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Developing a Devotional Lifestyle
1
The Intimacy of Prayer
Read Mark 1:35; Luke 5:16; Luke 6:12; Luke 9:28-29
These four verses capture a dominant characteristic of the lifestyle of Jesus. Anyone who spent any
time at all with Jesus saw something unique in his daily lifestyle. Jesus prayed. Not the perfunctory prayers of the Pharisees but the passionate prayer
of someone who knew God on intimate terms. It was no wonder that the disciples approached him one time and asked him to teach
them to pray (see Luke 11:1). They had observed Jesus lifestyle
of prayer for many months and had begun to realize the priority of prayer.
Read Matthew 10:24-25
In Luke 6:40, Jesus said: everyone who is fully trained will be like histeacher.ln The Holy Spirit's
work is to do exactly this to train us to be like Christ (see Romans 8:29) and that includes his lifestyle of prayer. Our aim is not simply
to get you to "pray" or read the Bible each day. We are seeking to help you develop a culture of intimacy with God. There is an intimacy to be found in prayer. When we pray, we arenot simply
mouthing words to God. We are meeting with God in prayer. There is an intimacy to be found in Go's Word. When we read the Bible,
we are not simply reading ink on paper. We are meeting with God
in the pages of his Word. This subtle difference between dry role-playing and the intimacy of a Christ-like lifestyle
of prayer is the foundation upon which a vibrant prayer life is built. But be warned! Discovering the excitement of prayer
can be addictive!
Putting it into Practice In your devotions this morning, read Psalm 1. As you read, talk to the Lord about the content of
this psalm.Let Gods Word shape your conversation with him. Now read the psalm again, allowing the Lord to speak to your heart.
Remember: your goal is intimacy, not information.
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path. Psalm 119:105
Here are a few suggestions that may help you to memorize your memory verses: Ask the Lord to help you remember his Word (see John 14:26).Use the version of the Bible you are most familiar with. What you normally read in your Bible
is what you need to be memorizing.
Dont just memorize the contents of the verse; memorize its "address" (the verse reference) aswell. You can do this
by following this pattern: Step 1: reference; Step 2: verse content; Step 3: reference. Then repeat steps 1-3. Note that you
are quoting the reference twice as many times as you quote the actual verse content. This gives the verse a clear "reference
tag."After you have read your memory verse out aloud several times, try going through your memory verse without reading your
computer screen. Look up your memory verse in your Bible. Look at its immediate
context and read the verses thatcome before and after your memory verse. Print out your memory
verse or jot it down on a piece of paper. Take this paper with you whenyou go to work or do other daily activities. Meditate
on the meaning of the verse throughout the day. During your noon appointment with the Lord,
take out your memory verse and go over it again.Talk to the Lord about what this verse means to you personally. In the evening (at either your evening study or your evening devotions), see if you can quote your memory
verse from memory. Then, without looking at the memory verse itself, see if youcan find it in your Bible.The next day, before you begin commiting a new verse to memory, rehearse your previous days memory verse and see if
you can remember it (without cheating!). Finally, at the end of the week (possibly on the Sunday),
collect all your weeks memory verses, rehearse them and see if you can recall them without reading them. Spend a little extra
time on any verses you have difficulty recalling. Remember: Dont just memorize a verse. Put
it into practice (James 1:22). It is not being
able to quote a verse from memory that counts. It is His Word abiding in your heart that counts (John 15:7). When you actually apply a verse consistently to your
daily life, that is when you truly knowthat verse!
ES101-01
A Passion for God Word 's
1
You and the Bible
EVENING STUDY
The Bible is an extraordinary book, not just in terms of its unique history
and compilation but also in its claims to hold the ultimate revelation of God himself. We should
never lose our sense of wonder at the fact that we can even hold it in our hands. Many Christians around the world today do not have such open access to the Bible and the majority of Christians downthrough
history never held a Bible in their hands. First-century believers would havebeen amazed at the ease at which today's Christians
can buy a Bible,and equally astonished at the casual attitude most Christians hold toward the Word of God. For them, the scrolls
and parchments that recorded God's Word were a treasure beyond comparison.
As Antony of Egypt commented back in the third century, ie Be astounded that God
should have written to us.
It is not uncommon in the West for a home to have more than one Bible.And yet for
many people, the Bible remains on the shelf, dusted off for special occasions or maybe carried as a symbol of spirituality
on church visits. We may have open access to the Bible, but for the vast majority of people, the Bible remains a closed book.
