{"id":8221,"date":"2019-08-23T16:10:52","date_gmt":"2019-08-23T16:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=8221"},"modified":"2019-08-23T16:10:52","modified_gmt":"2019-08-23T16:10:52","slug":"understand-him-to-know-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=8221","title":{"rendered":"UNDERSTAND HIM TO KNOW HIM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>FAITH CAPSULE:<\/strong> What you do not understand will not work for you.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Psalm 139<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lack of understanding is the evidence of not having a knowing edge (Knowledge)<br \/>\nOne the ack understanding is with the lack of knowledge.<br \/>\nThe book of <strong><em>Hosea 6:4<\/em><\/strong> speaks to all, <strong><em>&#8220;My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also will reject you from being priest for Me; Because you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>Are you claiming God and not know Him?<br \/>\nOne that does not know God but only knows about God is not living life by the word of God because there is no understanding, the evidence of the lack of knowledge.<br \/>\nWith understanding, knowing God will give self to seeking God diligently.<br \/>\nAre you seeking God casually?<br \/>\nAre you pleasing self instead of pleasing God in your service to God?<br \/>\nPrayerfully, ask God to prompt your understanding, to fill you with the knowledge of His word.<br \/>\nFrom today, begin to know the reasons why God should be known.<br \/>\nAmong reasons to seek Him diligently is to know Him not to only know about Him.<br \/>\nSeek God diligently in His Word the source of faith to trust and hope in God.<br \/>\nALL MAN SHOULD TRUST AND HOPE IN GOD<br \/>\n<strong><em>Jeremiah 17:7,<\/em><\/strong><strong> \u201cBlessed <em>is<\/em> the man who trusts in the Lord, and whose hope is the Lord.\u201d<\/strong> Seek God diligently to know Him, trusting and hoping in Him at all time.<br \/>\nHE KNOWS ALL BY NAME<br \/>\n<strong><em>Isaiah 43:1<\/em><\/strong><strong> buttressed, <em>\u201cBut now, thus says the Lord, who created you, O Jacob, And He who formed you, O Israel: \u201cFear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; You are Mine.\u201d<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 The knowing of all by God is the to seek Him, to know Him and gain His presence. God&#8217;s word points it out that all belong to Him and should approach Him boldly, expectantly as God that cares.<br \/>\nHE KNOWS ALL BY NAME<br \/>\n<strong><em>Isaiah 43:1<\/em><\/strong><strong> buttressed, <em>\u201cBut now, thus says the Lord, who created you, O Jacob, And He who formed you, O Israel: \u201cFear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; You are Mine.\u201d<\/em><\/strong> God knows all, why not seek Him to know Him and gain His presence. God said that we are His, why not approach Him boldly, expectantly as His? HE WILL FIGHT FOR US<br \/>\nSeek God diligently for Him to fight on your behalf in the physical or spiritual battle.<strong> <em>Exodus 14:14 <\/em><\/strong>encourages all that will know that: <strong><em>\u201cThe Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace.\u201d<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>HE THINKS ABOUT YOU<br \/>\nGod is a precious father whose thought sets on the man while the walks of man are outside of His word. <strong><em>Psalm 139:17<\/em><\/strong> stated, <strong><em>\u201cHow precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them!\u201d<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Jeremiah 29:11<\/em><\/strong> also testifies that God is good to man, <strong><em>\u201cFor I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.\u201d <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Prayer for today:<\/strong> <em>Ask to let Him know that you want to know Him.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FAITH CAPSULE: What you do not understand will not work for you. Psalm 139 Lack of understanding is the evidence of not having a knowing edge (Knowledge) One the ack understanding is with the lack of knowledge. The book of Hosea 6:4 speaks to all, &#8220;My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. 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