HOW THE BIBLE CAN IMPACT YOUR LIFE (2 OF 7)
by Scott Maze
Scripture: James 1:18-27
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How the Bible Can Impact Your Life (2 of 7)
Series: 7 Practices of a Healthy Christian
Scott Maze
James 1:18 - 27
We continue our series, Seven Practices of a Healthy Christian. Last week, we focused on the heart and this week we focus on the mind - live the Bible. Through the process, we're keying in one two key words: constancy and consistency.
A recent survey shows that less than only one in five church-attending people read their Bibles daily. Bible engagement is directly related to spiritual growth. Meditating and studying on the word of God are the heartbeat of the Christian life. You can't sustain a practice of Christianity without the word of God. God's Word is the lub-dub of the coronary Christian life. In order to be consistent and constant in the practice of the Christian life, you must be consistent and constant in the Scriptures.
Today's Big Idea: The Word of God will do the Work of God.
My aim this morning is for you to love this book. I want you to treat this book differently than a grocery list, your school textbooks, or the IRS guidelines for preparing your taxes. Instead, I want you to live off this book.
''Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creation. 19 Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; 20 for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness that God requires. 21 Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. 22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. 24 For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. 25 But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer wh ...
Series: 7 Practices of a Healthy Christian
Scott Maze
James 1:18 - 27
We continue our series, Seven Practices of a Healthy Christian. Last week, we focused on the heart and this week we focus on the mind - live the Bible. Through the process, we're keying in one two key words: constancy and consistency.
A recent survey shows that less than only one in five church-attending people read their Bibles daily. Bible engagement is directly related to spiritual growth. Meditating and studying on the word of God are the heartbeat of the Christian life. You can't sustain a practice of Christianity without the word of God. God's Word is the lub-dub of the coronary Christian life. In order to be consistent and constant in the practice of the Christian life, you must be consistent and constant in the Scriptures.
Today's Big Idea: The Word of God will do the Work of God.
My aim this morning is for you to love this book. I want you to treat this book differently than a grocery list, your school textbooks, or the IRS guidelines for preparing your taxes. Instead, I want you to live off this book.
''Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creation. 19 Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; 20 for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness that God requires. 21 Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. 22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. 24 For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. 25 But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer wh ...
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