BVOV Magazine 2013 - present

"The unchangeable, faultless, eternal, circumstance- dominating, faith-producing Word of the Almighty God is the seed that produced new life in you!" B V O V : 1 3 (verses 105, 130). Jesus, the living Word said, "I am the light of the world" (John 8:12). The Facilitator of that divine light, however, is the Holy Spirit. He is the Connector who reveals to us what's in the Word and in Jesus. First Corinthians 2:9-10 says of Him: But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. Your Spirit Has PARTS Since we are created in God's image, just as His Spirit searches, so does ours. We search for the deep things of God and find them where Proverbs 20:27 said the Holy Spirit reveals them—in our inward parts. Notice the word parts is plural. Why is it plural? Because in your spirit there are parts, all of them connected to who you are meant to be. You have parts that help you fulfill your relational callings as a spouse, parent, sibling, friend, church member and member of your community. You have parts that help you fulfill your ministry calling—preaching parts, discipling parts, praying parts, giving parts. Parts that see, hear and discern. Even within those parts are more elements. It's like your physical body. It has many parts too—bones, muscles, organs, respiratory system, digestive system, etc.—and those parts are made of many elements. While the parts are different, however, the elements they're made of are the same. The most prevalent of those elements is water. Water makes up 70% of the human body. Your body is also made of other substances such as proteins, minerals, carbohydrates and lipids that interact in the cells to maintain life. Water is the main factor in those interactions. (Makes you want to run and get a glass of water, doesn't it?) Happily, you don't have to figure out how to get water to each specific body part. The body knows how to get the job done. You just drink the water, and the body distributes it, uses it and replenishes it when needed. Your spirit functions much the same way. While you have different spiritual parts, they also are made up of common spiritual elements. Exactly what are YOU made of ? What elements are in YOU? Colossians 1:27 says, "…Christ in you, the hope of glory." You have the hope of glory Himself in every part of your being! Christ—the Anointed One and His Anointing—is IN YOU! God's power, His ability, His equipping that is on Jesus is in every part of you. Nothing is left out. Remember how water is in every cell of your body? Jesus Christ is spiritual water. "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" (John 4:14). What else are you made of ? The Word. You have "been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever" (1 Peter 1:23, New King James Version). The unchangeable, faultless, eternal, circumstance- dominating, faith-producing Word of the Almighty God is the seed that produced new life in you! "But Pastor Terri, you just said Jesus Christ is in us and He is spiritual water." Jesus and the Word are One. He is the Word made flesh, and the Word is also called water. According to Ephesians 5:26, Christ makes us holy "with the washing of water by the word." Don't stop there though. Keep going. You are also born of the Spirit! For "that which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit" (John 3:6). The Holy Spirit is also referred to in Scripture as water. "He that believeth on me," Jesus said, "out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. (But this spake he of the Spirit)" (John 7:38-39). What's more, as believers we're told in Ephesians 5:18 to "be filled with the Spirit." Filled where? "In the inner man by the [Holy] Spirit [Himself indwelling your innermost being and personality]" (Ephesians 3:16, Amplified Bible, Classic Edition). The fact that we're instructed to be filled indicates we must participate in this filling. We must keep drinking of the Holy Spirit. When you're filled with the water of the Spirit, there is an overflow into every spiritual part into your soul and even into your body! Discovering Other Elements of the Divine As wonderful as the water of Christ, the Word and the Spirit are, your spiritual parts also contain the divine element of love. Romans 5:5 says, "…the by Terri Copeland Pearsons

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