Daily Bread – July 30, 2024 (The Third Day – Genesis 1:9-13) 1 Peter 2:2 – As newborn babes, long for the genuine milk of the Word that you may grow by it. Growing By Hearing & Engaging In What The Word Commands When we were born of the Spirit, we were not born as fully-matured children of God. As newborn babies, we then desire the pure Word of God so we can grow (1 Peter 2:2). Grow into what? The fullness of the measure of the maturity of the ministry of Christ Jesus (Ephesians 4:13). To grow and mature, then, we must engage in what the Word of God commands us to do. We must begin to move in faith, which dictates to us to function in a realm of impossibility (Matthew 17:20, 21:21). We must lay hands on the sick and command devils to go (Mark 16:17-18; Acts 8:6-7; Matthew 10:8). If we fail to see the results that the Word of God describes, we do not back down, but press on to higher ground (Hebrews 10:35). There is a realm of the Holy Ghost that we are commanded to function in, and for which we must earnestly contend (Jude 1:3; 1 Corinthians 14:1; Hebrews 11:6). We must not allow ourselves to be discouraged or faint of heart, but rather, move into our inheritance no matter what obstacles or opposing forces we encounter (Joshua 1:6-8; Romans 8:17; 1 Corinthians 16:13; Matthew 16:18). Blessings, Pastor Mark Spitsbergen
Daily Bread 7/30/2024
