Why Read the Bible: Making Scripture a Daily Habit

Guys, the reason why we read the Bible is one, it's truth. It's all been God breathed. Number two, it's the only way that we can be equipped for good work. That's it. We have to have the Bible in our hearts, the good word, the living word in our hearts to be able to go and do what God's called us to do. Okay? So that is the foundation of what we've said. [00:40:43] (28 seconds)  #BibleEquipsUs

What do we gain from reading the Bible? And we we don't go to it to gain anything. We humbly go to it saying, God, fill me with it. We want to be a servant of the word. And pride, which is what this man had, had eaten him alive. Whereas humility and servitude allows us to understand that, man, God, this is such a gift and an opportunity each and every day that I get to come to your word. Don't take it for granted. [00:51:35] (33 seconds)  #HumbleBeforeGodsWord

And, man, that is not what church is about. The church is for us to be the church to the world and for us to bring people into it to be a part of a of a family of Christ and then to continue to grow, continue to grow, continue to grow. And it's not about the numbers. It's about the life change, and each life is a story that God has written for them. Okay? And so that's not pastor Brandon's job. It's not the staff's job. That's all of y'all's job, our job as a whole. [00:33:26] (30 seconds)  #LifeChangeNotNumbers

god just says, hey, just a little bit each day. It's called the sanctification process. A little bit a little bit each day, we become more like Christ. And that's ultimately our goal. Here's the thing. If you're just wanting to lose weight to lose weight or if you're just wanting to change your attitude to change your attitude, you're doing it for the wrong reason. Everything should be pointed towards being more like Christ in everything that we do. [00:36:13] (24 seconds)  #SanctificationDaily

And I was asking them, how is your time with the Lord going? And both of them said, dad, it's never been better. I'm learning more about how to read the Bible. I'm learning more about what it means and and just starting to piece some things together. And it filled me with joy. Nothing that I had done, it was everything that the Lord had done in that. And my prayer is that they will be hungry for God's word each and every day. [00:39:47] (23 seconds)  #HungryForGodsWord

I I do marriage counseling all the time, and I talk about how we're building a house. Like, your marriage is like building a house. The foundation is Jesus. The subflooring is communication, and then you build the walls within it off of that. Okay? Today, foundation is the Bible. Okay? And everything else kind of grows off of that whenever you have that relationship with Jesus. [00:41:11] (24 seconds)  #MarriageBuiltOnJesus

But here's what I want you to understand is this. I'm like a practical analytical guy, and so the Bible itself is the most historically accurate and verified book in the world, in history. 66 books up to 40 authors, all with continuity and with complexity that only God could write. And that's why it says, God breathed, God inspired, because only God could do what the Bible has been given to us. And so whenever we think of it in that way, it's such a gift to us, and yet we neglect it. [00:44:38] (42 seconds)  #GodBreathedScripture

And what I mean by that is this. Pastor Dean talks about it all the time. Pastor Brandon talks about it all the time. Forrest Frank talks about it all the time is, man, your phone dominates you. Social media dominates you. Technology dominates you. When it's been created and it's there and can be of good use, but it should never supersede God's word and what it does in your life in a one on one time with God and God's word. Okay? [00:53:36] (30 seconds)  #ScriptureOverScreens