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EPISODE · Sep 17, 2025 · 2 MIN

Do you have a place in you for Jesus’ word?

from Live to Love Scripture Encouragement · host Norm Wakefield

John 8:37-38, “I know that you are Abraham's descendants; yet you seek to kill Me, because My word has no place in you. I speak the things which I have seen with My Father; therefore you also do the things which you heard from your father." Look around you and marvel at all the people in the media, entertainment, educational, and political world who have no place for God’s word to abide. They would kill Jesus if He were here and rid the world of everyone who has an open, hungry heart for Jesus. The lines were drawn in Jesus’ day, and they are clearly drawn today. Jesus and His words have and will always be the focus of our faith and love and the reason for the world’s hatred, cancellation, and murder. We speak and do according to our spiritual root or source—our father. We are identified by our spiritual father. He defines us. In the big scheme of things, there are only two fathers—God and the devil. When we are born of a human father the devil’s seed of sin is in us (Psalms 51:5 “Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin my mother conceived me”). When we are born again by God, the Father, His seed of the Holy Spirit is planted in us, creating a place for Jesus and His word. Their father, the devil, is a murderer (that’s why they wanted to kill Him). God is love. Is there a place in you for the word of the Lord? Is God’s word advancing in your life? That’s what the word translated place infers. If not, you may be deluded into thinking you aren’t of the devil because you have heard it and know it. If God’s word is taking up more space in your life and transforming the way you live, do you realize that is a merciful, gracious, miraculous work of the Father? The evidence of having a new Father is that we believe in Jesus and have His love in our lives. Jesus’ word to love one another as He has loved us (John 13:34) has a place in us. That’s why we live to love with Jesus today. We will do the things we hear from our Lord Jesus because we are from His Father. I invite you to become a partner in our ministry. Would you pray about becoming a regular supporter of Elijah Ministries and the Live to Love with Jesus ministry? I hope you will receive the joy and benefit of "giving it forward," so others may receive encouragement to turn their hearts to God and to live to love with Jesus. You may give online or send a check to the address listed at www.spiritofelijah.com/donate.

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