
Series: Intentional Living
Psalm 1:1-6
October 1, 2023
Pastor Ted Pagel Jr.
3 Things About A Successful Christian:
1. His
- His
- His
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.”
2 Corinthians 5:17 (NKJV)
“Come out from among them And be separate, says the Lord.
Do not touch what is unclean, And I will receive you.”
2 Corinthians 6:17 (NKJV)
2. His
9 benefits of the Word of God:
1. It’s
I have not departed from the commandment of His lips; I have
treasured the words of His mouth More than my necessary food.
Job 23:12 (NKJV)
But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by
bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of
God.” Matthew 4:4 (NKJV)
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“As newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you
may grow thereby.” 1 Peter 2:2 (NKJV)
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“For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you
need someone to teach you again the first principles of
the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not
solid food. 13 For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in
the word of righteousness, for he is a babe. 14 But solid food
belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason
of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.”
Hebrews 5:12-14 (NKJV)
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“I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone
eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread that I shall
give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world.”
John 6:51 (NKJV)
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More to be desired are they than gold, Yea, than much fine gold;
Sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. Psalm 19:10 (NKJV)
2. It’s
“Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path.”
Psalm 119:105 (NKJV)
3. It’s
“Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth.” John 17:17
(NKJV)
4. It’s a
“For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a
man observing his natural face in a mirror; 24 for he observes
himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he
was. 25 But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and
continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the
work, this one will be blessed in what he does.” James 1:23-25
(NKJV)
5. It’s
“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church
and gave Himself for her, 26 that He might sanctify and cleanse
her with the washing of water by the word, 27 that He might
present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or
wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without
blemish.” Ephesians 5:25-27 (NKJV)
- It
“How can a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according
to Your word.” Psalm 119:9 (NKJV)
- It
“Jesus answered and said to her, “Whoever drinks of this water
will thirst again, 14 but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will
become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting
life.” John 4:13-14 (NKJV)
- It
“He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness
For His name’s sake.” Psalm 23:3 (NKJV)
“Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be
blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the
presence of the Lord.” Acts 3:19 (NKJV)
6. It’s
“Having been born again, not of corruptible seed but
incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and
abides forever.” 1 Peter 1:23 (NKJV)
7. It’s a
“For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than
any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and
spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the
thoughts and intents of the heart.” Hebrews 4:12 (NKJV)
“And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit,
which is the word of God.” Ephesians 6:17 (NKJV)
8. It’s a
“Is not My word like a fire?” says the LORD, “And like a
hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?” Jeremiah 23:29 (NKJV)
- It can
“Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, Sweetness to the soul and
health to the bones.” Proverbs 16:24 (NKJV)
- It can
“Repent, or else I will come to you quickly and will fight against
them with the sword of My mouth.” Revelation 2:16 (NKJV)
“Now out of His mouth goes a [g] sharp sword, that with it He
should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod
of iron. He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and
wrath of Almighty God.” Revelation 19:15 (NKJV)
“And the rest were killed with the sword which proceeded from
the mouth of Him who sat on the horse. And all the birds were
filled with their flesh.” Revelation 19:21 (NKJV)
9. It’s a
Then I said, “I will not make mention of Him, Nor speak anymore
in His name.” But His word was in my heart like a burning fire
Shut up in my bones; I was weary of holding it back, And I could
not.” Jeremiah 20:9 (NKJV)
And they said to one another, “Did not our heart burn within us
while He talked with us on the road, and while He opened the
Scriptures to us?” Luke 24:32 (NKJV)
3. His
3 things that blessed his life:
1. He was planted in the right
2. He was
“He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart
will flow rivers of living water.” John 7:38 (NKJV)
3. He was