Tuesday! Review day! Ready...Set... Go!
Four Corners of the Bible:
Genesis 1:1, "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth."
John 1:1, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."
John 1:14, "And the Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us; we have seen His glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father full of grace and truth."
John 3:16, "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have everlasting life."
Romans Road:
Romans 3:23, "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God."
Romans 6:23, "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord."
Romans 5:8, "But God proves His own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us."
Romans 10:9, "If you confess with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord', and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved."
Romans 12:1, "Therefore, dear brothers, by the mercies of God, I urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God. This is your spiritual worship."
The Gift of Scripture:
2 Timothy 3:16, "All Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for teaching, for rebuking, for correction, for training in righteousness."
Joshua 1:8, "This book of instruction must not depart from your mouth, you are to recite it day and night so that you may carefully observe everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in whatever you do."
Psalm 119:11, "I have treasured Your words in my heart that I may not sin against You."
We are really making progress, aren't we? It really does amaze me that I'm remembering (almost perfectly!) 12 verses with their sources, and that I'm ready to add another one! Don't you think God is pleased with this aspect of our lives? I do! That in itself is motivation to keep me going, but I'm also seeing the benefit that I'm receiving from hearing these words repeated in my head throughout the day...they are both comforting and convicting. They bring with them the realization that God is always speaking to us, every step of every day.
So now for the start of Week 13, another addition to the verses reminding us of the wonderful gift of Scripture. So far in this section we have learned that God's word is useful to us as we teach, as we rebuke other theology, as we correct both others and ourselves, and as we train our lives to patterns of righteous living. As we keep God's words in our minds, they will direct us to lives of success in our endeavors within His will. We have been reminded again that by keeping God's word in our hearts, we will turn our hearts away from the temptations of sinful living.
Now we read Deuteronomy 6:6 --- dubbed D6 by some of Robert J. Morgan's friends. He says his friends "want churches to become D6 churches and parents D6 parents when it comes to sharing God's Word with their children. If you get this letter-number coded in your mind, D6, you'll never have any trouble locating this vital passage in the Bible.
D6 - ready? It's not hard and it reinforces our previous verses. While we will only memorize the one verse highlighted below, I'm going to include the surrounding verses so you can get the full intensity of this verse.
Deuteronomy 6:4-9
"Listen, Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is One. Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. These words that I am giving you today are to be in your heart. Repeat them to your children. Talk about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Bind them as a sign on your hand and let them be a symbol on your forehead. Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. "
Four Corners of the Bible:
Genesis 1:1, "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth."
John 1:1, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."
John 1:14, "And the Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us; we have seen His glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father full of grace and truth."
John 3:16, "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have everlasting life."
Romans Road:
Romans 3:23, "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God."
Romans 6:23, "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord."
Romans 5:8, "But God proves His own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us."
Romans 10:9, "If you confess with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord', and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved."
Romans 12:1, "Therefore, dear brothers, by the mercies of God, I urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God. This is your spiritual worship."
The Gift of Scripture:
2 Timothy 3:16, "All Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for teaching, for rebuking, for correction, for training in righteousness."
Joshua 1:8, "This book of instruction must not depart from your mouth, you are to recite it day and night so that you may carefully observe everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in whatever you do."
Psalm 119:11, "I have treasured Your words in my heart that I may not sin against You."
We are really making progress, aren't we? It really does amaze me that I'm remembering (almost perfectly!) 12 verses with their sources, and that I'm ready to add another one! Don't you think God is pleased with this aspect of our lives? I do! That in itself is motivation to keep me going, but I'm also seeing the benefit that I'm receiving from hearing these words repeated in my head throughout the day...they are both comforting and convicting. They bring with them the realization that God is always speaking to us, every step of every day.
So now for the start of Week 13, another addition to the verses reminding us of the wonderful gift of Scripture. So far in this section we have learned that God's word is useful to us as we teach, as we rebuke other theology, as we correct both others and ourselves, and as we train our lives to patterns of righteous living. As we keep God's words in our minds, they will direct us to lives of success in our endeavors within His will. We have been reminded again that by keeping God's word in our hearts, we will turn our hearts away from the temptations of sinful living.
Now we read Deuteronomy 6:6 --- dubbed D6 by some of Robert J. Morgan's friends. He says his friends "want churches to become D6 churches and parents D6 parents when it comes to sharing God's Word with their children. If you get this letter-number coded in your mind, D6, you'll never have any trouble locating this vital passage in the Bible.
D6 - ready? It's not hard and it reinforces our previous verses. While we will only memorize the one verse highlighted below, I'm going to include the surrounding verses so you can get the full intensity of this verse.
Deuteronomy 6:4-9
"Listen, Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is One. Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. These words that I am giving you today are to be in your heart. Repeat them to your children. Talk about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Bind them as a sign on your hand and let them be a symbol on your forehead. Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. "
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