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How To Study The Bible -- Day 5
John 17:17, Joshua 1:8, Romans 15:4, John 15:7, 2 Timothy 2:15
How Can I Understand the Bible? How can I understand the Bible today? How do I start? Where do I start? There is no one-size-fits-all approach, and that's okay because God is always speaking to us. However, He speaks to us differently, yet in a language and a love that we can all understand. So here are some things to do: 1. Pray Before You Read When we invite God into our time of reading His Word, He will reveal things to us that we couldn't find on our own. 2. Know Why to Read The goal of reading the Bible is to know God and what He is saying to you. 3. Question What You Read God is okay with questions, but He's not always going to answer all of them. 4. Talk About What You Read God speaks to us through His Word, but He also speaks to us through His people. 5. Do What You Read God doesn't just want us to read His word but put it in action in His world. 6. You Won't Understand Everything You Read We don't have to understand everything in the Bible to believe it because if I can understand everything about God, then would He be worthy of being God? 7. Use Tools When You Read There are many tools accessible to us that we have no excuse not to understand the Bible. (Podcasts, YouTube, YouVersion, Apps, Internet, Translations, etc.) There are plenty of resources available that will help us understand the Bible better. The primary way God speaks to us is through His Word.
How To Study the Bible -- Day 4
January 18, 2024 • Matthew 4:4, 1 Timothy 4:13
You are as close to God as you are engaged in His Word. Reading the Word has to be a discipline before it is a desire. If you want it to be a desire, it has to start as a discipline. It is impossible to know God without knowing the Bible. 1. Find a Plan 2. Find a Place 3. Find a Time to Practice Read and reread the Bible. It's not an assignment to complete but a discipline to continue. It's the manual for life. I promise you this, you can't read the Bible every day, and your life remains the same.
How To Study The Bible -- Day 3
January 18, 2024 • James 1:22, Romans 10:17, Psalm 1:1–2
The Power 💪 of 4️⃣ A person who reads the Bible 1, 2, or 3 times a week will have a life change, but those who read 4 times or more will have a significant life change per a recent study done from the Center of Bible Engagement. They have also discovered some pretty interesting statistics. Someone who reads the Bible more than 4 times a week is 256% more likely to share the Gospel than someone who doesn't. People who read the Bible are more likely to give. In fact, giving goes up 200%. 70% less likely to look at porn. 70% less likely to get drunk. If we can drive people to read the Bible, the Bible will help them live more victoriously. We need to read the Bible more because literacy comes in three levels. 1. Reading - Engage the Word (See James 1:22) 2. Speaking - Speak & Pray the Word (See Romans 10:17) 3. Thinking - Meditate on the Word (See Psalm 1:2)