WordWordGod’sGod’s

Our MissionOur Mission• To transform religious and irreligious

people into Fully Devoted Followers of Christ.

• Discipleship * Fellowship * Mission• Roots• Commitments and Love

• To transform religious and irreligious people into Fully Devoted Followers of Christ.

• Discipleship * Fellowship * Mission• Roots• Commitments and Love

Read the BibleRead the Bible• Your Word is a lamp to guide my feet,

and a light for my path. Psalm 119:105

• This is a Conversation.• My sheep listen to my voice; I know

them, and they follow me. John 10:27

• Your Word is a lamp to guide my feet, and a light for my path. Psalm 119:105

• This is a Conversation.• My sheep listen to my voice; I know

them, and they follow me. John 10:27

Key QuestionsKey Questions• When to read?

– YouVersion.com; Biblegateway.org• How? Read, Reflect, Respond.• How often? • Where to start? • OBSTACLES – guilt, bad time, schedule

changed, priorities

• When to read? – YouVersion.com; Biblegateway.org

• How? Read, Reflect, Respond.• How often? • Where to start? • OBSTACLES – guilt, bad time, schedule

changed, priorities

Go DeeperGo Deeper• Help me understand the meaning of your

commandments, and I will meditate on your wonderful deeds. Psalm 119:27

• But when the Father sends the Advocate as my representative—that is, the Holy Spirit—he will teach you everything and will remind you of everything I have told you. John 14:26

• Bible’s word = “meditate”

• Help me understand the meaning of your commandments, and I will meditate on your wonderful deeds. Psalm 119:27

• But when the Father sends the Advocate as my representative—that is, the Holy Spirit—he will teach you everything and will remind you of everything I have told you. John 14:26

• Bible’s word = “meditate”

Study the BibleStudy the Bible• Read – Reflect – Respond• STOP – names, places, words, etc.

•New Bible Dictionary•Biblegateway.org, biblestudytools.com•Study Bibles•Commentaries – Expositors Abridged

(Zondervan), Bible Background Commentary (IVP)

• Read – Reflect – Respond• STOP – names, places, words, etc.

•New Bible Dictionary•Biblegateway.org, biblestudytools.com•Study Bibles•Commentaries – Expositors Abridged

(Zondervan), Bible Background Commentary (IVP)

Pray the BiblePray the Bible• Lectio Divina• Slow down, reflect• Help me understand the meaning of

your commandments, and I will meditate on your wonderful deeds. Psalm 119:27

• Lectio Divina• Slow down, reflect• Help me understand the meaning of

your commandments, and I will meditate on your wonderful deeds. Psalm 119:27

I have never know someone leading a spiritually transformed life who had not been deeply saturated in Scripture.

John OrtbergThe Life You’ve Always Wanted, p.181

I have never know someone leading a spiritually transformed life who had not been deeply saturated in Scripture.

John OrtbergThe Life You’ve Always Wanted, p.181

Walk with JesusWalk with Jesus• Matthew 7:24-27• Trust in the Lord with all your heart;

do not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take. Proverbs 3:5-6

• Matthew 7:24-27• Trust in the Lord with all your heart;

do not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take. Proverbs 3:5-6

God did not give the Bible so we could master him or it; God gave the Bible so we could live it, so we could be mastered by it.

Scot McKnightThe Blue Parakeet, p.52

God did not give the Bible so we could master him or it; God gave the Bible so we could live it, so we could be mastered by it.

Scot McKnightThe Blue Parakeet, p.52

The Bible is very easy to understand. But we Christians are a bunch of scheming swindlers. We pretend to be unable to understand it because we know very well that the minute we understand, we are obliged to act accordingly.Søren Kierkegaard in Dave Gibbons, The Monkey and the Fish, p.69

The Bible is very easy to understand. But we Christians are a bunch of scheming swindlers. We pretend to be unable to understand it because we know very well that the minute we understand, we are obliged to act accordingly.Søren Kierkegaard in Dave Gibbons, The Monkey and the Fish, p.69

Every Christian who takes the Bible seriously should hate poverty and want the innocent protected from the violent and the oppressive.

Carl Trueman “Uneasy Consciences and Critical Minds”, Themelios 30/2

Every Christian who takes the Bible seriously should hate poverty and want the innocent protected from the violent and the oppressive.

Carl Trueman “Uneasy Consciences and Critical Minds”, Themelios 30/2

RootsRoots• This is a ROOT• The fruit: Love, Joy, Peace

• This is a ROOT• The fruit: Love, Joy, Peace

I take you to be mine, and I promise to be faithful to you

To have and to hold from this day forward

For better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish

And even death will never part us.

I take you to be mine, and I promise to be faithful to you

To have and to hold from this day forward

For better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish

And even death will never part us.