July/17/ 2016
Psalm 119:105
This Week’s Scripture Memory:
Psalm 119:105 (NLT) “Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path”
Psalm 119:130 “Understanding your Word brings light to the minds of ordinary people.”
John 14:26 “Jesus said, ‘The Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.’”
John 16:15 “…The Spirit will take from what is mine and make it known to you.”
Genesis 21:19 “Then God opened her eyes and she saw a well of water. So she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.”
Numbers 22:31 “Then the Lord opened Balaam’s eyes, and he saw the angel of the Lord standing in the road with his sword drawn. So he bowed low and fell facedown.
Balaam couldn’t see in the natural what God was doing in the supernatural until God opened his eyes.
Luke 24:31 “Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him…”
How do I allow the Holy Spirit to open my eyes when I am studying His word?
1. I must ask God to open my eyes.
Psalm 119:18 “Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your laws.”
James 1:5 “If any of you lack wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt.”
Psalm 32:8 “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and watch over you.”
2. I must come to God with a humble attitude.
Psalm 25:9 “He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them his way.”
Proverbs 3:5-6 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.
3. I must acknowledge and turn from sin and conflict.
Matthew 5:8 Jesus said, “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.”
1 John 2:11 “Whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and he walks around in the darkness. He does not know where he’s going, because the darkness has blinded him.”
4. I must commit in advance to do what God says.
Psalm 119:33-34 “Teach me, O Lord, to follow your decrees; then I will keep them. Give me understanding, and I will keep your law and obey it with all my heart.”
James 1:22 “Do not merely listen to the word and so deceive yourselves, do what it says.”
Psalm 119:105 “Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.”
July/02/ 2016
5, 10, 15, 20
Part 1
Proverbs 7:2-3
Proverbs 7:2-3 "Guard my words as your most precious possession. Write them down, and also keep them within your heart."
4 major benefits to scripture memory.
1. Gives me a WEAPON to fight temptation.
Hebrews 4:12 “For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.”
Ephesians 6 tells us that we are not fighting a physical fight but a spiritual fight and that our weapon in this fight is “The sword of the Spirit which is the word of God.”
Psalm 119:9-10 “How can a young person stay pure? By obeying your word.
10 I have tried hard to find you— don’t let me wander from your commands.11 I have hidden your word in my heart,that I might not sin against you.
2. Gives me WISDOM to make good decisions
Psalm 119:105 “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.”
3. Gives me a WORD to hold onto when I am down
Romans 15:4 “Everything that was written in the past [he’s talking about the Bible] was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.”
Psalm 1:1-3 (NCV) “Happy are those who don’t listen to the wicked,who don’t go where sinners go, who don’t do what evil people do. They love the Lord’s teachings, and they think about those teachings day and night. They are strong, like a tree planted by a river. The tree produces fruit in season, and its leaves don’t die. Everything they do will succeed.”
Hebrews 4:12 “For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword.”
Maybe you are feeling…
Anxious:
I Peter 5:7 “Cast all you anxieties on the Lord for he cares for you.”
Sad:
Psalm 147:3 “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.”
Tired:
Galatians 6:9 “Let us not grow weary in doing good for at the proper time you will reap a harvest if you do not give up.”
Matthew 11:28 “come to me all you who are weary and I will give you rest.”
Frustrated:
Exodus 14:14 “The Lord himself will fight for you. Just stay calm
Hopeless:
Isaiah 40:31 “Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength.”
4. Helps me WITNESS to unbelievers
1 Peter 3:15 "Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have."
Our vision for this series: Get a hunger for God’s word. Give God’s word to others around the world.
