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I'm Dalton, a member of the Paul Tripp Ministries team.

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week, Paul reflects on David's deep love for scripture in Psalm 119 and asks a pointed question. If we

truly believe the Bible is God's Word, why don't we treasure it more?

Here's this week's Wednesday's work.

I love how David communicates his love for the influential power of Scripture over his everyday life.

Hear these words from the acrostic Psalm 119, verse 97 through 104, Mem, and fall in love with how

in love David is with his Bible. Quote, oh, how I love your law. It is my meditation all the day.

Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies,

for it is ever with me. I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies

are my meditation. I understand more than the aged, for I keep your precepts. I hold back my feet

from every evil way in order to keep your word. I do not turn aside from your rules, for you have taught me.

How sweet are your words to my taste? Sweeter than honey to my mouth. Through your precepts, I get

understanding. Therefore, I hate every false way." End quote. If you genuinely believe that the Bible is

the word of God, preserved by God for you, wouldn't it be the most

valuable, esteemed, treasured, and well-used possession in your life? Would you not love the

moments when you could sit with it? Read it carefully, study its content, and meditate on its

implications? Wouldn't that quiet time? When you separate yourself from other people and other

responsibilities, and it's just you,

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