Fw: More than letters on a page

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From: Rob Smith <toanosmith@yahoo.com>
To: Rob Smith <rsmith@mycwa.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2016 7:31 AM
Subject: More than letters on a page

Our words have a certain amount of power.  There is power to comfort and console...power to persuade...power to apologize...power to ask life-changing questions.  God's words carry amazing power.  There is power to create a universe...power to hold that universe together...power to reach inside individual hearts and shine light.

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When we read the Bible we are exposing our minds and hearts to this great power.  More than letters on a page, His Word is more like a vehicle that carries power...something like an intense laser that brings focused energy.

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Jesus is described in the first chapter of John as "the Word" that was with God from the beginning and came in the flesh.

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Here are three verses from the book of Hebrews on God's amazing Word:

Hebrews 11:³ By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.

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Hebrews 1:³ He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power.

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Hebrews 4:¹² For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

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Listening to His Word...reading His Word...contemplating His Word...memorizing His Word...these are ways to meet the One who made it all and desires to reach each one.

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blessings,

Rob Smith