A True Story
During a trip into mainland China, a group of Hong Kong Christians visited a remote
village. This village wasa farming community with no electric-ity,running water or other modern conveniences. The visitors
were surprisedto find that, out of the village of 200, one elderly lady and her son were Christians. They had committed their
life to the Lord some sevenyears earlier and had faced constant ridicule and persecution from their relatives and neighbors.
When one member of the team gave the woman her own Bible, she clutched it to her chest, weeping for joy. For seven years,
she explained,she had been earnestly praying that the Lord provide her with a Bible. With tears streaming down her face, she
looked up to heaven and thanked God for hearing her prayer.
An Open Book
God intention, however, is that the Bible be an open book for you. He has invested within its pages a description
of his will and plan for your life. So what makes the Bible open up and come alive, so to speak?
Read Luke 8:11-15
This parable of Jesus highlights the one factor that makes the differencebetween the Bible being a
closed book or an open book for you and the receptivity of your heart (for the full parable, read Luke 8:4-15).
In this famous parable, four kinds of hearts are described:
1.A calloused heart and a
heart that is hardened against God's Word.
2.A shallow heart and a heart with little depth for God's Word to take permanent root.
3.A distracted heart and a
heart pulled away from God's Word, torn in manydirections by desires or worries.
4.An open heart and a heart receptive and responsive to the Word of God.
Now here comes the important question. Which kind of heart do you have? By taking
a regular inventory of your heart's condition, you can make sure that you have an open heart toward God's Word. The hardening
of a person's heart can happen if he or she consistently refuses to obey the promptings of God's Spirit or puts up barriers
against God due to hurts and emotional wounds. If you find that your heart is in any way hardened, the answer is simple: ask
God to soften it. Even that request is a major step forward toward God opening your heart to his Word.
If you believe your heart lacks depth, the answer lies in two areas -1)
maintaining a daily intimacy with God in prayer and 2) obedience to his Word in the face of difficult circumstances. Remember:
a shallow heart still receives God's Word. What is needed is to allow the Word of God to take root and bear fruit. This can
only happen through consistency and perseverence (read
Romans 15:4).
If you find your heart is distracted by the "cares of this world", the Word of
God itself holds the answer. By responding specifically to God's promises concerning issues of material concerns (Matthew 6:24-34; Hebrews 13:5-6), you can clearyour heart's field of any distractions to God's Word.
Facts Worth Noting
1. `The Bible is the worlds undisputed bestseller, topping
the charts every single year.
2. The Bible has been translated into more languages
than any other book.
3. The Bible has played a significant role in
the shaping of international laws, educational systems and the standards by which we
judge human rights.
Read Hosea 10:12
Regardless of the condition of your heart, the Holy Spirit has been sent to help you plow up the ground of your
heart in preparation for receiving the Word of God. The action of Gods Word itself can have a plowing effect, exposing the
thoughts and attitudes of your heart (read Hebrews 4:12).
KEY THOUGHT
The key to the Bible becoming an open book for you is this:
Closed heart - Closed book
Open
heart - Open book
An open heart to God's Word is not a rare condition. It is a result of the plowing action of God's Spirit and constant
exposure to God's Word. And, as we shall see as we continue through this course, having an open heart to God is part of what
it means to be a new creation in Christ.
Two Characteristics of an Open Heart
There are two main characteristics of a heart open to God's Word:
Hunger for the Word of God
Nothing can subsitute for a driving hunger forGod's Word. It is not enough just to open theBible. There must be
a hunger for God to reveal himself in his Word. If you feel like there is not yet a hunger for the Word of God, make this
a priority in prayer. Ask God to give you a hunger for his Word and you will find that this is a prayer he delights in answering.
Read Proverbs 2:1-6
If you've already discovered the stirrings of hunger for God's Word, then you
will find that the Bible's pages will ring with the voice of God'sSpirit. God has hidden treasures for you in his Word. Each
page is like the cave of wonders in the story of Aladdin, a hidden labyrinth of treasures - spiritual gold, silver and precious
gemstones. But the key that unlocks all those treasures is the hunger of an open heart.
Read Psalm 19:7-11
COMMENT
A hunger for Gods Word is the hallmark of a close walk with God. If you feel you dont yet have a deep hunger for
the Word of God, you will probably find that your relationship with God is somewhat distant. Conversely, if you consistently
spend time with the Lord each day, youll find that your hunger for hisWord will deepen.
Obedience to the Word of God
When God specifically highlights an area of your life he wants to change, God
requires you to respond in an act of obedience.
Read James 1:22-25
Obedience is the evidence of a life genuinely aligned with God in love for him (read 1 John 5:3). No one earns points with God for the number of sermons they listen to, nor for how many times they have read the Bible through.
What counts with God is not that we talk the talk, but that we walk the walk.
Read 1 John 2:3-6
Now that you have read this passage, we encourage you to stop, go back and read it again. What is this passage
talking about? What is the measuring stick it places against your life? Without a doubt this is one of the most challenging
statements in theBible (yes, you can go back and read it again, if you want!).
Read John 15:9-10
Notice how the Bible does not say that if you obey God, he will accept you. The Bible says that we have already
been accepted in Christ (Ephesians 1:4-6). This is the wonder of the work of the Cross on our behalf. What the Bible does do, however, is equate remaining in my love with obeying my commands.This means that you cannot claim to have
a close relationship with God yet live a lie. Obeying God is proof of the genuineness
of your intimacy with God. You cannot have one without the other.
Read Luke 6:46-49
As you study with the this course, you will find that a major emphasis of the course content is on relationship
with God through the study of his Word. But that relationship is founded upon an ongoing lifestyle of obedience. Don't just read the word of God; do the word of God.
Trembling at God's Word
Our attitude to God's Word sets the pace for how that Word will affect our lives.If we treat the Word of God lightly,
we should not be surprised if that Word has little impact on our lives.
Read Isaiah 66:2b
What does it mean to tremble at God's Word? The Bible itself encourages us to stand in awe of God's Word and gives
us many examples of those who do (for example, Psalm 119:161). We should never treat the Word of God casually. If we disregard God's Word for our
lives, we will experience the penalties of a life not aligned to God. This is no light
matter. The tremblingl. described in the Bible,however, is not a reaction of fear but an attitude of awe.God, through his
Word, will convict you of sin (anything in your life that is not aligned with God's holiness). You then have a decision: do
you harden yourself against his Word and find an excuse for why it does not apply to you, or do you respond in obedience to
that Word? Your choice will directly affect your continuing openness to God's Word and thus the impact of that Word on your
life.
The Author of the Bible
In order to dig deep for the treasures found in God's Word, you need to get to know the one who wrote the Bible.
As an example, if someone were to write you a letter, the first thing you would do is take a look at the bottom of the letter
to see who wrote it. That one item of knowledge - knowing who authored the letter -puts the whole letter into perspective.
In the same way, when we read the Bible, an important first step is to know whowrote the Bible. The Bible is unique, however,
in that it has two levels of author-ship. Let's take a quick look at these two levels:
The human author
Each and every book of the Bible had at least one human author (and occasionally more than one). Sometimes these
authors are identified at the beginning of the book itself (check Ephesians
1:1; Jeremiah 1:1); sometimes they are not (check Hebrews;
Genesis), although ancient tradition and scholarly investigation
have often combined to identify the most likely writer.
When you study the Bible, it is a valuable exercise to acquaint yourself with the writer of that book (if he is
known), as well as the identity of those to whom he is writing, since this will shed light on the content of his writings.
Each human author has his own particular writing style and emotional background, which reflects on the content of his book,
something we will see in a later lesson.
The divine author
Despite the fact that the words of the Bible were penned by over 40 different human agents, the Bible itself is
emphatic that behind each human author is the Holy Spirit himself. Without taking this into account, the Bible is nothing
more than a window on the past and no more relevant to life today than a history text-book or an ancient farming manual.
This higher level of authorship - the authorship of God himself, inspiring thehuman writers is what
makes the Bible unlike any other book. And the Holy Spirit is not only the source of the Bible's inspiration; he is also the
one who weaves all the threads of the Bible together into one resounding theme: the action of God to realign human lives to
his purpose and will.
Developing a Devotional Lifestyle
1
The Intimacy of Prayer
Read Mark 1:35; Luke 5:16; Luke 6:12; Luke 9:28-29
These four verses capture a dominant characteristic of the lifestyle of Jesus. Anyone who spent any time at all with Jesus
saw something unique in his daily lifestyle. Jesus prayed. Not the
perfunctory prayers of the Pharisees but the passionate prayer of someone who knew God on intimate terms. It was no wonder
that the disciples approached him one time and asked him to teach them to pray (see Luke
11:1). They had observed Jesus lifestyle of prayer for many months and had begun to realize
the priority of prayer.
