GOD SPEAKS TO YOU THROUGH HIS WORD; HE REVEALS MUCH ABOUT HIMSELF, ABOUT HIS WILL, HIS WAYS, HOW TO PLEASE HIM, AND ABOUT LIFE THE WAY HE INTENDED IT TO BE.
"If you are pleased with me, teach me your ways so that I may know you and continue in your favor... show me your glory."
- EXODUS 33:13,18
READING GOD'S WORD THIS EARLY IN YOUR QUIET TIME ALLOWS GOD TO SPEAK TO YOU BEFORE YOU SPEAK TO HIM ABOUT YOUR NEEDS & PROBLEMS.
(I SAMUEL 3:9,10)
"IMMERSE YOURSELF IN GOD'S WORD -- IT IS YOUR LIFE"
- DEUTERONOMY 8:3 - DEUTERONOMY 30:15-19
READING THE WORD OF GOD ALLOWS US TO
GROW SPIRITUALLY (GROW CLOSER TO JESUS AND MORE LIKE HIM):
- 2 TIMOTHY 3:16,17
- "... LIKE NEWBORN BABIES, CRAVE PURE SPIRITUAL MILK, SO THAT BY IT YOU MAY GROW UP IN YOUR SALVATION." - I PETER 2:2
THE WORD OF GOD TEACHES US
TRUTH: (JOHN 14:6)
- "SANCTIFY THEM BY THE TRUTH; YOUR WORD IS TRUTH." - JOHN 17:17
- "JESUS SAID, "IF YOU HOLD TO MY TEACHING (IF YOU CONTINUE IN MY WORD), YOU ARE REALLY MY DISCIPLES. THEN YOU WILL KNOW THE TRUTH (JESUS),AND TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE.
- JOHN 8:31-32
THE WORD OF GOD HELPS
PURIFY OUR HEARTS & MINDS:
- "... CHRIST LOVED THE CHURCH, & GAVE HIMSELF UP FOR HER TO MAKE HER HOLY, CLEANSING HER BY THE WASHING WITH WATER THROUGH THE WORD ... - EPHESIANS 5:25,26
- "... DO NOT CONFORM ANY LONGER TO THE PATTERN OF THIS WORLD, BUT BE TRANSFORMED BY THE RENEWING OF YOUR MIND." - ROMANS 12:1,2 (2 CORINTHIANS 3:8)
- " HOW CAN A YOUNG MAN KEEP HIS WAY PURE ? BY LIVING ACCORD- ING TO YOUR WORD." - PSALM 119:9
