⁴But I have this against you: You have abandoned the love you had at first. ⁵Remember then how far you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. Otherwise, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.
Revelation 2:4-5 (CSB)

¹⁶This is what the Lord says: Stand by the roadways and look. Ask about the ancient paths, “Which is the way to what is good?” Then take it and find rest for yourselves. But they protested, “We won’t!”
Jeremiah 6:16 (CSB)

⁸The grass withers, the flowers fade, but the word of our God remains forever.”
Isaiah 40:8 (CSB)

⁴He answered, “It is written: Man must not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.”
Matthew 4:4 (CSB)

¹¹Give us today our daily bread.
Matthew 6:11 (CSB)

¹ all the people gathered together at the square in front of the Water Gate. They asked the scribe Ezra to bring the book of the law of Moses that the Lord had given Israel. ²On the first day of the seventh month, the priest Ezra brought the law before the assembly of men, women, and all who could listen with understanding. ³While he was facing the square in front of the Water Gate, he read out of it from daybreak until noon before the men, the women, and those who could understand. All the people listened attentively to the book of the law. ⁴The scribe Ezra stood on a high wooden platform made for this purpose. Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah stood beside him on his right; to his left were Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hash-baddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam. ⁵Ezra opened the book in full view of all the people, since he was elevated above everyone. As he opened it, all the people stood up. ⁶Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God, and with their hands uplifted all the people said, “Amen, Amen!” Then they knelt low and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground. ⁷Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah, who were Levites,^, explained the law to the people as they stood in their places. ⁸They read out of the book of the law of God, translating and giving the meaning so that the people could understand what was read.
Nehemiah 8:1-8 (CSB)

³While they stood in their places, they read from the book of the law of the Lord their God for a fourth of the day and spent another fourth of the day in confession and worship of the Lord their God. ⁴Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani stood on the raised platform built for the Levites and cried out loudly to the Lord their God.
Nehemiah 9:3-4 (CSB)

¹In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ²He was with God in the beginning. ³All things were created through him, and apart from him not one thing was created that has been created. ⁴In him was life,^, and that life was the light of men.
John 1:1-4 (CSB)

     1.  The Word is life.

⁶³The Spirit is the one who gives life. The flesh doesn’t help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.
John 6:63 (CSB)

²⁰My son, pay attention to my words; listen closely to my sayings. ²¹Don’t lose sight of them;
keep them within your heart. ²²For they are life to those who find them, and health to one’s whole body. ²³Guard your heart above all else, for it is the source of life.
Proverbs 4:20-23 (CSB)

¹⁶All Scripture is inspired by God^, and is profitable for teaching, for rebuking, for correcting, for training in righteousness, ¹⁷so that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.
2 Timothy 3:16-17 (CSB)

²²After saying this, he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.
John 20:22 (CSB)

⁷Then the Lord God formed the man out of the dust from the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.
Genesis 2:7 (CSB)

     2.  The Word is Light.

⁴In him was life,^, and that life was the light of men. ⁵That light shines in the darkness, and yet the darkness did not overcome it. ⁶There was a man sent from God whose name was John. ⁷He came as a witness to testify about the light, so that all might believe through him. ⁸He was not the light, but he came to testify about the light. ⁹The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world.^,
John 1:4-9 (CSB)

¹²For the word of God is living and effective and sharper than any double-edged sword, penetrating as far as the separation of soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
Hebrews 4:12 (CSB)

¹¹I have treasured your word in my heart so that I may not sin against you.
Psalm 119:11 (CSB)

⁸This book of instruction must not depart from your mouth; you are to meditate on it day and night so that you may carefully observe everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in whatever you do.
Joshua 1:8 (CSB)

     3.  The Word is Lord.

¹In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ²He was with God in the beginning.
John 1:1-2 (CSB)

¹⁴The Word became flesh and dwelt among us. We observed his glory, the glory as the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
John 1:14 (CSB)

¹¹Then I saw heaven opened, and there was a white horse. Its rider is called Faithful and True, and with justice he judges and makes war. ¹²His eyes were like a fiery flame, and many crowns were on his head. He had a name written that no one knows except himself. ¹³He wore a robe dipped in blood, and his name is called the Word of God.
Revelation 19:11-13 (CSB)

¹⁶And he has a name written on his robe and on his thigh: King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
Revelation 19:16 (CSB)

³⁹You pore over the Scriptures because you think you have eternal life in them, and yet they testify about me. ⁴⁰But you are not willing to come to me so that you may have life.
John 5:39 (CSB)