Proverbs 24:3
“By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established.”
Q: If the highest grade fuel powers a NASCAR for a race and fresh alfalfa hay fuels a horse for a derby, how is the Word of God the most high-octane fuel for a successful life?
Proverbs 24:14
“Know that wisdom is thus for your soul; If you find it, then there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.”
Q: Describe how personally reliant you are on God’s Word for guiding your daily decisions.
Psalms 119:1-4, 119:151
“How blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord. How blessed are those who observe His testimonies, who seek Him with all their heart. They also do no unrighteousness; they walk in His ways. You have ordained Your precepts, that we should keep them diligently.”
“You are near, O Lord, and all Your commandments are truth.”
Q: If the only wealth you ever possessed was the amount of Scripture you read daily, memorize in your heart and live by consistently, how full would your bank account be? What makes Scripture important to you?
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Matthew 5:6
“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.”
Q: What does it mean to hunger and thirst for a “Word-filled” lifestyle? How hungry and thirsty are you today for God’s Word and the fruit it produces in your life?
John 15:5
“I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.”
Q: What is the role of God’s Word in keeping your life “on the vine?” Describe the fruit God’s Word is producing in your life today.
Paul
2 Timothy 3:15-17
“…and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.”
Q: What does “inspired by God” mean as Paul describes the words of Scripture?
Peter
1 Peter 2:1-2
“Therefore, putting aside all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander, like newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may grow in respect to salvation.”
Q: What is the exhortation in this passage saying to you today?
APPLICATION:
How do these passages relate to me today? What changes do they bring to my life?
LOCKER ROOM:
Is there anything this week that you have been enslaved to, and how we can help you?
