[00:00:00] Let us pray, Grant together on our knees. Let us pray, Grant together on our knees.
[00:00:13] When I fall on my knees with my face to the rising sun, O Lord, ever mercy on me.
[00:00:26] Welcome to Words of Inspiration with your host and teacher, Elgin Carelock.
[00:00:31] And now let's hear from Elgin.
[00:00:33] And I have filled him with the Spirit of God in wisdom and in understanding and in knowledge
[00:00:40] and in all manner of workmanship. Exodus 31 verse 3.
[00:00:46] Brothers and sisters, I welcome you in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
[00:00:53] to another edition of Words of Inspiration as we continue in the discussion that was began on Sunday
[00:01:02] under this subject, God heard your requests but you have to grow to get it.
[00:01:09] We've covered mindset and today we will begin the discussion with Toolkit.
[00:01:17] How I bring God glory. Matthew 4 verse 4 reads,
[00:01:23] but the answer then said it is written, man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that preceded out of the mouth of God.
[00:01:34] So the one thing that we need in our Toolkit is the Word of God.
[00:01:41] The Word of God represents every scenario that could possibly occur during this thing that we call life.
[00:01:51] From Genesis to Revelation, the Word of God gives us clear examples of how we are to respond to the peaks and valleys in life,
[00:02:03] what God's expectation of us are. And as our understanding increases, he shows us more.
[00:02:11] If you looked at my Bible, you would see Yellow Highlighter, Orange Highlighter, Green Highlighter,
[00:02:19] all in the same chapter. So what does that represent?
[00:02:23] The different colors represents different things that God has shown me as my spiritual intelligence increases.
[00:02:32] As I am able to understand more, he shows me more.
[00:02:37] And so when I have situations that arise as I am praying and fasting and meditating on the Word of God,
[00:02:47] as I read, he shows me more.
[00:02:50] And there are moments when you get crystal clarity about a decision that you have to make simply from reading the Word of God.
[00:03:01] But once we get into the steady habit of building a relationship or strengthening our relationship with God through His Word,
[00:03:10] the second part of our Toolkit is trusting God.
[00:03:15] And we have to understand that trusting God goes a little bit beyond faith.
[00:03:22] We can believe what God says, but do we trust it?
[00:03:27] Trusting God is about moving when you don't see where you had it.
[00:03:33] When you were told to move in a direction that was seem counter to what you believe the solution should be.
[00:03:42] Trusting God is understanding that His thoughts are above our thoughts, His ways are above our ways and allowing Him to take control.
[00:03:54] Let Jesus not only be our Savior but Lord of our lives and Lord means leading and Lord means that we believe that He knows better,
[00:04:05] that He has thoughts for our lives, that supersede anything that we could even consider.
[00:04:13] So brothers and sisters, trust in God, read His Word and do good.
[00:04:19] God bless.
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