Application GROW Class: Me and My Bible

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Caleb Mayfield

Basic Discipleship Training • Sermon • Submitted 5 years ago • Presented 5 years ago • 29:22

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This is a training series meant to help people who are new believers or have never been discipled by someone.

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Without God’s Word, we wouldn’t be able to see anything clearly!

Psalm 119:105 ESV

105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

Psalm 119:9–16 ESV

9 How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to your word. 10 With my whole heart I seek you; let me not wander from your commandments! 11 I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you. 12 Blessed are you, O Lord; teach me your statutes! 13 With my lips I declare all the rules of your mouth. 14 In the way of your testimonies I delight as much as in all riches. 15 I will meditate on your precepts and fix my eyes on your ways. 16 I will delight in your statutes; I will not forget your word.

Jeremiah 15:16 ESV

16 Your words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart, for I am called by your name, O Lord, God of hosts.

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

Daily Bible intake is a “must have” for a healthy walk with God

Not only are we reading the Bible, we are letting the Bible read us. Form us...

Okay, so… how?

Usually, people run into problems when they try to develop a good relationship with the Bible.

Problem: I try to read the bible, but I struggle to understand it!

Solutions

Slow down

Look up confusing words.

Attend Bible Studies

Try the Inductive Bible Study Method

Observe

What does this say?

Ask questions… The Five Ws

Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How.

Romans 6:23 ESV

23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Interpret

What does this mean?

What are some Timeless Truths this teaches?

Identify the implications of your observations...

Romans 6:23 ESV

23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Apply

What should I do with this?

Based on your observations, ask these questions:

Is there a central truth I need put into practice?

Is there a promise, command, or example I need to follow or to avoid?

How do I respond to what the passage is saying?

Does it challenge how I see the world?

What are the implications for the community that I am a part of?

Romans 6:23 ESV

23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Memorizing Scripture

What kind of things get stuck in your head?

It’s important for Christians to regularly empty their minds of junk in order to linger on the goodness of God’s Word

Memorizing Scripture

Storing Scripture in your mind in order to recall it at any given moment.

Tools for Memorization

Phone Apps

Flash Cards

A Bible

Music

Methods of Memorization

1. Repeat one/two verses over and over

Close your eyes after a few times

2. Take flash cards with you everywhere

Practice the verse regularly

3. OBFUSCATE

Cover up a different word each time you reread the verse

4. Record yourself reading the verse and listen to it over and over

Record slowly and repeat as each word or phrase is said

Practice: Remember Me App

Galatians 2:20 ESV

20 I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Practice: Song

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