When is the last time you have enjoyed reading your Bible? Have you been hearing God speak to you? Do you experience the warmth of His love every day?
On this must-listen-to episode, Robert Cale and I unpack the essentials for loving the Bible. If you’ve ever found dust on your Bible, this episode is for you.
When you open your Bible, keep these things in mind.
* Necessary for Life- the Word of God is my food, water, air. I need every word that comes from God’s mouth. 2 Timothy 3:16.
* Meekness, Humility, Surrender. Receive with meekness, like soft soil, to accept this word so that it can grow and bring life. You’ll understand more if you come ready to obey.
* God-Centered, God-Focused, and God-Powered. The Bible is not about you, but about God. Ask Him to help you understand and apply the Word.
* Find out more about who God is when you read the Bible. Let God be God. He is revealing Himself through His Word.
* Repentance: we can always repent over something when we read the Bible. Repent of self-sufficiency, pride, self-righteousness, or unbelief. Repent of idolatry or wanting something else more than God.
* Worship: there is always something to worship God for in every verse.
* Tell Others! You’re a hungry beggar who has found good bread. Tell other hungry beggars around you so they can eat too.
Spend the week reading and studying Psalm 119, the love song to the Word of God. See Jesus as your substitute, your righteousness, and your ability to claim every promise as true for you, even though you are a sinner by nature, saved by grace.
My lemons to lemonade quote came from Steve Cuss: Turn anger into a pause, turn disappointment into prayer, turn frustration into worship, and turn restlessness into Scripture.
For further reading: Henri Nouwen, Here and Now: Living in the Spirit. Adam McHugh, The Listening Life, Paul Tripp, New Morning Mercies, Nancy Guthrie, Discovering Jesus in the Old Testament.
Mighty Oaks is a foundation helping Veterans and First Responders and their spouses find healing and help in Jesus. Bible apps include: Through The Word, Bible.com.
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