The Word must be heard

weekly focus, daily feast

LOOK LISTEN & LIVE Gods Word everyday

last week: why? this week: how?

LOOK LISTEN & LIVE Gods Word everyday

He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him.

John 1:10

What if I already do daily readings?

TRAPS: The goal becomes doing it

1 Samueal 16:7

The Lord does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart."

What if I already do daily readings?

TRAPS: The goal becomes doing it We barely engage with it

1 Samueal 16:7

The Lord does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart."

What if I already do daily readings?

2 Timothy 3:16All

TRAPS: The goal becomes doing it We barely engage with it The Bible becomes the precursor

Scripture is God-breathed Godand is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,

What if I already do daily readings?

Matthew 11:15He who

has ears, let him hear.

TRAPS: The goal becomes doing it We barely engage with it The Bible becomes the precursor We dont stop to listen

What if I already do daily readings?

Matthew 7:24 "Therefore

TRAPS: The goal becomes doing it We struggle to We barely engage live it with it The Bible becomes the precursor We dont stop to listen

everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man ...

LOOK - information LISTEN - insight & LIVE - incarnation Gods Word everyday

Things you will need

A Bible
2 Timothy 2:15 Do your
best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.

Things you will need

A Bible A pen
2 Timothy 2:15 Do your
best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.

Things you will need

A Bible A pen A notebook
2 Timothy 2:15 Do your
best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.

Things you will need

A Bible A pen A notebook A reading plan
2 Timothy 2:15 Do your
best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.

Things you will need

A Bible A pen A notebook A reading plan
2 Timothy 2:15 Do your
best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.

Things you will need to decide

When?

Mark 1:35 Very early in

the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.

Things you will need to decide

When? Where?

Mark 1:35 Very early in

the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.

What will you do?

1.Ask God to speak to you
Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any doubledouble-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.

What will you do?

1.Ask God to speak to you 2.Read your Bible
Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any doubledouble-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.

What will you do?

1.Ask God to speak to you 2.Read your Bible 3.Find the verse that most speaks to you
Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any doubledouble-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.

What will you do?

1.Ask God to speak to you 2.Read your Bible 3.Find the verse that most speaks to you 4.Begin your journal
Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any doubledouble-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.

Why journal?
A sign you are taking
it seriously
Jeremiah 30:2
"This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: 'Write in a book all the words I have spoken to you.

A sign you want to

remember it

A sign you want to

return to it & act upon it

Why journal?
A sign you are taking
it seriously
Deuteronomy 17:18-20 17:18When he takes the throne of his kingdom, he is to write for himself on a scroll a copy of this law, ...19 It is to be with him, and he is to read it all the days of his life so that he may learn to revere the Lord his God and follow carefully all the words of this law and these decrees

A sign you want to

remember it

A sign you want to

return to it & act upon it

Your journal: SOAP

Scripture

Psalms 119:11 I have

hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.

Your journal: SOAP

Scripture Observation

Psalms 37:37Consider the

blameless, observe the upright; there is a future for the man of peace.

Your journal: SOAP

Scripture Observation

Luke 12:27
"Consider how the lilies grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.

Your journal: SOAP

Scripture Observation

Mark 12:41
Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts.

Your journal: SOAP

Scripture Observation

Galatians 3:6-7 3:6Consider Abraham: "He believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness." 7 Understand, then, that those who believe are children of Abraham.

Your journal: SOAP

Scripture Observation Application

John 8:37
I know you are Abraham's descendants. Yet you are ready to kill me, because you have no room for my word.

Your journal: SOAP

Scripture Observation Application

James 1:23-25 1:23Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. But the man who looks intently .. not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it--he will be blessed it--he in what he does.

Your journal: SOAP

Scripture Observation Application Prayer

Colossinas 3:16
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.

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Final questions
2 Peter 3:16He writes the

What about the bits

I dont understand?

same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.

Final questions
Psalms 119:18Open my

What about the bits

I dont understand?

eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law.

Final questions
Luke 11:3Give us each day

What about the bits

I dont understand?

our daily bread.

What if I miss a day

or more?

We have lived in a famine long enough:

Amos 8:11"The days are coming," declares
the Sovereign Lord, "when I will send a famine through the land-- not a famine of land-food or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the Lord.

We have lived in a famine long enough:

John 6:35Then Jesus declared, "I am the
bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.

We have lived in a famine long enough:

Psalms 1:1-3 Blessed is the man who does 1:1not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. 2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. 3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.