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The Living Word of God


At the women's retreat for our church (Faith Baptist Church in Hollis, NH), Doreen Campbell said one thing that really stuck in my brain. "The World of God is Living." In other words, it is never stagnant, it can never have been read enough because God is using it to speak to His children. It is never old news, it is a living word! This reminder was enough to finally get me motivated again to strive to have God's word abide in me, LIVE in me, flow out of me. For me to be immersed in His word in a new way. I have been struggling with memorization as my brain seems more and more like a leaky sieve, but I need to keep struggling with it because without memorizing God's precious and living word, it will never abide with me.

In young adults' Bible study on Sunday night, we discussed I John 2:12-14 and we noted the progression that young men, in whom the word of God abides, are strong and have overcome the evil one. In other words, without the first step, having the word of GOd abide in me, there is no way that I can be strong enough to overcome evil.

So, Monday morning, fresh with resolve to have God's word abide in me, I picked up Psalm chapter 1 to read to Gracie. "Blessed is the man ... who delights in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water, that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither..." How appropriate!

God is good and His word is alive!

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