#readthebible

God is our Heavenly Father, and He provided our soul with nutrients (the Scripture) to grow stronger and stronger in the faith!!!!! He is so gracious and merciful and loving towards us!!!!!!!

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Why look so closely at the Bible?

1. God’s call on every human being is that we glorify Him. He is calling each of us to show His supreme greatness.

By knowing and enjoying

2. Seeing God’s glory is essential to knowing it and enjoying it.

3. The first key to seeing God’s glory is internal: the miracle of new birth.

4.  The second key to seeing God’s glory is external: We must hear and understand the word of God, the gospel.

5. When we are internally awake to the glory of God and externally focused on the word of God, we meet God and see Him in His glory.

6. Therefore, we give ourselves to careful, thoughtful reading of God’s inspired spokesmen, like the apostle Paul.

1 Corinthians 2:12-13

Ephesians 3:4

✍️ Be a wise person to praise and cause people to praise God!

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📖 "Those who are #wise shall shine Like the brightness of the firmament, And those who turn many to righteousness Like the stars forever and ever."

What most of us forget while reading the Bible, is that the people within it, didn't know what was going to happen. They had no idea of the outcome. Noah didn't know what was going to happen when he started the ark. Abraham and Sarah didn't know what would happen when they left their comfortable homes in Ur. Nor did Abraham know what was about to happen when he was told to offer up Issac. Moses didn't know what was going to happen when he was sent to Egypt to release the Israelites. We know the outcome. We've read the stories. But they did not. They where real people, who just had an outstanding trust and faith in God.

When you think of that, it's easy to understand the Israelites' fear. Here they where, trapped between the Red Sea and Pharoah and the Egyptians. Put yourself in their place. The fear that they where likely feeling. Trapped. Not knowing what was going to happen. Moses likely wasn't even fully aware of what was about to take place. But Moses showed some outstanding faith and trust. Enough so he even told the Israelites to trust in their God. And what happened? God, through Moses, split the Red Sea for His people. It seemed hopeless to them, just like situations seem hopeless to us. But God provided away. And He can provide away for us too.

Let's push aside the Red Sea incident and look a little deeper; on something less awe inspiring, something insignificant to some. Let's focus on the Israelites' murmuring. Or their complaints. Their desire to go back to Egypt. Now, we might look at them and wonder how they could want such a thing. They where slaves in Egypt! But we forget, that they where humans. Just like us. And what do we do? We yearn for the past. The old days where so much better than right now. Sometimes we want to go back to those toxic friends, that toxic relationship. Why? Because our minds are focused on the good they offered us- something we don't have right now. Our minds forget the bad. We only focus on the good. And that's what we miss. We start to complain that things where better than. The Israelites stopped being grateful, started thinking things in Egypt where better. They stopped focusing on what God had given them- freedom from slavery.

It's a trap all of us can fall into. To lose focus and gratitude for what we have right now, in the present. We need to keep focused on what God has given us now. Remember, not every thing we lose is really a loss. To help keep focused, and keep a grateful heart and spirit so we don't develop a complaining attitude, think about this; What if you woke up tomorrow with only the things you thanked God for tonight?