Read Matthew 10:24-25
In Luke 6:40, Jesus said: everyone who is fully trained will be like histeacher.ln The Holy Spirit's work is to do exactly
this to train us to be like Christ (see Romans 8:29)
and that includes his lifestyle of prayer. Our aim is not simply to get you to "pray" or read the Bible each day. We
are seeking to help you develop a culture of intimacy with God. There is an intimacy to
be found in prayer. When we pray, we arenot simply mouthing words to God. We are meeting with God in prayer. There is an intimacy
to be found in Go's Word. When we read the Bible, we are not simply reading ink on paper. We
are meeting with God
in the pages of his Word. This subtle difference between dry role-playing and the intimacy of a Christ-like lifestyle of
prayer is the foundation upon which a vibrant prayer life is built. But be warned! Discovering the excitement of prayer can
be addictive!
Putting it into Practice In your devotions this morning, read Psalm 1. As you read, talk to the Lord about the content of this psalm.Let
Gods Word shape your conversation with him. Now read the psalm again, allowing the Lord to speak to your heart. Remember:
your goal is intimacy, not information.
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path. Psalm 119:105
Here are a few suggestions that may help you to memorize your memory verses: Ask the Lord
to help you remember his Word (see John 14:26).Use
the version of the Bible you are most familiar with. What you normally read in your Bible is what you need to be memorizing.
Dont just memorize the contents of the verse; memorize its "address" (the verse reference) aswell. You can do this by following
this pattern: Step 1: reference; Step 2: verse content; Step 3: reference. Then repeat steps 1-3. Note
that you are quoting the reference twice as many times as you quote the actual verse content. This gives the verse a clear
"reference tag."After you have read your memory verse out aloud several times, try going through your memory verse without
reading your computer screen. Look up your memory verse in your Bible. Look at its immediate
context and read the verses thatcome before and after your memory verse. Print out your memory
verse or jot it down on a piece of paper. Take this paper with you whenyou go to work or do other daily activities. Meditate
on the meaning of the verse throughout the day. During your noon appointment with the Lord,
take out your memory verse and go over it again.Talk to the Lord about what this verse means to you personally. In the evening (at either your evening study or your evening devotions), see if you can quote your memory
verse from memory. Then, without looking at the memory verse itself, see if youcan find it in your Bible.The next day, before you begin commiting a new verse to memory, rehearse your previous days memory verse and see if
you can remember it (without cheating!). Finally, at the end of the week (possibly on the Sunday),
collect all your weeks memory verses, rehearse them and see if you can recall them without reading them. Spend a little extra
time on any verses you have difficulty recalling. Remember: Dont just memorize a verse. Put
it into practice (James 1:22). It is not
being able to quote a verse from memory that counts. It is His Word abiding in your heart that counts (John 15:7). When you actually apply a verse consistently
to your daily life, that is when you truly knowthat verse!
ES101-01
A Passion for God Word 's
1
You and the Bible
Page 1
EVENING STUDY
The Bible is an extraordinary book, not just in terms of its unique history and compilation but also
in its claims to hold the ultimate revelation of God himself. We should never lose our sense
of wonder at the fact that we can even hold it in our hands. Many Christians around the world
today do not have such open access to the Bible and the majority of Christians downthrough history never held a Bible in their
hands. First-century believers would havebeen amazed at the ease at which today's Christians can buy a Bible,and equally astonished
at the casual attitude most Christians hold toward the Word of God. For them, the scrolls and parchments that recorded God's
Word were a treasure beyond comparison.
As Antony of Egypt commented back in the third century, ie Be astounded that God should have written
to us.
It is not uncommon in the West for a home to have more than one Bible.And yet for many people, the Bible
remains on the shelf, dusted off for special occasions or maybe carried as a symbol of spirituality on church visits.
We may have open access to the Bible, but for the vast majority of people, the Bible remains a closed book.
