Reading The Bible Today for Transformation

Work Personal Reading of the Bible Into Your Daily Schedule

• We must engage the Scripture on a daily basis

 Psalm 119:36

• Read broadly and meditate prayerfully

Psalm 77:12; 119:15

2 ways to help you as you read through the Scripture

Promise to claim or praise to offer the Lord

Example to avoid or follow

Action or attitude to change

Command to Obey

Error to Avoid

Scripture

Observation

Application & Response

Prayer

• Have realistic goals and a good plan
• Have a consistent time and place
• Have good tools and a pen in hand
• Live what you read

How can you apply this passage to your:

• Relationship with the Lord
• To your own personal life
• To your relationship with others
• To your Church Family

Read the Bible With Your Family   Deuteronomy 6:4-9 

• You are the primary disciplers of your children
• Teach them to love God
• Teach them a Biblical View of the World
• Teach them Biblical Principles of Scripture
• Have a pattern of Bible reading and listening
• How are you teaching your children the big story of Scripture? Psalm 78:5-8

Encounter the Bible as a Part of the Church

• Receive the Word preached as an act of Worship
• Participate in small-groups as an act of Community
• Encourage others in the Word as an act of Ministry