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down in my spirit. Kenneth, He said, you remember in My WORD where it says, 'All things work together for the good of those that love God and are called according to His purpose'? Yes, I thought, that's Romans 8:28, but what does that have to do with my door? en suddenly I saw it. Oh…the door and all the mechanics inside it are things! Yes, so say this, e LORD continued. All things work together for those that love God—that would be me—and are called according to His purpose—that would also be me. So, door, open now, saith e LORD. Repeating those words after Him out loud, I said exactly what He said. I didn't add anything to it or leave anything out. en I began to thank Him and pray in the spirit in other tongues. Almost immediately, Duane called back. "Boss, after we talked, I decided to try that door one more time and it opened perfectly," he said. "Come on. We're going home!" Later, we had the door checked over. ey lubricated it, xed a couple of little things that didn't seem to amount to much, and said it should work ne. On our next trip, it tried to malfunction again. I said, "No, you don't, in the Name of Jesus!" It opened right up and never gave us another problem. at's the kind of thing that happens when you attend to God's WORD and incline your ear unto His sayings. His words are right there available to you when you need them. You have them in you and the Holy Spirit brings to your remembrance just the right verse for your situation. You're quick to hear what He's saying and you're ready to respond in faith. You don't get that way by just going to church on Sunday though, or by listening to some messages on CD. While church is important, and CDs are good (you ought to listen to at least one a day) you must also look at the words in the Book. As Proverbs 4:21 symptoms…on medical prognoses…and on all the unbelieving junk other people are saying. God didn't tell us to spend our time attending to that stu . He said in Proverbs 4:20, "My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings." Attending to God's WORD means putting what He said rst. It means, if you don't know what He said, make it your No. 1 priority to nd out. Don't just jump up and start praying everything that comes to your mind. Don't just spout a bunch of unbelief, woe and fear and call it prayer. Get your Bible and seek out the scriptures that apply to what you're facing. en, incline your ear to them. Instead of focusing on how bad the problem looks or how incurable all the experts claim it is, lean into what God is saying. Listen to e WORD of God inside you and press into that word of e LORD. God's Words Can Get the Job Done I remember one time when I had to listen for the word of e LORD concerning my airplane door. I was in Columbia, S.C., on a Saturday morning. I'd just nished preaching a meeting, and on the way to the airport, Duane, our chief pilot, called to tell me he couldn't get the door open. "I don't know what's wrong with it, but it won't budge," he said. "I called Cessna and they said they could get it open by drilling a hole in it, but they can't do it until Monday." "Duane," I said, "no one is going to drill a hole in my airplane. I'm on the way to the airport now." en I leaned my head against the seat of the car and got quiet. Rather than just starting to holler a bunch of scripture, I said, "LORD, I'm inquiring of You for words that I should say to that door." Within a moment or two I heard the voice of e LORD, not with my physical ears, but on the inside of me, 8 : B V O V Healing is always Jesus' will because it's one of the things the Father sent Him to do. He's given you His WORD on it. 1 Jesus revealed in the Gospels that healing is always His will. Matt. 8:2-3 2 Jesus responded the same way to the Roman centurion when he asked Him to heal his sick servant. Matt. 8:7 3 Follow the centurion's example and have confi dence in Jesus' WORD. Matt. 8:8 4 Refuse to let unbelief stop the power of God from working in you like the people in Nazareth did in Jesus' day. Matt. 13:58 5 God's WORD can do anything He can do, so attend to His WORD about healing and let its power go to work in you. Prov. 4:20-21 POINTS TO GET YOU THERE:

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