Encountering God #1 - Through God’s Word

- 2015 THROWBACK“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. (Psalm 119:105)Text: Ps. 119:9-16, Jer. 15:16, Is. 55:11, Ps. 1:1-3, Rom. 8:31-39, Col. 3:15-17- God’s Word:1. Reveals KNOWLEDGE and WISDOM.2. Reveals GOD’S WILL for our lives.3. Is PRACTICAL and full of POWER.- How to Encounter God through the Word:1. Set aside TIME and READ it.2. MEDITATE on it and PRAY through it.3. Ask: What does it SAY? What are the FACTS?4. Ask: What are the spiritual PRINCIPLES I can learn from this?5. Ask the Spirit to REVEAL the truth you need from the Word.- 20 Ways to Encounter God through the Word:Survey the Word, Listen to the Word, Read the Word Silently, Read the Word Aloud (Privately), Read the Word Publicly, Discuss the Word, Hand-copy the Word, Study the Word, Cross-reference the Word, Stress the Word, Highlight the Word, Paraphrase the Word, Sketch the Word, Memorize the Word, Personalize the Word, Sing the Word, Display the Word, Share the Word, Teach (or Preach) the Word, Do the Word! - Encountering God Through the Word Prayer:Lord, make us a people who are endlessly hungry for your words of life. Make us a people that have so tasted and seen your goodness poured out in the pages of Scripture that we make time to feast on the bread of your Word. Fill us with a longing for deeper, more consistent encounters with you that we would search the pages of Scripture for truths that will open our hearts to you more fully. May our lives be marked today by the fruit grown from the seed of your Word.