A True Story
During a trip into mainland China, a group of Hong Kong Christians visited a remote village. This
village wasa farming community with no electric-ity,running water or other modern conveniences. The visitors were surprisedto
find that, out of the village of 200, one elderly lady and her son were Christians. They had committed their life to the Lord
some sevenyears earlier and had faced constant ridicule and persecution from their relatives and neighbors. When one member
of the team gave the woman her own Bible, she clutched it to her chest, weeping for joy. For seven years, she explained,she
had been earnestly praying that the Lord provide her with a Bible. With tears streaming down her face, she looked up to heaven
and thanked God for hearing her prayer.
An Open Book
God intention, however, is that the Bible be an open book for you. He has invested within its pages a description of his
will and plan for your life. So what makes the Bible open up and come alive, so to speak?
Read Luke 8:11-15
This parable of Jesus highlights the one factor that makes the differencebetween the Bible being a closed book or an open
book for you and the receptivity of your heart (for the full parable, read Luke
8:4-15). In this famous parable, four
kinds of hearts are described:
1.A calloused heart and a heart that
is hardened against God's Word.
2.A shallow heart and a heart
with little depth for God's Word to take permanent root.
3.A distracted heart and a heart
pulled away from God's Word, torn in manydirections by desires or worries.
4.An open heart and a heart
receptive and responsive to the Word of God.
Now here comes the important question. Which kind of heart do you have? By taking a regular inventory
of your heart's condition, you can make sure that you have an open heart toward God's Word. The hardening of a person's heart
can happen if he or she consistently refuses to obey the promptings of God's Spirit or puts up barriers against God due to
hurts and emotional wounds. If you find that your heart is in any way hardened, the answer is simple: ask God to soften it.
Even that request is a major step forward toward God opening your heart to his Word.
If you believe your heart lacks depth, the answer lies in two areas -1) maintaining a daily intimacy
with God in prayer and 2) obedience to his Word in the face of difficult circumstances. Remember: a shallow heart still receives
God's Word. What is needed is to allow the Word of God to take root and bear fruit. This can only happen through consistency
and perseverence (read
Romans 15:4).
If you find your heart is distracted by the "cares of this world", the Word of God itself holds the
answer. By responding specifically to God's promises concerning issues of material concerns (Matthew
6:24-34; Hebrews 13:5-6), you can clearyour
heart's field of any distractions to God's Word.
Facts Worth Noting
1. `The Bible is the worlds undisputed bestseller, topping the
charts every single year.
2. The Bible has been translated into more languages than any other book.
3. The Bible has played a significant role in the shaping of international
laws, educational systems and the standards by which we judge human rights.
Read Hosea 10:12
Regardless of the condition of your heart, the Holy Spirit has been sent to help you plow up the ground of your heart in
preparation for receiving the Word of God. The action of Gods Word itself can have a plowing effect, exposing the thoughts
and attitudes of your heart (read Hebrews 4:12).
KEY THOUGHT
The key to the Bible becoming an open book for you is this:
Closed heart -
Closed book
Open
heart - Open
book
An open heart to God's Word is not a rare condition. It is a result of the plowing action of God's Spirit and constant
exposure to God's Word. And, as we shall see as we continue through this course, having an open heart to God is part of what
it means to be a new creation in Christ.
Two Characteristics of an Open Heart
There are two main characteristics of a heart open to God's Word:
Hunger for the Word of God
Nothing can subsitute for a driving hunger forGod's Word. It is not enough just to open theBible. There must be a hunger
for God to reveal himself in his Word. If you feel like there is not yet a hunger for the Word of God, make this a priority
in prayer. Ask God to give you a hunger for his Word and you will find that this is a prayer he delights in answering.
Read Proverbs 2:1-6
If you've already discovered the stirrings of hunger for God's Word, then
you will find that the Bible's pages will ring with the voice of God'sSpirit. God has hidden treasures for you in his Word.
Each page is like the cave of wonders in the story of Aladdin, a hidden labyrinth of treasures - spiritual gold, silver and
precious gemstones. But the key that unlocks all those treasures is the hunger of an open heart.
Read Psalm 19:7-11
COMMENT
A hunger for Gods Word is the hallmark of a close walk with God. If you feel you dont yet have a deep hunger for the Word
of God, you will probably find that your relationship with God is somewhat distant. Conversely, if you consistently spend
time with the Lord each day, youll find that your hunger for hisWord will deepen.
Obedience to the Word of God
When God specifically highlights an area of your life he wants to change, God requires
you to respond in an act of obedience.
