What a great Weekend!
http://www.oneyearbibleonline.com/readingplan/oneyearbiblereadingplan.pdf
If you are looking for the bible in a year reading plan here it is. This one is starting in Dec. But stop by the welcome center and we have one that starts in September.
A couple of reminders from this weeks message.
Hit the Books
The Bible
- #1 international best seller of all time
- 66 books
- 39 NT
- 27 OT
- 770,000 words
- Written by about 40 men over a period of 1600 years
- The Bible maintains a consistency and accuracy beyond all other ancient writings in history – including writings by Plato, Aristotle and Homer.
Psalm 19:9 The laws of the Lord are true… 10 they are more desirable than gold, even the finest gold.
Psalm 119:105 by your words I can see where I'm going; they throw a beam of light on my dark path.
1 peter 2:2 NASB like newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may grow the Bible was written through PEOPLE
Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is living and active
What is the point of scripture?
Scripture is a Story that you and I have a part to play in… Its stories are our stories
James 1:22 niv Do not merely listen to the word… Do what it says.
Our goal should never be to get through the scriptures
Our goal should be to get the scriptures through us
The purpose of the Scriptures it not just to fill us with INFORMATION
It’s to bring us… TRANSFORMATION.
MEDITATION- To chew over. To reflect deeply on a subject.
When you read ask…
What does it say- re write or say it in my own words
What does it mean- think about what the original author was trying to say
What do I do with what it says- how does this apply to me today
3 types of Bible Translations
1) WORD FOR WORD translations.
The English Standard Version- Recommended
New American Standard Bible
New King James
King James Version
2) THOUGHT FOR THOUGHT Translations
New International Version
Today’s New International Version
New Living Translation- My favorite
Contemporary English Version
Good News Bible
3) PARAPHRASED
The Message – my favorite
The Living Bible
Amplified
Have multiple bibles- Layering gives a true picture of what God is saying
MEDITATION ATTITUDES
HUNGER
Matthew 5:6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
Come Hungry- Leave Happy
HUMILITY
Hebrews 4:12 Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
Scripture getting inside us and working through us is an endless process! We can not look at a passage and think we have it all figured out. We have to aproach it fresh every day.
HONESTY
Genesis 23- Jacob wrestles with God and the experience marks Him… He walks with a limp the rest of His life…
If we are honest about as we read the scripture we will not like everything we read… It is through the process of working through those passages that we are worked on by this living and Active word of God…
When was the last time you wrestled with God about a particular passage?
Engage the scriptures and they will mess you up for the better. Merely read them and you will have information without Transformation.
Seek Gods Transformation!
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