BVOV Magazine 2013 - present

B V O V : 1 9 the Word is important to us, it will direct what we fi ll our days with. We are to be interested enough in receiving our help and answers to give the Word fi rst place in our lives. When we are believing God for a miracle, there can be no room in our thought life, or in our words, for anything but what He says. Especially when faced with a need, we are to give an all-out e ort to be all-in with the Word. By that, I mean give it your all, give it your best. Put the Word fi rst in your life. In every situation ask yourself, What does the Word say about this? Proverbs 4:20-22 tells us, "My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. For they are life unto those that fi nd them, and health to all their fl esh." When we're in need of a miracle, or anything else for that matter, we cannot allow our attention to go toward anything other than what God said. We must be interested enough in what God provided for us to give it our full attention. We must put the Word fi rst. Lilian B. Yeomans was a medical doctor who ended up on her deathbed. She connected with God through His Word and began believing Him for healing. Even though she had troubling symptoms, she would sit day after day and feed on healing scriptures—fi lling her spirit with the healing Word. After a short while, she realized that every symptom was gone. She didn't even know when they had left, because her attention was focused on God's Word and not the symptoms. Give the Word Full Attention Victory comes when the Word gains our full attention—when we get fully into the Word. Be interested enough in your victory to give the Word your full attention. Get full of the Word. When we give the Word our full attention and are all-in toward the Word, it won't take long for our answer to show up! As we feed on the Word, God can show us the remedy for our situation. Sometimes, the remedy is just to give the Word its proper place in our life and in our attention. What has God been dealing with you about lately? Whatever it is, that's His Word to you today. To not address what God is dealing with you about can be costly. There have been times when God has said to me, "The window for you to make that correction is closing." It's dangerous not to make changes when God gives you the opportunity to do so. As Jesus stated in Mark 4:24, "The measure [of thought and study] you give [to the truth you hear] will be the measure [of virtue (power) and knowledge] that comes back to you" (AMPC). As we give the Word fi rst place in our lives, we increase the measure of power and knowledge that fl ows in our lives. So let's decide now to be all-in with the Word! i Nancy Dufresne is president of Dufresne Ministries and World Harvest Bible Training Center in Murrieta, Calif. A respected author and teacher, she travels nationwide and abroad ministering in churches and conducting miracle crusades. For more information visit dufresneministries.org. Watch Nancy Dufresne on C H A N N E L Nancy Dufresne on C H A N N E L Mon.- Fri. 4:30 a.m. & 2:30 p.m. ET None of us want to fail simply because we aren't interested enough to give the Word fi rst place. Watch

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