Rooted Principle - July 19, 2026

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Welcome back to the Everyday Faith Podcast from Eastside with today's Faith Rooted Principle.

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Good morning. It's Pastor Finley Cutshaw. Today is Sunday, July 19th. Happy Lord's Day to each of you. I want to mention to you that we are using Rooted in Christ, a daily devotional by Dr. Paul Chapel. Sometimes we read it verbatim, or at least I do. Isaac does his own thing as well, and we try to divide it up. But I don't always state that, and I always like to give credit to people whose material I use. And uh almost every time, even if I'm not using all of what he has written, I'm using a portion of it, or at least the verses and the principle. On occasion, I totally rearrange it and change it. That's just kind of the way preachers are. But it's good material, and I I want to encourage you to allow these little challenges to sink in and let them be a blessing to you. Today I'm going to be reading verbatim, and uh the title of this devotional page says powerful Christians at the top. And then the rooted principle is nothing can substitute for time spent reading and studying the Word of God. And Acts 17, 10 and 11, and the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea, who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. These, the Jews there in that synagogue, were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind. Now listen to this, and search the scriptures daily whether these things, those things were so. Acts seventeen, ten through eleven. Evangelist R. A. Tori said this about the importance of the Word of God. You may talk about power, but if you neglect the one book that God has given you as one instrument through which He imparts and exercises His power, you will not have it. You may read many books and go to many conventions, and you may have your all night prayer meetings to pray for the power of the Holy Ghost, but unless you keep in constant and close association with the one book, the Bible, you will not have power. Imagine someone training for an athletic competition by never eating. Picture a soldier preparing for battle by skipping all his meals. That would be ridiculous. Yet while the Bible tells us that we are in a race and a battle, many Christians ignore their need for the spiritual food found in the pages of the Word of God. It should not come as any surprise that such people find themselves struggling to win their battles. They have cut themselves off from their power supply. It is a vital, it is vital rather to be part of a good Bible preaching and teaching church, but that is not enough. You must be a student of the Word yourself to become a powerful and victorious Christian. I want to just give you a personal illustration. The other day we were trying to make something work at the house, and I kept turning the switch on and off, on and off, and I said, I don't know what's wrong with it. Finally, I traced down the power plug and it was not plugged in. Folks, listen, we need to be plugged in to the word of God. We need to be plugged in to a good Bible preaching church. And if you're not, I hope that you will get plugged in very quickly so that you can experience God's power. Remember, nothing can substitute for time spent in reading and studying the Word of God. Have a blessed Sunday.

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