EPISODE 886 – TAKE THE WORD AS IT IS
Apostle Benjamin Nana Amissah AnsahCHRIST COMMONWEALTH-COMMUNITY
The Love-Life Agency
IS ANYTHING TOO HARD FOR THE LORD? Beloved, Don’t doubt the Lord! Selah.
Apostle Bennie
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Friday, 27th June, 2025
TAKE THE WORD AS IT IS
“Jesus looked at her and said, “Didn’t I tell you that if you will believe in me, you will see God unveil his power?”
John 11:40 (TPT)
Until you learn to esteem God’s Word in your life, your focus towards God may be impaired.
There are times, because you may feel disappointed that God didn’t do things as you expected, you begin to doubt His word.
God always has a bigger picture for your life; therefore, you don’t put Him in a box or set boundaries for Him.
No challenge should be big enough to move you away from God. No challenge should be big enough to make you doubt God.
From the beginning of John 11, we can see that Jesus received a message concerning Lazarus’ health condition. And knowing how Jesus loved Mary, Martha and Lazarus, they were expecting a different response from Jesus than what happened.
“One day Lazarus became very sick to the point of death. So his sisters sent a message to Jesus, “Lord, our brother Lazarus, the one you love, is very sick. Please come!”
When he heard this, he said, “This sickness will not end in death for Lazarus, but will bring glory and praise to God. This will reveal the greatness of the Son of God by what takes place.” Now even though Jesus loved Mary, Martha, and Lazarus, he remained where he was for two more days. Finally, on the third day, he said to his disciples, “Come. It’s time to go to Bethany”. John 11:2-7 (TPT).
Now, when Jesus arrived, His friend Lazarus had been dead and buried for four days.
Now, clearly, Mary and Martha were disappointed that Jesus didn’t come early. And they all expressed their disappointment uniquely.
But let me draw your attention to a similar situation.
The story of the Roman Centurion, he had a servant who was sick and requested Jesus to speak a word instead of visiting him. (See Matthew 8:5-13).
Mary and Martha could have demonstrated similar faith to see their brother healed. Well, they were disappointed instead, and we see Martha responding wrongly to Jesus.
Don’t allow your experiences (which may also include your disappointments), assumptions, and limited knowledge, define your response to God’s word.
To exercise absolute confidence in God’s Word, take God’s Word as it is. Don’t read your preconceived motive into His word.
Martha went to meet Jesus when He was approaching their village:
“Martha said to Jesus, “My Lord, if only you had come sooner, my brother wouldn’t have died. But I know that if you were to ask God for anything, he would do it for you.” Jesus told her, “Your brother will rise and live.” She replied, “Yes, I know he will rise with everyone else on resurrection day.” John 11:21-24 (TPT).
Martha believed in Jesus at the level of what she had experienced, not according to the Word of the Lord.
She has seen and heard that Jesus healed the sick. However, she didn’t know Jesus as the resurrection and the life.
When Jesus said, your brother shall rise, she responded with head knowledge:
“Yes, I know he will rise with everyone else on resurrection day.”.
However, to walk in absolute confidence in God’s word, you must respond to God with your heart.
This was why even after Jesus had explained that He is the resurrection and the life, Martha had to make an argument about the decomposition of Lazarus’ body.
She was still responding to Jesus according to her head knowledge. Faith is responding to God according to His word and not by how you feel.
Stand and act consistently according to the WORD and not your mere experience.
Selah.
DIG DEEPER
(John 11; Hebrews 11)
WE PRAY
That we will not allow our experiences, assumptions, and limited knowledge, define our response to God’s word and the manifestation of God’s word in our lives.
BIBLE READING IN THE YEAR 2025
1 YEAR PLAN
Psalm 49-51
Psalm 49-51
2 YEARS PLAN
Deuteronomy 22
DECLARE THESE WORDS:
– My time of harvest is here and I don’t permit any distraction from the adversary.
– I refuse to doubt God, I hold on strongly to what God has said.
– No challenge is big enough to move me away from God.
– I don’t permit any voice to distract me from the sure word of God.
– I imbue focus to maintain absolute confidence in God.
– Through prayer and the study of the word I build more absolute confidence in God.
– I don’t give my mind to the negative situations around me, I make the word of God my focus.
Oh Hallelujah, Gloreeeey!!!
Oh glory to God
I make the word of God my focus
Gloreeeeeeeeeeey to God 🙏🙏🙏
– I refuse to doubt God, I hold on strongly to what God has said.
– No challenge is big enough to move me away from God.
– I don’t permit any voice to distract me from the sure word of God.
Thank you Jesus
Thank You, Lord Jesus.
I don’t doubt the Lord.
Apostle God bless you.I take the word as it is. I will respond to God with all my heart.
Thank you, Lord Jesus
I have been blessed. Despite faith comes from hearing and meditating on God’s word, the faith proclamation and obedience is not according to head knowledge but the heart.
The Chiildly response on the heart is all that matters. No matter how things go bad, the faith we express in accordance to God’s word is our way out
Sometimes we are tempted to get offended at the delayed response of our Pastors and leaders in specific situations does not warrant us to lose hope. The key to the issues still lies with Jesus and whatever He tells us to do through our leaders will always work out.
I have been blessed by this episode.
Glory to God
Gloreeey!
No challenge is big enough to move me away from God. glory be to God
Total confidence in God and His Word
Thank you Lord Jesus
I respond to God with my heart
And not with the head
Thank you Lord
I TRUST THE WORD OF GOD
I imbue focus to stay my mind on the word
Thank you Lord
I respond to God’s word with my heart.
Glory!
I take the Word of God as it is, in its raw state, without adding anything to it or filtering it through my own motives and assumptions.
I esteem the word of God.
Mmm..
Instead of allowing challenges and experiences to re-define my trust and confidence in the Lord, I rather get rooted in His word to cement my confidence in Him.
Thank you Lord
Thank you Lord Jesus!!
Faith is responding to God according to His word and not by how you feel.
Deep👌
I move by faith and not by sight
I don’t move per head knowledge but the reality of the word
Thank you Jesus!!
I refuse to doubt God, I hold on strongly to what God has said.
My God is not a man to lie so my movement is according to His promises
I don’t give my mind to the negative situations around me, I make the word of God my focus.
No challenge is big enough to move me away from God.
I don’t permit any voice to distract me from the sure word of God.
I imbue focus to maintain absolute confidence in God.
Through prayer and the study of the word I build more absolute confidence in God.
I don’t give my mind to the negative situations around me, I make the word of God my focus.
Thank you lord Jesus
Thank you Jesus
Thank you for an answered prayer
Thank you so much Apostle for Machaira
Thank you Lord Jesus
I refuse to doubt God
I hold on strongly to what God has said
Through prayer and the study of the Word I build my confidence in God’s word
Thank you Lord
I esteem God’s word in my life!
No challenge can move me away from the Lord!
I take God’s Word as it is!
I respond to God according to His word and not by how I feel.
My time of harvest is here and I don’t permit any distraction from the adversary!
I refuse to doubt God, I hold on strongly to what God has said!
No challenge is big enough to move me away from God.
I don’t permit any voice to distract me from the sure word of God.
I imbue focus to maintain absolute confidence in God.
Through prayer and the study of the word I build more absolute confidence in God.
I don’t give my mind to the negative situations around me, I make the word of God my focus.
Thank you Jesus!
Glory to God!
Hallelujah
I respond to God according to His Word not my experiences
Glorey