The Life-Giving Medicinal Properties of God’s Word
Is Your Heart Healthy Today?
PRAYER: Holy Father, in the name of Jesus Christ, please melt and grant this heart You gave to be truly a heart of flesh, full of Your love. Remove the stony places that came by way of my sin. In the name of Jesus Father, please do this work in me as only You can do!
“DESIRE the sincere (pure) milk of the word.” 1 Peter 2:2
“Desire” is a choice. Appetites are chosen.
The next time your heart fails you – with fear, hurt, loss, loneliness, or a wound – apply the medicine of the LORD. It’s only the well-fed heart and soul that are healthy.
“And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live (have spiritual life) by bread alone, but by every word of God.” Luke 4:4
“All scripture is given by inspiration of God” and “every word of God” has significance (2 Timothy 3:16; Luke 4:4; Proverbs 30:5). They are God-breathed and have His divine life in them.
“It is the spirit that quickeneth (makes alive; gives life); the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.” John 6:63
In the above words of Jesus Christ, the English word “spirit” was translated from the Greek word pneuma which means a current of air, that is, breath or blast, or a breeze. Do you desire His breath of life to blow into, through, and upon your life?
God’s words have inherent life and healing properties. The words of the divine are “spirit and they are life” says the LORD Jesus (John 6:63). Yet, just how are those words of life applied to our lives? How is it that this breath, blast, and current of life can blow into us?
“Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.” Matthew 5:6
Just who did Jesus tell us that God will bless and fill? – “they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness.”
Remember the last time you were super thirsty and grabbed a cold bottle of water? Think about the invigorating stimulation that occurred as that cold, clean, refreshing water flowed into your mouth, down your throat, and into your stomach. Whew! Doesn’t that make you thirsty for some cool and refreshing water right now? Makes me want to grab some water right now!
Now, how about when your heart is thirsty, hungry, aching, lonely, confused, unfulfilled, or feeling very empty? What’s the solution? Do we need to just remain in that dismal state? Or, is there something we can do?
What do you do when you begin getting a sore throat and cold? Do you just sit there and let that sickness overtake your body or do you get up and get that vitamin C flowing into your system with capsules and orange juice?
When you were thirsty for water after exercising or on a hot day, what did you do? Do you do something to quench that thirst? Did you reach for that cold water?
“My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. 21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. 22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. 23 Keep (guard, preserve) thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.” Proverbs 4:20-23
As your heart goes, so goes your life – “out of it are the issues of life.” The above passage of Holy Scripture promises us that “with all diligence,” if we will “attend” to the words of the LORD, the life of Christ will fill our souls, minds, and hearts and keep us guarded from infections.
Let’s break it down a bit together:
- “attend to my words”
- “incline thine ear unto my sayings (my words)”
- “Let them not depart form thine eyes”
- “keep them in the midst of thine heart”
- “Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.”
Results/Benefits of Getting God’s Words in our Hearts
“For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh”
If we will attend to His words which means to give them due attention, including our hearts toward His sayings, letting them not depart from our eyes, and keeping them in the midst of our hearts, they will bring Christ’s spiritual life and health to our whole being – spirit, soul, and body.
Joy is the result of ingesting the words of the LORD.
“Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.” Jeremiah 15:16
Are you feeling lonely today? Do you feel empty and without purpose? Are you hurting inside for any reason? Every disciple in every century has suffered these things. In fact, Jeremiah suffered great persecution as will be the case for all true disciples of Jesus in our day. Yet, when Jeremiah suffered at the hands of God’s enemies who afflicted him, he chose to find God’s words, and to “eat them.” Jeremiah simply applied the medicine provided. The blessed and healing precepts of our LORD then became to him “the joy and rejoicing” of his heart!
“O LORD, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke. 16 Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.” Jeremiah 15:15-16
Your Heart is Wicked and in Utter, Perpetual Need of God’s Grace
Here’s what we need to know about ourselves…. “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?” (Jeremiah 17:9) Did you just learn something about yourself? YES. And never forget it.
“He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool:” Proverbs 28:26
Don’t Just Sit there, Get the Word in Your Heart!
The LORD’s words have never been more available than they are today. Don’t settle for a cheap substitute – get a King James Bible. Refuse to mope, pine away as if you have no medicine to apply, and just sulk. No, instead, apply the LORD’s solution, His medicine. Memorize Jeremiah 15:16. Get into God’s Word and God’s Word will get into you and bring His life into your existence and bless you untold! If we don’t daily and often ingest His words, we have no one to blame but ourselves for not ingesting them – devouring them – and receiving of their inherent and divine medicinal properties. When we do, healing, joy, rejoicing, restoration, and wholeness will result.
Not just peace but “Great peace” is promised to all who love God’s Word and those who love Him and His words will devour them.
“Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.” Psalms 119:165
Do you love the Word of God?
The spiritual health and protection of Christ’s true church is dependent upon their becoming and keeping grounded in His Word.
Message Stated:
“The Word of God is not about doctrine or theology, it is all about Jesus Christ and His Love, Grace, Mercy and Forgiveness. The Scriptures teach and guide us to a relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ through the understanding given to us by the Holy Spirit….May the love of Christ be upon you all, Praise God for all glory is given to our Father in Heaven.”
Reply:
Those things ARE doctrine brother. “Doctrine” appears 51 times in God’s Word. Yet, you left out the divine attributes revealed in His Word, His holiness and His command for us to be holy, the life and mission of Christ, repentance, sin, the soon coming of Jesus, the daily cross He commanded us to take up, etc. You only mentioned “Love, Grace, Mercy and Forgiveness.” While those things are part of God’s Word, they paint an imbalanced picture of God’s nature and will if the other things He stated are left out. Now, do we begin to see why the Bible and studying the full-counsel of God’s Word is so important – so we are not misled by half truths and people who leave out so many truths from the whole message of God’s Word? Memorize 2 Timothy 3:16 in KJV and notice the very first stated reason God gave us His Word – “doctrine.” Sound doctrine is not legalism – it’s essential for the growth and protection of God’s people (Acts 20:20-32).
WHY Did God Give Us His Word? | Doctrinal Purity
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The Good Shepherd and His True Sheep [podcast]

“Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant …” Hebrews 13:20
“To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.” John 10:3
“My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: 28 and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. 29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.” John 10:27-29
“This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 4 traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; 5 having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. 6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, 7 ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. 8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith. 9 But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.
10 But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience, 11 persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me. 12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. 13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.” 2 Timothy 3:1-13
“And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. 24 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it. 25 For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?” Luke 9:23-25
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Apostasy
Eating the Fat, and Drinking the Sweet! [podcast]

Mourning Trumps Merriment in Christ’s Kingdom
PRAYER: Heavenly Father, I’d like to walk in Your bless-ed joy, filling my life to overflowing, no matter what’s transpiring. LORD, I ask You to do Your deeper work in my heart, in my life. Please set apart my life to truly glorify You, being full of the fruits of Your righteousness. In Jesus’ Name, amen.
Everyone desires the joy of the LORD, right? Yes, yet only those who are willing to devour His Word – to get it into their hearts and keep it flowing into their hearts, will experience that great joy of the LORD which is our strength! In context, the joy of the LORD is the strength of those who read it, hear it, embrace it, adhere to it, and keep it flowing into their mind and heart daily! (Nehemiah 8:8, 10)
“So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly (directly), and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading. … 10 Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.” Nehemiah 8:8, 10
After they had feasted on God’s Word, the elders of Israel said to them: You are now full of the Word. Now “Go your way”, that is, go home and be blessed to “send portions” of the bounty of the LORD you’ve been filled with today to overflowing. “Freely ye have received, freely give.” (Matthew 10:8) Let your cup run over and bless others! Let your light shine into others, may your cup run over onto others, to bless them with the bountiful blessings of the LORD you have received.
We have to eat the fat and drink the sweet of the Word of God to be filled with the joy of the LORD which is our strength!
“Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.” Jeremiah 15:16
Nourishing the Body of Christ
“If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.” 1 Timothy 4:6
DO people know they can find the rich treasures of God’s Word when they walk into your life, when they visit your social media page? (Colossians 3:16) Will they be “nourished” by the milk and meat of God’s bless-ed Word when they are graced to be in your company?
“There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise.” Proverbs 21:20
Holy Father, we ask You in the name of Jesus to make us happy in Jesus as You’ve forgiven and freed us from our sin and so of all people on Your earth, only Your people can be truly happy in Thee dear LORD. Please bless each of Your beloved saints to be anointed for the death and burial of the self life and raised up in Your blessed resurrection grace and joy. In Jesus’ name let it be dear LORD.
“These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.” John 15:11
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Apostasy
Pride and False Prophets [podcast]

“And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.” Matthew 24:11
What’s the difference between true and false servants of the LORD?
Jeremiah 23 is essential concerning recognizing the “MANY false prophets” which Jesus foretold would “deceive MANY” in this late hour before His return (Matthew 24:11).
True servants of the LORD stand in the counsel, the WORD of the LORD and not in the evil imaginations, dreams, or visions of their own wicked hearts.
Jeremiah 23
“Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.
17 They say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.
18 For who hath stood in the counsel of the LORD, and hath perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and heard it?
19 Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked.
20 The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly.
21 I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.
22 But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.”
ARE YOU in God’s Word daily or have you backslidden? It’s either one or the other.
True servants of the LORD, as was the case with Paul and Timothy, will get YOU into God’s Word for yourself…
“Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” 2 Timothy 2:15
“As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:” 1 Peter 2:2
So both the LORD’s apostle Paul and the apostle Peter instructed believers to get into the Word of God for themselves – to “study” and to “desire” it. Any man pretending to represent Christ and not do this very thing repeatedly is a bona fide wolf in sheep’s clothing, a devil.
Imagine parents who continued to feed their infant and never taught that baby to pick up the spoon and feed themself…. so that child would perpetually be dependent upon someone else feeding them…. in the natural this is unheard of, yet it’s rampant in that which claims to be Christ’s “church.”
Read Jeremiah 23.
“But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. 9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.” James 4:6-10
“Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.” 1 John 4:1
Pride vs Humility
“Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.” (Proverbs 16:18) True humility before God first, then men, always wins – “Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.” (James 4:10)
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