James 1:19-26 “Hearing and Reading”

James 1:19-26  “Hearing and Reading”

We have talked about our need to be deliberate in passing on our faith. We have talked about the need to have a Barnabas and the need to have a Timothy. I gave you a challenge of getting together with one person for coffee and discussion. I also talked about how important the Bible is to our life. Today I want to talk about how to help your Timothy make the Bible their reference point for life.

In the passage we read today James talks about looking into the word like intently looking into a mirror. It is reading Gods’ Word in a way that is focused and with a purpose in mind. So we should have an intentional time of reading the Bible. A time that is intentional in that it is planned for each day. And Intentional in that it is with the intent of doing what it says.

When you are training your Timothy challenge him or her to read their Bible every day. When you meet with them take time to read together God’s Word and then reflect on it. Take as little as 7 minutes each day.

2 Timothy 3:16 says All Scripture is breathed out by God and is profitable for ….

(Repeat 3 times.)

Psalm 119:106

Now we memorized two verses.

Why every day?
Have you ever heard a song in the morning and cannot get it out of your head? What if we replace that song with a Bible passage? All through the day it will be there for you to think on and get understanding and focus from.

When I taught guitar I always stressed the you end your daily practice by doing the song right, because I know that our mind will repeat that last time. For good or for bad it does it.

Also you have no hope of following Gods’ word if you have not read it.

(Please get out your Bible and turn to Matthew 5. I am setting 7 minutes of our time today to read Matthew 5,6, and 7. We will all make different amounts of progress. But we will all accomplish the same thing. So read with the intent of finding what God desires for you to know and do.

Read your Bible with your Barnabas and your Timothy. Challenge them to read it just 7 minutes a day. Read it with the intent of doing what it says. Look for what you can apply to your life. Then put what you have learned into action.

Your challenge for this we is to read your Bible every day for 7 minutes each day. Also continue to meet with the person you have met with for coffee the last two weeks and now include 7 minutes of reading the Bible together.