A Book That Reads Us // Digging Wells (Part 8)

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🗓️ 31 December 2019

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Pastor Martin continues the sermon series, Digging Wells. On our last sermon of the year he dives into reading your word, maintaining consistency and developing habits. Notes: Joshua 1:8 What makes the Bible different from any other book in the world? * It’s unity. It was written in a span of 1600 years through 40 authors, 3 continents and 3 languages and still managed to have a uniformity throughout all its accounts. Jesus Christ and the Word are ONE, the Word take the place of the unseen Christ 1. Whatever dominates your mind will dominate your life. The extent to which we think the thoughts of God to that same extent do we have the power of God A study show that when we are in the scripture at least 4 times a week * Feeling lonely drops 30% * Anger Issues drops 32% * Bitterness in relationships in marriage, kids and so on drops 40% * Alcoholism drops 57% * Feeling Spiritually stagnant drops 60% * Viewing Pornography drops 61% * Sharing Your Faith Jumps 200% * Discipling others jumps 230% 2. To know God is to know his Word God does nothing without his Word (Genesis 1:3) 3. The Word of God will change your life It will by its very nature change you (Joshua 1:8) * Don’t just commit scripture to memory but make it an integral part of your life Unless you live in the Word you miss the entire point. The more you read, the more you will understand yourself and this God who created you. Read it systematically, read it attentively, read it repeatedly, read it regularly, read it slowly. READ IT - your life depends on knowing it Six ways you can take the word of God into your life? 1. Read It 2. Listen to it 3. Memorize it 4. Meditate on It 5. Speak the word 6. Obey it It’s okay to visit many books, but live in the Bible – Charles Spurgeon Prayer: - I agree with Gods word and I disagree with any condition, any thoughts, any circumstances with anything contrary to Gods Word - Your Word is integrity itself, steadfast, sure, eternal… I trust my whole life to its provision - Your Word is final authority settling all questions and troubles - I trust my life to its provision

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0:00.0	You're listening to Hungry Gen audio podcast.
0:05.5	This morning I want to speak to on the topic called a book that reads us.
0:10.4	Camo, come on.
0:11.6	There's many books that we read and the Bible, the Word of God, this light blue Bible,
0:16.6	come on, or the phone, whatever you read it through, don't judge.
0:19.9	You know, some people like it, the old-fashioned, they like the, they like read it through don't judge you know some people like it the old
0:21.7	fashion they like the they like to read on through a book others you know technology is better for
0:26.6	them so whatever it is as long as you read it right you know it's uh whatever floats your boat
0:32.0	better as long as you don't drown um we we are church that will be a church of prayer and reading God's word.
0:41.5	Because whatever God said in his word, he said that in Matthew, the heaven and earth will pass away, but my word will by no means will pass away.
0:51.4	God says, if I speak my word, I make sure that it never comes back void. That means it will bring away. God says if I speak my word I make sure that it never comes back void. That means
0:56.5	it will bring fruit in your life. So it is worthy of attention. It is worthy of your time. It is
1:06.2	worthy of your day to be able to put your focus onto that. I like what this one man of God said.
1:13.8	He said, whatever has your attention will give your direction. So if you put your attention on the
1:21.7	word of God, it will never mislead you. If you put your attention on social media and your friends on rumors on this or that,
1:30.3	it will misguide you. It will give you direction to that. And if people are like, well,
1:36.5	my life is miserable, I want to ask you, what has your attention? What do you pay attention to?
1:42.6	Because that is the thing that is giving you direction and there are are the
1:48.0	The scripture that we that we will be able to read this morning is Joshua 1 8th. It says keep this book the word of God
1:56.3	Keep this book of law always on your lips. Somebody say always.
2:06.7	On your lips, meditate on it day and night so that you may be careful to do.
2:10.6	Somebody say to do everything that is written in it.
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