Use the Word of God - It is Alive! - USE THE POWER OF GOD'S WORD IN YOUR MINISTRY

You never know how people will react to a scripture that has been chosen carefully.  For example, two Witnesses in Australia knocked on a young woman's door.  One of them asked her, "Do you know God's name?" And then read Psalm 83:18.  "I was floored!"  the woman says.  "After they left, I drove 56 kilometers 35 miles)  to a bookstore to check other translations and then looked up the name in a dictionary.  Having convinced myself that God's name is Jehovah, I wondered what else I didn't know. Soon, she and her future husband began studying the Bible, and later they got baptized.

God's Word has the power to change people's lives.  When someone reads the Bible, he can build strong faith in Jehovah's promises. This faith will motivate him to apply what he learns.  (1 Thessalonians 2:13) The Bible's message  is more powerful than anything we could ever say.  So let us be determined to use the Word of God in our ministry as much as possible. It is Alive!

SOME EXPRESSIONS EXPLAINED

* "The word of God is alive": All the promises of Jehovah progress toward their fulfillment, and they will be completely successful.

The word of God "exerts power": God's Word has the power to change people's lives.  When a person  develops confidence in God's Word, what he reads  in the Bible can have powerful effect on his life.

Next time: How Jehovah Draws Close to Us

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