40 Days in the Word:
How TO INTEGRATE GODS WORD Into My Life
Psalm 119:20 (CEV) What I want most of all and at all times is to honor your laws.
1. _______________ ON IT.
Matt. 7:24 (NIV) Everyone who hears these words of mine, and puts them into practice, is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
UNRELIABLE FOUNDATIONS:
• _______________ culture (Ex. 23:2)
• _______________ (Mark 7:8)
• _______________ (Prov. 16:25)
• _______________ (Judges 21:25)
2. _______________ ON IT.
Col. 3:16 (NIV) Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly.
1. _______________ it with my ears (listen)
2. _______________ it with my eyes
3. _______________ it with my hands & mouth (study)
4. _______________ on it with my mind
5. _______________ it with my heart
3. _______________ BY IT.
Psalm 119:11 (NIV) I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.
4. _______________ THROUGH IT.
Psalm 119:18 (NIV) Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law. PARABLE OF THE FOUR SOILS (Luke 8:4-15)
1. The hardened soil = a _______________ mind Action: cultivate an _______________ mind.
2. The shallow soil = a _______________ mind Action: make _______________ for God’s Word.
3. The soil with weeds = a _______________ mind Action: get rid of the _______________.
4. The good soil = a _______________ mind Action: _______________ with what the Word says.
5. _______________ ON IT.
James 1:22 (NIV) Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.
Picture it! - Visualize the scene in your mind
Pronounce it! - Emphasize each word aloud
Paraphrase it! - Write it down in your own words
Personalize it! - Put your name in the verse
Probe it! - Ask the S.P.A.C.E. P.E.T.S. questions
• Is there a SIN to confess?
• Is there a PROMISE to claim?
• Is there an ATTITUDE to change?
• Is there a COMMAND to obey?
• Is there an EXAMPLE to follow?
• Is there a PRAYER to pray?
• Is there an ERROR to avoid?
• Is there a TRUTH to believe?
• Is there SOMETHING for which to praise God? Which ones of these intrigues or excites you?
Pray it! - Pray the verse back to God
6. _______________ IN IT.
Psalm 119:105 (NIV) Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.
Stack the Wood!