God's 66 Books!
"I have restrained my feet from every
evil way, that I may keep Your word."
Psalm 119: 101
Izaak Walton (1593-1683) wrote a poem about
the power of the Bible to strengthen his moral
life:
"Every hour
I read you, kills a sin
Or lets a virtue in
To fight against it."
Reading and listening to God’s Word is the
first step to understanding, and understand-
ing leads to self-examination, self-correction,
growth, maturity and to a wiser, stronger life.
When God’s Word takes root in our minds,
it produces fruit, resulting in a change in
our conduct and our conversation.
Allow the words of Scripture to penetrate your heart
and mind and lead to lasting change in your words
and actions. Read the Bible actively, asking
yourself,
“In this passage, is there a change to make, a sin to
confess, a habit to strengthen, or a weakness to
correct?”
Let God shape your mind and clarify your
life by an active daily engagement with
His 66 books! Begin today!
"By the instrument of the Scriptures, in the hands
of the Holy Spirit, God cuts away the corrosion
from the template of His glory. Miraculously we
are thus conformed to the
peculiar shape of
God’s glory."
John Piper
