“Who has marked His Word, and heard it?” Jeremiah 23:18. Do you underline important words in the Bible and take time to write instructive notes in the margins? You will find that circling a phrase or making a footnote on some outstanding truth will be very helpful when you return to that passage at a […]
“Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage – with great patience and careful instruction.” II Timothy 4:2. While there are many facets to the minister’s work, his most important duty is to preach the Word. If anything diverts him from that task, the spiritual lives of those […]
“The king stood by a pillar and made a covenant before the Lord…And all the people took a stand for the covenant.” II Kings 23:3 Many of us own Bibles, but are we changed by the truths found there? We are called to read, hear, and obey His Word. It should cause us, like Josiah, […]
“I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the Lord.” II Chronicles 34:15. In the Old Testament, we read of Judah’s epidemic of idolatry and its accompanying moral sickness. Josiah understood Scripture’s preventive cure for moral sickness. He began to apply its spiritual truths, and soon a revival swept the land […]
“I will not forget Your word.” Psalm 119:16. We all cherish letters from those we love and those who love us. That’s why there is so much encouragement in the fact that our heavenly Father has given us a letter called the Bible. The value of scripture goes beyond its words of power, challenge, and […]