{"id":1066199,"date":"2024-06-21T08:24:46","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T14:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awmi2.wpenginepowered.com\/?post_type=browse-teaching&p=1066199"},"modified":"2026-05-13T10:48:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T16:48:13","slug":"effortless-change","status":"publish","type":"browse-teaching","link":"https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/browse-teaching\/effortless-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Effortless Change"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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God\u2019s Simple Answer to Life Transformation<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Not long after the Lord really touched my life in 1968, I knelt beside my bed and prayed, \u201cLord, what do I have to do to get from where I am to where You want me to be?\u201d As <\/em>I opened my eyes and saw my Bible laying on the bed in front of me, I heard the Lord say, \u201cJust put my Word in your heart, and it will do the rest.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Although the Lord spoke that to me in prayer, it was important for me to see it in the Word. He revealed and confirmed it to me through a parable in Mark 4:26-29. It says,<\/p>\n

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And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear. But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.<\/em><\/p>\n

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In this parable, Jesus compared the Word of God to a seed. Today, since so few of us are farmers, it might take a little explanation for us to fully grasp these truths. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Planting God\u2019s Word in Your Heart<\/strong><\/p>\n

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First, He taught that God\u2019s Word has to be planted like a seed in our hearts<\/strong>. Just as a seed doesn\u2019t release its life until it is planted into the ground, God\u2019s Word will not set us free until we get it in our hearts. Having the Bible on our tables, in our hands, or in our heads is not sufficient; we have to let God\u2019s Word penetrate our hearts.<\/p>\n

Second, the man who sowed the seed slept and rose day after day. It takes time for a seed to germinate.<\/strong> You can\u2019t plant a seed one day and expect to see it growing the next day. Just because there\u2019s nothing visible above ground doesn\u2019t mean the seed isn\u2019t growing. If you dig it up every day to see if anything is happening, it will die.<\/p>\n

A farmer has to leave his seed in the ground and believe that it\u2019s growing even though he can\u2019t see it. Likewise, you have to have faith that the seed of God\u2019s Word will do what it was designed by God to do: produce fruit in its time. Many people dig up the Word by speaking directly against what it says. They\u2019ll let natural circumstances override what God says.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

But when we meditate in God\u2019s Word, we are undergoing effortless change!<\/strong> We may not see ourselves growing, but we are\u2014just like that planted seed is growing under the ground even though the farmer can\u2019t see it!<\/p>\n

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Green, Growing, and Effortless<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I know that effortless change sounds impossible to most people. The vast majority of people view change as one of the most traumatic experiences in life. But there is a way to change effortlessly. That is to take the seed of God\u2019s Word and sow it in our hearts. Then the Word will produce all the change we need.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve never seen an apple tree travail to produce an apple. It takes time, but it comes effortlessly. Likewise, it is the nature of all true born-again believers to be like Jesus. But it can\u2019t happen without planting the seed of God\u2019s Word in your heart.<\/p>\n

Growth brings change. Have you ever seen a plant that\u2019s green and growing and not in a constant state of change? For the plant, it\u2019s effortless; it just grows, and the change is evident to everyone. Your life should be just like that\u2014green, growing, changing, and evident to the world. The plant never resolved to do anything. It just grows and produces fruit because of what it is. The Word of God is the same. When planted, it just produces\u2014effortlessly.<\/p>\n

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It Takes Time and Patience<\/strong><\/p>\n

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If you\u2019re like a lot of Christians, you have probably tried to change many times but find it hard and frustrating<\/strong>. That\u2019s because you aren\u2019t going about it God\u2019s way. You substitute prayer, fasting, and your own effort for the seed of God\u2019s Word. Don\u2019t get me wrong: Prayer and fasting are like water and fertilizer to a seed. A seed needs those things. But it is the seed that has the miracle of life in it.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The only effort on your part is to put God\u2019s Word in your heart and protect and nurture it. Then God\u2019s Word will produce the change.<\/strong><\/p>\n

My whole life and ministry are the product of meditating on God\u2019s Word. Any good thing in my life or ministry can be traced back to how God\u2019s Word has changed me. I believe it\u2019s the same for you. In the natural world, everything revolves around seed, time, and harvest. It\u2019s the same in the spiritual world. God\u2019s Word is the seed that, given time, produces a harvest.<\/p>\n

In the natural, we recognize that we can\u2019t have a harvest without planting seeds. But in the spiritual realm, Christians try it all the time.<\/strong> Instead of going to the Word and meditating in the Scriptures themselves, they run to someone who has spent time in the Word and ask them<\/em> for help. It\u2019s an attempt to shortcut the process of seed, time, and harvest.<\/p>\n

Then, if they don\u2019t see results, they get confused and offended. God can meet needs through the faith of others, but it\u2019s temporary and His secondary way of touching us. God\u2019s best is to take the seed of His Word and plant it in our hearts where it will naturally and effortlessly produce the changes we desire.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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You\u2019ve Got to Get in the Word<\/strong><\/p>\n

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When the Lord directed me to focus on His Word, everything changed. That is overly simple to some, but that word from God all those years ago has been my prime directive for forty-six years and has produced miraculous results. And the change this has produced has been nearly effortless. All I had to do was stay committed to God\u2019s Word.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve put together some really great teachings on this including an introductory booklet, a full-length book, a study guide, audio teachings, and more. I hope that you dive deep into this topic to really understand how to begin the process of effortless change in your life through the Word of God.<\/p>\n

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