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         (Dad:) You must take time to cleanse your mind and encourage your heart and spirit with the Word. I know sometimes you don't think you have time, or sometimes you don't even want to. Maybe you don't even have the burden to; you don't even feel the need or the hunger for it. But you have to do it anyway. It is a priority! It is an emergency! It is as necessary as your daily food or sleep or going to the bathroom or having sex or exercising--even more so! You must have the Word if you want to have the Lord's perspective, if you want to have faith and hope and courage to face the problems. How do you think you're going to get it unless you spend time with the Lord and let Him speak to your heart and mind?
         You can't get cleansed and strengthened by just relaxing--by having time off, by having free days, by watching movies. Sure, that's needful and it has its place, but it's not going to bring you strength, renewal, faith, and cleanse your heart and mind of the lies of the Enemy. The only thing that does that is the Word and hearing from the Lord and spending time with Him, loving Him and getting His seeds, becoming one with Him, and letting Him wash you of the lies of the Enemy.
         The Word is where the power is! The Word is where the solutions are! The Word is the answer! The Word is the Lord! The Word is it! That's where the real power is!--Power to change, power to bring about solutions, power to increase faith. It's all in the Word! (ML #3069)



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