Reading God’s Word can make a big impact on your life. What we are talking about here is not simply reading for the sake of reading. You want to read so that you might experience the “priceless privilege (the overwhelming preciousness, the surpassing worth, and supreme advantage) of knowing Christ Jesus My Lord, and of …
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32525 Hearing God’s Word
Hearing God’s Word is the simplest way to get God’s Word into your life … and it involves listening. There are many ways you can hear God’s Word: At your Church, in a Bible Study, from a teacher in a Bible school, on Bible tapes and CDs and DVDs, by attending Christian Seminars, through a …
32526 Studying God’s Word
Studying God’s Word can make a difference in your life! When you study God’s Word you will gain deeper insight into who God is and what He wants to do in your life. Each time you approach God’s Word in study, you need to pray for God’s direction and then, observe, interpret, and apply what …
32527 Memorizing God’s Word
There are five basic ways for you to grow in your knowledge and experience with God’s Word: Hear it, read it, study it, memorize it, and meditate on it. Memorizing God’s Word has tremendous benefits. One of the most important reasons for memorizing Scripture is because our memories are short. Research has shown that after 24 …
32528 Meditating on God’s Word
As we’ve considered the different ways for you to grow in your relationship with God by hearing, reading, studying, and memorizing His Word, we’ve actually also been meditating on His truth, which is the focus of this lesson. Meditating involves taking a prayerful, serious approach to reflecting on a specific verse or passage. As you’ve learned how …
22970.001 Sovereignly Unique
For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us a new in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.(Ephesians 2:10) Have you ever wondered why you were born now and not 500 or 1000 years ago? Why did God place you into a particular family, culture, and …
22970.002 Father Knows Best
Whatever is good and perfect is a gift coming down to us from God our Father.(James 1:17) Given a choice between good and best, almost everyone would choose best. But what is “best”? According to society, the best is whatever helps me the most quickly in my current situation. It produces favorable circumstances and accomplishes …
22970.003 God’s Timing
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.(Ecclesiastes 3:1, NIV) We live in a culture that demands instant gratification. We want what we want and we want it now! But God is never in a hurry. The prophet Jeremiah wrote, “The LORD is good to those whose hope …
22970.004 Doing Something New
“See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.”(Isaiah 43:19, NIV) You’ve probably heard it said that the definition of lunacy is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting a different result. …
22970.005 Growing in Tough Times
We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation. And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the …