Promises

We’re doing a ladies’ Bible study called, “Sweeter than Chocolate, an inductive study of Psalm 119.” Verse 103 says, “How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!” In the 21st century, we can say that God’s word is sweeter than chocolate.

"All of your promises won’t let go of me" – from a great song by Desperation Band



So far, in the first 40 verses of Psalm 119, here are some of the benefits of God’s Word:

blessing

no wrong-doing

no shame

purity

rejoicing

treasure

great riches

delight

God’s goodness

open eyes

seeing wonders

no scorn or contempt

wise counsel

my life preserved

God hears me

God teaches me

conversation with God

strength

grace

freedom

steadfastness/endurance

understanding

right living

relationship with God

revival / vigorous life / health

walking in God’s ways

God’s word established in me

His promises fulfilled

reverence / worship of God

no reproach

good judgments from God

renewed life / revival

To what extent am I experiencing these things? It’s about God’s word. To the extent that I immerse myself in His word, to the extent that I hear the word, see the word, dream the word, think the word, believe it, pray it, speak it, follow it, cling to it, study it, meditate on it, walk in it, do it, and live it! This is how all these promises won’t let go of me. Let’s find more – Psalm 119 verse 41 . . .

Say the Word . . .

The heartfelt counsel of a friend is as sweet as
perfume and incense -- Proverbs 27:9 [NLT]

Oh, Lord, when I am grieved in my spirit and my soul about the negativity of humanity around me, I run to you, my Hiding Place. Enlarge my tent, O Lord, and expand my intake of You. Please teach me how to NOT react out of the fleshiness of my soul and NOT to agree with the Accuser of the brethren. Please teach me and move me to respond out of my spirit, in agreement with Your Spirit, with prayer, with praise, with worship, with ministry in two or three or six (!) directions. One thing I do. I look to you. Teach me and move me to fix my gaze. Thank you, Lord, that you are bigger, you are greater, you are better.

With words from your mouth, you created everything we know, and how much more that we don’t know. With one word, You can completely change my life, calling things that are not, as though they were. And Bam! There they are! Teach me to say what You’re saying, Lord, to go where You’re going, to do what You’re doing – everywhere, every day, every way. All Your ways are good, and all Your paths are perfect. There is a good word to be said in response to any negativity. Put it in my mouth, Lord! Lead me on . . .

But what does it say? "The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart," that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming: Jesus! He is the Good Word. – from Romans 10:8

Madelynn and Julia -- BFF

Life in the Word

“I find nothing in the Bible but holiness, and nothing in the world but worldliness. therefore, if I live in the world, I will become worldly; on the other hand, if I live in the Bible, I will become holy [like God].

“You cannot be strong in God unless you are diligently and constantly listening to what God has to say to you through His Word. You cannot know the power and the nature of God unless you partake of His inbreathed Word. Read it in the morning, in the evening, and at every opportunity you get. You will find that the more of God’s Word you hide in your heart, the easier it is to live a holy [power-filled!] life. As you receive God’s Word, your whole physical being will be given life, and you will be made strong. As you receive the Word engrafted, with humility [knowing you can’t make it happen] (James 1:21), you will find faith springing up within. You will have life through the Word.” – S. Wigglesworth

But what does it say? The word is near you, even in your mouth, and in your heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; that if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by confessing with your mouth that you are saved.

As the Scriptures tell us, “Anyone who trusts in him will never be disgraced.” For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. But how can they call on him to save them unless they believe in him? And how can they believe in him if they have never heard about him? And how can they hear about him unless someone tells them? And how will anyone go and tell them without being sent? That is why the Scriptures say, “How beautiful are the feet of messengers who bring good news!” So faith comes from hearing, that is, hearing the Word of Christ. – Romans 10

Some people may read the Bible in Hebrew or Greek. Be the kind of person who reads it in the Holy Spirit. You can read with your mind, but by meditating, turning it over in your mind and speaking it out loud again and again, it will get into your spirit and become more and more a part of who you are. If you are a believer in Jesus, His Spirit lives within you. Ask Him to engraft the Word into your very being. Receive every Word that He speaks to you.

Grab hold of a little Word of power that gets lit up to you when you are reading. Repeat it out loud, and think about it. Ask the Lord to expand it to fill your heart and to be implanted in your being and bear fruit in your life. Hold onto that Word, and ask Holy Spirit to pivot you and spin you and wrap you around that Word, to see it from different angles. Ask Him to bring into your awareness other words in Scripture that hook up to that word and explode it into your understanding, and ask Him to make your life a fulfillment of the Word.

Hear-Say

Day 129
Like apples of gold in settings of silver -- these are the words I want to speak through you. I have many beautiful things to say to my children, those who will quiet their minds and humble their hearts to listen to Me.

Be a mouthpiece for Me. I want to speak words that will put courage into the timid ones. I want to speak words of comfort and soothing to those who are ovecome by sadness. I want to sing a song of joy to fill the heart of the person who is depressed. I want to whisper a word of profound wisdom to the one who is confused, a piece of brilliant insight to the one who lacks direction. I want to minister words of healing, flowing like water, into the innermost being of those who are being physically and emotionally oppressed. I want to teach stewardship, generosity and divine investment strategies to those who are struggling financially.


Will you be my mouthpiece for these things? All right. Then get into my word, come into my presence, and get your ears on . . .

A word aptly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver. -- Proverbs 25:11 [NIV]

Like apples of gold in settings of silver Is a word spoken in right circumstances. [NASB]

A word fitly spoken and in due season is like apples of gold in settings of silver. [AMP]

Timely advice is lovely, like golden apples in a silver basket. [NLT]

The right word at the right time is like a custom-made piece of jewelry. [MSG]

He sent His word and healed them, And delivered them from their destructions. -- Psalm 107:20

When evening came, they brought to Him many who were under the power of demons, and He drove out the spirits with a word and restored to health all who were sick. -- Matthew 8:16 [AMP]