Wake the Faith up Slayer… This is Garth Heckman with the David Alliance and you can reach me at

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WE TRANSFORM BY ABIDING

To understand these next few days it is so important that you listen to the first one called Jealousy. It sets the stage for the levels of abiding in God. 

So after yesterday we talked about praise and worship… and next is the Word of God. 

The word

Is a light, 

is a sword, 

is life, it is sustenance 

is wisdom ITS WORK!

2 Tim. 2:15 Study to show thyself approved unto God, WORKMAN that needeth not be ashamed.

Levels of reading Gods word

 - 1 You just read to read, maybe it is discipline, maybe curiosity, maybe guilt, maybe habit… and it  is basically head knowledge. We typically start there. Not a lot of work involved really… just reading.

 - 2 Read and re-read. Looking for other scriptures that highlight and speak to the current scriptures you are reading. You read about sowing and reaping in Galatians, and you go check out Luke 8 on sowing and reaping the word, then you realize the verses on Gods family in 19-21 is about sowing.

 - 3 Reading and studying with other books, and assistance from DVD’s, bible courses etc… Trying to understand the historical setting, the church background, the audience, the author and the greek behind the text.

 - 4 Reading until you see Christ reveal himself in the word. Lets take our previous example of sowing and reaping… now you realize that Christ had to be a seed, and be planted in the ground, and die and then resurrect int life eternal for those of us to feast off of and have life eternal. All things begin to point to Jesus.

READ until God shows you insight, illumination and finally read until you are more hungry to spend time with God. When I read and pray and abide- I know it is working because it makes me want to spend even more time in reading, praying and abiding! 

The great hero of faith, Smith wiggles worth, John G lake, Oral Roberts, Kathryn Kuhlman, John G Finney and the list could go on and on… they all were hungry for time with God and it became a habit and an addiction to where they would spend hours a day (and never miss day) with God.