The Word

      You must know the Word of God.  Yes, you, individual believer. I am talking to YOU. 
    
      You can no longer just depend on the rest of the body of Christ to know TRUTH and follow them, trusting that you won’t be led astray by ‘persuasive arguments’. 
       
       You must know truth for yourself (oh that you would be filled with the REAL knowledge of God!) to not be led astray in these difficult times ahead- to not be shaken from truth amongst all the ‘shaking’.  Away with this nonsense that you need to study the culture or other religions or other thought processes that are out there to understand the times we live in.  NO let My word explain to you the times and explain to you My standards. 

       My ways are NOT the ways of this world!  Stop looking to the world to define Me and My ways!  Stop looking to the world to define you and your ways! 

     You will not learn to recognize the counterfeit by studying the counterfeit out there (and you will not find the pure truth searching around in the counterfeit).  You will only know the truth as you immerse yourself in MY whole Word and allow Me to wash you clean- wash your motives, your ideas, your desires, your goals, your intentions- every thought/idea you have that you don’t even know is in your mind- allow My Word to cleanse it as you expose yourself to it, and IT WILL RESULT IN CHANGE. 

      If I do not want any unwholesome word to proceed OUT of your mouth but only what edifies, what makes you think it is not a big deal to allow all kinds of unwholesome ‘words’ to enter in and think that it is not going to affect you?  It is time to think a little more intentionally about how you are going ‘to guard your mind for action’. 

       GUARD YOUR MIND FOR ACTION!  What you allow in is going to affect you!  and you are being bombarded!  Gird your mind. 

      BE IN THE WORD.  It is living and life-giving and healing and infuses with hope and confidence.  You are not going to make it without it.  Take up your sword and fight!