( I Woke Up This Morning With My Mind Stead On Jesus)

James 1:21-23 (KJV)

21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.

22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:

THE WORD OF GOD FOR THE CHILDREN OF GOD

VERY BRIEFLY I WANT TO REASON WITH YOU ON THE THOUGHT

( I WOKE UP THIS MORNING WITH MY MIND STEAD ON JESUS)

MY BROTHERS AND MY SISTERS

ANYTHING THAT IS BUILT HIGH MUST HAVE A FIRM FOUNDATION

BECAUSE NO ONE CAN BECOME A TRUE BELIEVER WITHOUT A SOLID FOUNDATION

BECAUSE THE STRENGHT OF THE FOUNDATION WILL DETERMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE BELIEVER

AND OUR FOUNDATION MUST BE THE WORD OF GOD

I KNOW SOME OF YOU THINK THAT COMING TO THE WORSHIP EXPERIENCE ON SUNDAY MORNING IS YOUR FOUNDATION

BUT I HATE TO BUST YO BUBBLE

BECAUSE THE WORD OF GOD SHOULD BE ALL OF OUR FOUNDATION

THAT WHY JAMES SAYS

THAT WE MUST NOT ONLY BE HEARERS OF THE WORD BUT WE MUST BE DOERS OF THE WORD

IN OTHER WORDS

ONE OF THE MAIN OBJECTIVE FOR THE BODY OF CHRIST SHOULD BE TO LAY HOLD UPON SPIRITUAL MATURITY

AND OUR SOURCE AND DIRECTION FOR SPIRITUAL MATURITY COMES FROM THE WORD OF GOD

BECAUSE IF YOU GOING TO WAKE UP IN THE MORNING WITH YOUR MIND STEAD ON JESUS

IF YOU GOING TO WALK AND TALK AND SING AND PRAISE WITH YOUR MIND STEAD ON JESUS

WE HAVE TO BE ROOTED AND GROUNDED IN THE WORD OF GOD

AND THE REASON WHY IS IF YOU DON`T KNOW THE WORD

YOU CAN`T GROW IN THE WORD

BECAUSE THE WORD OF GOD IS NOT A DECORATIVE APPLIANCE

THAT WE TAKE HOME AND SIT ON A SHELF FROM SUNDAY TO SUNDAY

BUT THE WORD OF GOD IS VEHICLE THAT GOD USES TO REVEAL HIS PRECIOUS AND DIVINE WILL

IN OTHER WORDS

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHO WOKE YOU UP THIS MORNING

(IT`S IN THE WORD)

IF YOU WANT KNOW ABOUT THE ONE WHO STEP OUT ON NOTHING

AND TOOK NOTHING AND MADE SOMETHING

THEN TOOK SOMETHING AND MADE EVERYTHING

(IT`S IN THE WORD)

HUSBANDS IF YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW TO LOVE YOUR WIFE

WIFE IF YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW TO RESPECT YOUR HUSBAND

CHILDREN IF YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW TO OBEY AND HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER

CHURCH IF YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW AND WHY WE SHOULD LOVE ONE ANOTHER

(IT`S IN THE WORD OF GOD)

NOTICE – NOTICE –NOTICE

WHAT JAMES SAY

THAT NOT ONLY SHOULD WE BE A HEARER OF THE WORD BUT A DOER ALSO

YOU SEE IT WAS THE WORD

THAT CHANGED PETER FROM A CUSSING FISHERMAN TO A PREACHING PREACHER

IT WAS THE WORD

THAT CHANGED MATTHEW FROM A TAX COLLECTOR EXTORTIONER TO A GOSPEL WRITER

IT WAS THE WORD THAT CHANGED PAUL FROM A HEARTLESS KILLER TO A PREACHING MAILMAN FOR JESUS CHRIST

YOU SEE

IT`S HARD TO COME IN CONTACT WITH THE WORD OF GOD AND REMAIN THE SAME

BECAUSE THE WORD OF GOD WILL EITHER DRIVE YOU OR DRAW YOU

AND IF YOU ARE ROOTED AND GROUNDED IN THE WORD

YOU OUGHT TO GIVE YOUR NEIGHBOR A HIGH 5

AND TELL THEM

IT AIN`T NO HARM IN KEEPING YOUR MIND STEAD ON JESUS

IN THE TEXT -IN THE TEXT

JAMES SAYS

IF WE WANT TO WAKE UP WITH OUR MIND STEAD ON JESUS

WE HAVE TO LAY APART ALL FILTHINESS AND SUPERFLUITY OF NAUGHTINESS

IN OTHER WORDS

WE HAVE TO TAKE OFF THE FILTHY GARMENTS OF THIS WORLD AND LAY THEM ASIDE

SO WE CAN HEAR AND RECEIVE THE WORD OF GOD

YOU SEE THE WORDS LAY APART MEANS TO STRIP OFF ONE`S CLOTHES TO GET RID OF DIFILEMENT

AND WHAT JAMES IS TELLING US IS THAT WE HAVE TO GET RID OF ANYTHING

THAT’S HINDERING US FROM HEARING THE WORD OF GOD

BUT NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE TO TAKE THE DIRTY GARMENTS OF THIS WORLD OFF

BUT TEXT ALSO REVEALS THAT

WE HAVE TO RECEIVE WITH MEEKNESS THE ENGRAFTED WORD WHICH IS ABLE TO SAVE OUR SOUL

THE WORD ENGRAFTED MEANS INPLANTED WORD

WHICH SUGGEST THAT WE HAVE TO BE HUMBLE

GENTLE

QUITE AND ATTENTIVE IN LISTENING TO THE WORD OF GOD

AND IN ORDER FOR IT TO TAKE ROOT

WE HAVE TO HUMBLY ACCEPT THE WORD WITH A TEACHABLE SPIRIT

BUT NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE TO TAKE OFF THE GARMENTS OF THE WORLD

AND RECEIVE WITH MEEKNESS THE ENGRAFTED WORD WHICH IS ABLE TO SAVE OUR SOUL

BUT THE TEXT IS ALSO TAILORED TO TEACH US