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[0:00] A Pastor's Reflections, Personal Value, John 4, 50.! Jesus said unto him, Go thy way, thy son lives.

[0:11] And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way.! Jeremiah 1, 4-5. Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, and before thou came forth, out of the womb I sanctify thee.

[0:30] And I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. Proverbs 25, 11. A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold and pictures of silver.

[0:42] God's word is not beyond our comprehension. But very often it is beyond our comprehension to think that God would take the time to speak to us personally.

[0:54] We accept that God is speaking, but do we accept that he is speaking to us individually? More importantly, are we taking the time to listen to what he is personally speaking to each one of us?

[1:07] What I believe about God's word will be reflected in the time that I spend in God's word. It is one thing to say that I value God's word.

[1:17] It is entirely another thing to actually treat God's word with the value that I claim it has. Value is not determined by how much money something is worth or how rare something is.

[1:32] Value is determined by how much time something is given. When something is of value, it is given one of the most precious things that we possess in this life.

[1:43] Our time. What place of value does God's word hold in your life? How much time are you giving to it? God's word is valuable when God's word is personally received.

[1:59] If you do not see God's word as something that is personally for you, then you will most likely not see value in God's word and therefore not give time to it.

[2:11] Matthew 6.21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. How do we ensure that God's word maintains its place of value in our lives?

[2:26] We do so by hearing God's word as the word that God is personally speaking to each one of us. Like any relationship that we value, we give God our time and attention by listening to and valuing what he is personally speaking to us.

[2:45] John 6.63 It is the spirit that quickens. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit and they are life.

[2:57] Father, thank you for valuing me enough to personally speak to me your wonderful words of life. I pray that you would remind me today that your words have personal value to my life and therefore need my personal time and attention.

[3:14]  Thank you for the personal time and attention that you have given me. Amen.