"Whosoever hears these sayings of mine, and does them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock." Matthew 7:24

If you want your deeds to be blessed, if you want to see supernatural results in your life, you'll have to do more than simply read the Word of God. You'll have to put it into action.

Keep on reading and studying the Bible. Listen to teaching tapes. Go to church and hear the Word preached. But don't stop there. Go one crucial step further by taking the Word you've heard and put it into ACTION!

READ: Matthew 7:17-27

"But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and hadcompassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him." Luke 15:20

How much love do you have for sinners? That may sound like a trange question, but it's one I want you to think about today. All too often, once we get saved and get our lives cleaned up a little bit, we lose our compassion for those who are still lost. We look at the drunk stumbling down the street or the guy at the office who lies to the boss and tells dirty jokes and turn up our spiritual noses.

There's a whole world full of weary people out there who haven't yet found that embrace. They're more than just "sinners," they're our potential brothers...lost ones in desperate need of a loving heavenly Father. God forbid we should ever turn up our noses at them. May He help us instead to start bringing them home.

READ: John 8:1-11

"Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that need not to be ashamed." 2 Timothy 2:15

A lot of people have been playing games when it comes to the Word. They claim to be faith people in public. But, in private, they never open the Bible at all. Then, when a time of trouble comes and they try to stand on the Word, they fall flat on their spiritual faces.

If you want the kind of faith that will keep you on your feet when others are falling around you, you need to take some action where the Word is concerned.

Get serious about the Word of God. Study it. Go hear it preached. Confess it. Become such a diligent workman that the devil himself will look at you with fear and say, "There's one believer who's not playing games anymore."

READ: 2 Peter 1:3-10

John 16:33

"I have told you these things so that in Me you may have perfect peace and confidence. In the world you have tribulation and trials and distress and frustration; but be of good cheer...I have overcome the world."

Jesus said as long as you live in the world, you're going to have trouble. But you're not just in the world. You're in JESUS in the world, and that makes all the difference. You're in Him and He's overcome every kind of trouble there is.

When you made Jesus the Lord of your life, you were born into victory... because the Victor came to live in you. Think about it. Cheer up, my friend. Have "perfect peace and confidence."

That's Jesus who lives in you!

READ: John 16:15-33

John 4:14

"Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life."

Have you ever noticed that you can't put any trash in the mouth of a flowing fountain? When it's shooting that water up, the force of its own outflow protects it and keeps it clear of any impurities from the outside. Well, the spiritual fountain within you works the same way.

When you're allowing the forces of love and joy and peace and gentleness and all the others to flow out, the devil can't get any of his junk in. How do you keep the Spirit flowing? You pump your heart so full of the Word of God that the forces of eternal life start bubbling out. Just a little at first...and then stronger and higher.

READ: Jeremiah 17:7-13

"The steps of a [good] man are directed and established of the Lord,when He delights in his way [and He busies Himself with hisevery step]." Psalm 37

God's will is to lead you on a day-by-day basis. He's given His Spirit to guide you every day. Most believers don't know that. They expect God to reveal His complete will for their lives in one big revelation. Don't make that mistake. Don't just sit around waiting for God to show you whether or not He wants you to go to America or UK for the rest of your life.

Let Him begin to lead you in little things first, to tell you what you need to do about this situation or that one. He'll show you what you need to change. And, as He does, you'll change one thing at a time.

READ: Genesis 12:1-8

This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh."Galatians 5:16

Walking in the Spirit. That's the key to overcoming the flesh. If you follow the promptings of the Spirit of God within you, you won't be dominated by the pressure your flesh tries to put on you.

READ: 1 Corinthians 10:1-14