2 Timothy 2:15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth. KJV: Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

We need to read or listen to the Bible at least 4 times per week.

The Bible is the living word of God…. Jesus is the word as the Bible states… in the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God Jn 1;1.

The word of God can speak to us in many different ways according to the Holy Spirit who gives us the interpretation.

How many times have we read the same scripture and one time it answered an issue we had one way and the next time it answered a completely different problem we had…. It’s because the Bible is the LIVING word… it becomes what we need because our God knows what we need. (Can I provide some examples of this from a scripture).

This just proves that the Bible was given the men to write by the Holy Spirit b/c no man could ever have the foresight to know what words to use to make one book that could cover ever possible problem and direction in life. Hebrews 4:12-13,

Jesus told his disciples that he spoke is parables so that they could understand but not those who did not believe. 13 This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.

The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016), Mt 13:13.

The Bible is the same way… he have to have the direction of the Holy Spirit to see and understand the truth that lies in the words. The Holy Spirit brings those words alive and it exposes what’s in our hearts. That’s why we shouldn’t go without God because we need to recalibrate every single morning every single day ….. frequently we have to be recalibrated… when we have gotten off course we need the word of God‘s to bring us back. We need to read the Word daily to recalibrate us and bring and keep us in line with Gods intent for our lives.

(Research has shown that 96% of your decisions that you make are made by your subconscious through the frontopolar cortex which means only about 4-5% of your decisions that we are making are actually being made consciously... now that means everything that we’ve got going on its decisions that is being formulated are intaken from the things that are going on around us. This means that we must read our Bibles as much as possible show our toughts will be brought forth from our subconcious and acted on by us rather then trying to think through thoughts and ideas and reacting conciously.

We must read our Bibles constantly so that our subconscious actions are being controlled thru the Bible.

Only 27% of Christian’s in America read their Bible daily.

In a study preformed by Center of Bible Engagement (C.B.E) studies showed that christians who read or listened to thier Bibles AT LEAST 4 times per week had a 57% lower chance of drunknness, 68% lower odds of having sex outside of marriage, 61% lower odds of viewing pornraphy, 74% lower odds of gambling and had 57% lower odds of doing any other bad habits.

The power of 4 was evident in the study and showed that christians who only read 2-3 times had no substisical difference then those who read or listen 0 - 1 times per week.

Christains who read or listen are 228% higher odds of sharing thier faith with others, 231% higher odds of dicipling others, and 407% higher odds of memorizing scriptures.

Table 1. Odds Ratios of Engaging in Risk Behaviors - Adults. 13 Getting Drunk Identifies as a born again Christian Sex Outside Marrige Pornography Gambling Any Habit 37% Attends church at least once a month No effect 28% 30% No effect 38% 31% 30% 26% 53% Prays at least once a day No effect No effect 25% No effect No effect Reads/listens to the Bible 4 or more days/week 49% 51% Reads/listens to the Bible 1 to 3 days/week 51% 43% 61% No effect No effect No effect No effect No effect

Table 2. Odds of Engaging in Risk Behaviors - Teens. Smoking Identifies as a born again Christian No effect Getting Drunk Sex Pornography Any Habit 61% No effect No effect No effect Attends church at least once a month No effect No effect No effect Prays at least once a day No effect No effect No effect No effect No effect No effect No effect Reads/listens to the Bible 4 or more days/week 82% 80% No effect Reads/listens to the Bible 1 to 3 days/week No effect 69% 55% 62% No effect No effect No effect

Smoking Getting Drunk Sex Outside Marriage Pornography Gambling Any Habit Age 0.99* 0.95*** 0.95*** 0.96*** 1.00 0.97*** Female 0.95 0.81* 1.23 0.23*** 0.63*** 0.73* Married 0.11*** Identifies as a born again Christian 0.91 0.63** 0.94 0.72* 0.70** 1.02 Attends church at least once a month 0.41*** 0.62** 0.69* 0.70* 0.74* 0.47*** Prays at least once a day 1.39** 0.89 0.82 0.75* 1.49 1.22 Reads/listens to the Bible 4 or more days/week 0.85 0.51** 0.49** 0.49** 0.57** 0.39*** Reads/listens to the Bible 1 to 3 days/week 1.02 0.82 0.78 0.76 0.76 0.74 -2 Log Likelihood 1436.69 1189.69 1162.05 1135.8 1375.33 1411.95 Model Chi Square 85.14*** 363.79*** 633.86*** 470.74*** 82.17*** 259.90***