Shalom,

The Spoken Word Church Bible Reading plan for today has so many things that I could share on this blog that it was difficult to decide! If you haven't visited the site yet, please visit The Spoken Word Church website through the link at the left of this blog. The Bible Plan is right on the home page and you can follow along with us! It takes you chronologically through the Bible daily, finishing in 1 year. I am reading this year in the Amplified Bible.

I believe that Holy Spirit wants us to look at these passages today:

John 14:1-6 (Amplified)
1DO NOT let your hearts be troubled (distressed, agitated). You believe in and adhere to and trust in and rely on God; believe in and adhere to and trust in and rely also on Me.
2In My Father's house there are many dwelling places (homes). If it were not so, I would have told you; for I am going away to prepare a place for you.
3And when (if) I go and make ready a place for you, I will come back again and will take you to Myself, that where I am you may be also.
4And [to the place] where I am going, you know the way.
5Thomas said to Him, Lord, we do not know where You are going, so how can we know the way?
6Jesus said to him, I am the Way and the Truth and the Life; no one comes to the Father except by (through) Me.

It is very exciting to me to know that it is within my control whether I walk through life distressed, worried, agitated and fearful OR in the peace and joy that only God and His Word can give! Since He is telling us here NOT to LET our hearts be troubled, then it is our responsibility to find out how to go about it! He says in the very next verse that a stress-free life comes when we put our trust and confidence in HIM! We do THAT by studying His Word, believing His Word and obeying His Word. When Jesus left to go and prepare those wonderful places for us in heaven so that He can return and take us there one day, He also said this:

Mt. 28:18 (Amplified)
18Jesus approached and, breaking the silence, said to them, All authority (all power of rule) in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.

Because ALL authority over all the power of the enemy has been given to Jesus, then we, as His body here on the Earth, have that same authority, in His Name, over any distressing situation or circumstance that our enemy, the devil, tries to bring about in our lives! BELIEVE Him! Believe His Word! Believe that His Word will work for you in the same way that it worked for Him when He spoke it in His ministry!

The next thing that Jesus says is very important for believers to know and to share with other people. Jesus said "I am the "Way", which is the Greek word, hodos, which means: a road, the route, the mode, the means; the "Truth", which is the Greek word, aletheia, which means: what is true in any matter under consideration; and the "Life", which is the Greek word, zoe, which means: used of the absolute fullness of life, both essential and ethical, which belongs to God. He is telling us here that the ONLY way we can come into fellowship with God (to belong to God) and the ONLY way we can know the REAL Truth, and the ONLY way we can have that fullness of Life that God has in Himself is by and through Himself! Through Jesus the Christ, the Messiah, the Anointed One (and His anointing)! 1 John tells us this:

1 John 5:11-12 (Amplified)
11And this is that testimony (that evidence): God gave us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
12He who possesses the Son has that life; he who does not possess the Son of God does not have that life.

Do YOU possess the Son? Have you ever accepted and received Jesus Christ as your own Lord and personal Saviour? If not, please check out the church website to the left and find out how to make Jesus the Lord of you life and have these promises of God in His Word belong to you, too!

Shalom in Him!