Without faith it is impossible to please God. (Heb. 11:6)
If you want to have God’s favor and be blessed, walking by faith is not just a choice or a ‘maybe.’ It’s EVERYTHING!
If faith is so important to our pleasing God, then what should we do to get it?
Let’s look at what God said to a man of faith in the Bible—Joshua. After the death of Moses, God made Joshua the new leader of Israel. Joshua had some big shoes to fill. He was called by God to lead his people into a promised land filled with king-sized challenges called giants. Joshua definitely needed some big-time faith in order to succeed.
This is what the Lord told him to do: This Book of the Law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe and do, according to all that is written in it. For then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall deal wisely and have good success. (Josh. 1:8)
The only time that the translated word “success” is found in the Bible is here in Joshua 1:8. God gave Joshua His formula for success.
According to God, the ingredients that are involved in achieving it are:
1) You must SAY God’s Word out of your mouth.
2) You must MEDITATE, or think about God’s Word.
3) After you have done this—then you will OBSERVE God’s will for your life so you can do it.
There are a lot of wild ideas out there about “visualizing” success and prosperity. Some people have tried to dream up schemes and have devised different methods and strategies to become successful. But true success—God’s way—is a product of meditating on and speaking God’s Word, and then following what He shows you.
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Without faith it is impossible to please God. (Heb. 11:6)
If you want to have God’s favor and be blessed, walking by faith is not just a choice or a ‘maybe.’ It’s EVERYTHING!
If faith is so important to our pleasing God, then what should we do to get it?
Let’s look at what God said to a man of faith in the Bible—Joshua. After the death of Moses, God made Joshua the new leader of Israel. Joshua had some big shoes to fill. He was called by God to lead his people into a promised land filled with king-sized challenges called giants. Joshua definitely needed some big-time faith in order to succeed.
This is what the Lord told him to do: This Book of the Law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe and do, according to all that is written in it. For then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall deal wisely and have good success. (Josh. 1:8)
The only time that the translated word “success” is found in the Bible is here in Joshua 1:8. God gave Joshua His formula for success.
According to God, the ingredients that are involved in achieving it are:
1) You must SAY God’s Word out of your mouth.
2) You must MEDITATE, or think about God’s Word.
3) After you have done this—then you will OBSERVE God’s will for your life so you can do it.
There are a lot of wild ideas out there about “visualizing” success and prosperity. Some people have tried to dream up schemes and have devised different methods and strategies to become successful. But true success—God’s way—is a product of meditating on and speaking God’s Word, and then following what He shows you.
Look at God’s mode of operation when He created the world:
And God SAID, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good. (Gen. 1:3, 4)
I’m sure God meditated or thought about what He was about to create. After determining what He wanted to happen, He then said and saw His creation take shape. God repeated this same process all throughout creation.
- And God SAID, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place… and IT WAS SO (or, He saw it). (Gen. 1:9)
- And God SAID, Let the earth bring forth grass… and IT WAS SO. (Gen. 1:11)
- And God SAID, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven… and IT WAS SO. (Gen. 1:14, 15)
- And God SAW every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. (Gen. 1:31)
God used His formula to create everything that exists. It was a good work. He didn’t have to meditate in the Word because He IS the Word. His thought processes are pure and perfect. Ours are not.
Our minds are bombarded with a constant stream of TV, media, and the negative flow of the world’s system. The enemy distracts us all and tells us we don’t have enough time to spend with God in His Word. There are all kinds of excuses. Some of them may even be legitimate reasons why we don’t take the time to do it.
But if you want to have true success, you can’t just ‘dream’ for it to happen. You have to make time to get into the Word and build up your faith. Jesus wants to paint some faith pictures in you that will unveil your destiny.
So what will it be?
Take time to say God’s Word, meditate on God’s Word, and then you will observe and do what He has for you. And you will succeed and prosper.
Ken and Trudi's lives were dramatically transformed in 1971, when Trudi met Jesus Christ and was healed from an incurable eye problem. Her eyes had been crossed and her vision was seriously impaired from an accident she experienced at age 4. As she was prayed for and instantly healed, Trudi was able to throw away her glasses and contact lenses and she received perfect 20/20 vision. This miracle greatly impacted Ken, and he received Christ and was delivered from alcoholism.
Their adventure in ministry began as Ken worked with Willie George on The Gospel Bill Show during the 80's and 90’s. Ken played the character, "Nicodemus" on the program. He acted, wrote and directed episodes, and wrote and performed the music for the show. Ken was one of the first artists to film Christian music videos at that time, and his songs became wildly popular. He was a part of over 200 episodes that were broadcast worldwide, reaching millions of kids with the gospel. These episodes live on in rerun broadcasts today.
During the 90's Ken and Trudi were music directors at Church on the Move in Tulsa, Oklahoma, a church plant that grew to over 8,000 people in weekly attendance while they were there.
In 2002 the Lord directed Ken and Trudi to begin their own ministry with an emphasis on family relationships. Since that time they have traveled extensively to churches around the world preaching, teaching, and training Christians about how to connect in their marriages and raise their children to become champions for Christ.
The Blounts have produced a multitude of resources and teachings, including their monthly CD partner resource, Relative, all of which are available for purchase and download on their website and new smart phone app.
Although family, marriage, and parenting is their ministry focus, Ken hasn't left his original roots and mandate to teach children the Word of God and how to worship Jesus.
With his rich history as a singer and songwriter, Ken is now partnering with his son, Joshua, in their music project for kids called, Love Out Loud (LOL). The vision is to produce relevant, fun music for kids that teaches them to sing and worship Jesus "out loud." Available on CD and DVD, the music has a two-fold application. While being great for home use, the DVDs are also designed to use in a children's classroom for church services. LOL is an ongoing music franchise producing new music that is a tremendous resource for churches around the globe.