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Are you depressed? Are you sick? Are you worried? Are you stressed? Are you angry? Are you discouraged? Well, you've come to the right place. There's an old cure you should use called TWO-G. It comes in seed form and must be taken several times a day for maximum benefit. It's great, and all natural; you buy it once and it can be reused over and over and over again, it actually works better that way. If you have the internet, you have free access to it. Actually you may have TWO-G in your home right now collecting dust. I know mine did for years while I struggled with all of the above.
So what is TWO-G...The Word of God. You know, God the Creator, the one who made me and you and the earth and everything in it. The one who knew us before the foundations of the earth. His Word, the Holy Bible. When taken correctly TWO-G will give you the best high you've ever experienced, the more you take, the better you feel. Possible side effects include joy, peace, freedom, salvation, redemption, love, etc.
So how do you take the Word of God correctly? First I'll tell you how not to take it. When I was in high school or maybe college I decided I was going to read the Bible cover to cover. I tackled the task like a school book ready to learn with my intellect. What I came away with was, mistrust, doubt and confusion. I did not understand that the Almighty God, the one who created all things can not be learned through intellect. This causes lots of people major hangups because we humans want to understand everything. And when we don't understand, we doubt it's validity.
The Word of God comes to us through His Holy Spirit. We must approach the Word of God with our spirit and with our heart, not our intellect. We must come to it with a humble heart, just as Jesus came to us. And so before reading the Word, pray, Heavenly Father, let your Holy Spirit, open the eyes of my heart to give me revelation, understanding, joy, or whatever it is you are needing from the Lord.
Philippians 2:5-11 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those in earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Here's another helpful hint that I got right out of TWO-G.... It works well with prayer and thanksgiving.
Philippians 4:6-7 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God which surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
That's true, I have felt the peace of the Lord that goes beyond my understanding. But it didn't come instantly, I'd been taking TWO-G daily for several years and doing what the Word says here, giving thanks and praying and just spending time with the Lord. It is definitely not a quick fix. But something I've come to realize is there is no such thing as a quick fix. There may be a quick temporary relief but those temporary fixes usually leave us in a worse state than where we started.
It may sound like too much work, read the Bible, ugh, I don't have time for that. I'm not interested in that. Yes I used to think that way. But remember we are here on earth temporarily but what we do has eternal consequences. So how about start with two. Take two minutes out of your day. Pray for one minute, Lord thank you for (whatever your thankful for). I am about to read Your Word, please give me revelation, in the name of Jesus, Amen. Open the Bible, read one verse.
This is how I started out, and at first nothing changed. Remember, this is not a quick fix but if you will remain faithful, someday you too will be amazed. As circumstances come my way that used to cause me worry, anguish, fear, I am at peace. And it does pass all understanding because it does not make sense to me but I feel joy.
I can't say that I never worry or that I am always full of joy or that I am never stressed. No, I am still a human living in a broken world, but the Lord is still working on me. And as I continue in The Word of God, I am blessed more and more and I want that for you too. How about it, commit yourself to two minutes of TWO-G a day, you will not regret it.
Isaiah 55:11 So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.