Read James 1:22-25
Obedience is the evidence of a life genuinely aligned with God in love for him (read 1
John 5:3). No one earns points with God for the
number of sermons they listen to, nor for how many times they have read the Bible through. What counts with God is not that
we talk the talk, but that we walk the walk.
Read 1 John 2:3-6
Now that you have read this passage, we encourage you to stop, go back and read it again. What is this passage talking
about? What is the measuring stick it places against your life? Without a doubt this is one of the most challenging statements
in theBible (yes, you can go back and read it again, if you want!).
Read John 15:9-10
Notice how the Bible does not say that if you obey God, he will accept you. The Bible says that we have already been accepted
in Christ (Ephesians 1:4-6). This
is the wonder of the work of the Cross on our behalf. What the Bible does do, however, is equate
remaining in my love with obeying my commands.This means that you cannot claim to have a close relationship with God yet live a lie. Obeying God is proof of the genuineness of your intimacy with God. You cannot
have one without the other.
Read Luke 6:46-49
As you study with the this course, you will find that a major emphasis of the course content is on relationship with God
through the study of his Word. But that relationship is founded upon an ongoing lifestyle of obedience. Don't just read the word of God; do the word of God.
Trembling at God's Word
Our attitude to God's Word sets the pace for how that Word will affect our lives.If we treat the Word of God lightly, we
should not be surprised if that Word has little impact on our lives.
Read Isaiah 66:2b
What does it mean to tremble at God's Word? The Bible itself encourages us to stand in awe of God's Word and gives us many
examples of those who do (for example, Psalm 119:161). We should never treat the Word of God casually. If we disregard God's Word for our lives, we will experience
the penalties of a life not aligned to God. This is no light matter. The tremblingl. described
in the Bible,however, is not a reaction of fear but an attitude of awe.God, through his Word, will convict you of sin (anything
in your life that is not aligned with God's holiness). You then have a decision: do you harden yourself against his Word and
find an excuse for why it does not apply to you, or do you respond in obedience to that Word? Your choice will directly affect
your continuing openness to God's Word and thus the impact of that Word on your life.
The Author of the Bible
In order to dig deep for the treasures found in God's Word, you need to get to know the one who wrote the Bible. As an
example, if someone were to write you a letter, the first thing you would do is take a look at the bottom of the letter to
see who wrote it. That one item of knowledge - knowing who authored the letter -puts the whole letter into perspective.
In the same way, when we read the Bible, an important first step is to know whowrote the Bible. The Bible is unique, however,
in that it has two levels of author-ship. Let's take a quick look at these two levels:
The human author
Each and every book of the Bible had at least one human author (and occasionally more than one). Sometimes these authors
are identified at the beginning of the book itself (check Ephesians 1:1; Jeremiah
1:1); sometimes they are not (check Hebrews;
Genesis), although ancient tradition and scholarly investigation have often
combined to identify the most likely writer.
When you study the Bible, it is a valuable exercise to acquaint yourself with the writer of that book (if he is known),
as well as the identity of those to whom he is writing, since this will shed light on the content of his writings. Each human
author has his own particular writing style and emotional background, which reflects on the content of his book, something
we will see in a later lesson.
The divine author
Despite the fact that the words of the Bible were penned by over 40 different human agents, the Bible itself is emphatic
that behind each human author is the Holy Spirit himself. Without taking this into account, the Bible is nothing more than
a window on the past and no more relevant to life today than a history text-book or an ancient farming manual.
This higher level of authorship - the authorship of God himself, inspiring thehuman writers is what makes the
Bible unlike any other book. And the Holy Spirit is not only the source of the Bible's inspiration; he is also the one who
weaves all the threads of the Bible together into one resounding theme: the action of God to realign human lives to his purpose
and will.
Making the Truth Mine
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2. According to Romans 8:29 and Luke 6:40, what is God seeking to do in your life? |
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3. When you read God's Word, your goal is not simply information but intimacy. Why? |
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4. What makes the Bible an open book to you? |
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5. Describe in your own words what it means to have a hunger for God's Word. |
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6. What does it mean to "tremble at God's Word"? |
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7. Explain in your own words how the Spirit of God and the Word of God go "hand in glove". |
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8. Why did Paul say "I keep asking" God to give us a Spirit of wisdom and revelation? |
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9. In what book, chapter and verse does Paul make this request? |
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10. What two things should result from the genuine anointing of God's Spirit upon His Word? |
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