The Bible is a wonderful book. It is full of stories about God and his people. It is full of instruction on life. It s full of love stories. Of course, there are stories of death, war and suffering. But in all that God has one thing im mind for us: Bring him closer to HIM.
What better way to achieve this by guiding us through HIS Word. He guides us in our daily decisions. He guides us towards his purpose for us. And most important of all: He guides us towards a relationship with HIM, through his Son, Jesus Christ.
Now how do you read this wonderful book? How do you UNLOCK its treasures?
There are a few simple things you can do to UNLOCK the Word of God let me take you along on the journey to a better, deeper understanding of God's wonderful will and purpose for you.
To get you started, here are two small, simple tools that will help you discover the depth of God's Word:
What better way to achieve this by guiding us through HIS Word. He guides us in our daily decisions. He guides us towards his purpose for us. And most important of all: He guides us towards a relationship with HIM, through his Son, Jesus Christ.
Now how do you read this wonderful book? How do you UNLOCK its treasures?
There are a few simple things you can do to UNLOCK the Word of God let me take you along on the journey to a better, deeper understanding of God's wonderful will and purpose for you.
To get you started, here are two small, simple tools that will help you discover the depth of God's Word:
As I said it is a "small" tool. There is so much more that can be done to UNLOCK the Word of God. Many seminary students know classes as Hermeneutics and Homiletics. There are cases of Exegesis and Overview over certain books of the Bible. These classes are great and of great value. BUT I bet most of us would also like to learn some simple steps on how to get more out of the daily devotional time. A little bit more out of my time with God.
Now, there is a way to do it and if you give me the chance, I will get more and more tools out to you. There are 6 easy to follow, practical steps to UNLOCK the Word of God. One by one I will reveal them and one by one you can discover the depth of the specific text you are studying.
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Now, there is a way to do it and if you give me the chance, I will get more and more tools out to you. There are 6 easy to follow, practical steps to UNLOCK the Word of God. One by one I will reveal them and one by one you can discover the depth of the specific text you are studying.
(Links will become active over the next couple weeks. Please feel free to check back in here at a later time)
These steps above give you a pretty good idea what the Bible text is all about and what you are supposed to do with it. From hear it is actually not too far anymore to get into preparing an entire sermon or devotional. If you want to go further and make a teaching session out of your findings, here a three more easy to follow steps: