s Feeding

Here is the entire outline and daily portions for Week 3 in PDF format if you’d like to have it or print it for your reference.

Week 3 – Outline and Daily Portions

The Precious Word of God, Message Three
The Bible—God’s Feeding
Day 1

I. The Bible is our food

A. We eat the word of God to live

Matt. 4:4 But He answered and said, It is written, “Man shall not live on bread alone, but on  every word that proceeds out through the mouth of God.”

B. By eating the word of God we are constituted with God

Ezekiel 3:1–3 Then He said to me, Son of man, eat what you find; eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel. So I opened my mouth, and He gave me that scroll to eat. And He said to me, Son of man, feed your stomach and fill your inward parts with this scroll that I am giving you. And I ate it, and it was like honey in my mouth in its sweetness.

Day 2

I. The Bible is our food, (continued)

C. You are what you eat

Matt. 12:34b–35 For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. The good man, out of his good treasure, brings forth good things, and the evil man, out of his evil treasure, brings forth evil things.

Phil. 2:15–16 That you may be blameless and guileless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation, among whom you shine as luminaries in the world, Holding forth the word of life, so that I may have a boast in the day of Christ that I did not run in vain nor labor in vain.

Day 3

II. Why do we eat?

A. To grow unto salvation

1 Peter 2:2–3 As newborn babes, long for the guileless milk of the word in order that by it you may grow unto salvation, If you have tasted that the Lord is good.

1 Corinthians 3:7b … God who causes the growth.

2 Peter 3:18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and unto the day of eternity. Amen.

Day 4

II. Why do we eat? (continued)

A. To grow unto salvation

B. To be nourished by the word which we closely follow

1 Timothy 4:6 If you lay these things before the brothers, you will be a good minister of Christ Jesus, being nourished with the words of the faith and of the good teaching which you have closely followed.

C. To be strengthened

Psalm 119:28 My soul melts because of grief; / Strengthen me according to Your word.

Day 5

II. Why do we eat? (continued)

D. For enjoyment

Jeremiah 15:16 Your words were found and I ate them, / And Your word became to me / The gladness and joy of my heart, / For I am called by Your name, / O Jehovah, God of hosts.

Psalm 19:10 More to be desired are they than gold, / Even much refined gold; / Sweeter also than honey / And the drippings of the honeycomb.

Psalm 119:111 Your testimonies are my heritage forever, / For they are the gladness of my heart.

Day 6

III. How to enjoy the word—by means of all prayer

Ephesians 6:17–18a And receive the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which Spirit is the word of God, By means of all prayer and petition, praying at every time in spirit….

John 6:63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words which I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.

Job 23:12b …I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my apportioned food.