The Bible: Breakfast of Champions

The Bible

Breakfast of Champions

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1 Peter 2:2

“Like newborn infants, desire the unadulterated spiritual milk, so that you may grow by it.”

Why should we learn how to intake the Word of God ?

1. Intaking God’s Word will help yo= u grow in godliness.

1 Peter 2:2

Like newborn infants, desire the unadulterated spiritual milk,= 1 Co 3:2; Heb 5:12–13 so that you may grow by it in The bracketed text has been added for clarity. salvation. (HC= SB)

&nbs= p; 2 Corinthians 3:18

We all, with unveiled faces, are reflecting Or <= /span>are looking as in a mirro= r at the glory of the Lord and are being transformed into the same image from gl= ory to glory Progressive glorification or sanctification this is from the Lord who is the Spirit. (HCSB) Or from the Spirit of the Lord, or = from the Lord, the Spirit=

2. Intaking God’s Word will cleanse you spiritually. It helps to extricate sin from your life!

John 15:3

You are already clean because of the word I have spoken= to you.= (HCSB)

John 17:17

Sanctify Set apart for special use them by the truth; Your word is truth. (HCSB)

      Ephesians 5:26

      . . .to make her holy, cleansing Or having cleansed her in the washing of water by the word. (HCSB)

3.   Intaking God’s Word will deepen and strengthen your faith. (HCSB)

      Romans 10:17

      So faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the message about Christ. (HCSB)

      Jude 20

      But you, dear friends, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and prayi= ng in the Holy Spirit,

      Acts 20:32

      And now Other mss add brothers, I commit you to God and to the message of His grace, which is able to build= you up and to give you an inheritance among all who are sanctified.<= /span>

4.   Intaking God’s Word will equip you to resist temptation.

      Psalm 119:9-11

      How can a young man keep his way pure? By keeping You]= Or <= /span>keeping it according to Y= our word.
I have sought You with all my heart; don’t l= et me wander from Your commands.
I have treasured Your word in my heart so that I may not sin against You.

      Matthew 4:4, 7 & 10

    &nbs= p;       But He answered, “It is written: Man must not live on bread alone but on every word that c= omes from the mouth of God.”

    = ; Jesus told him, “It is also written: Do not test the = Lord your God.

      Then Jesus told him, “Go away Other mss read

5.   Intaking God’s Word will give you God’s guidance and direction= for your life.

      Psalm 19:7

      The instruction of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the Lord= is trustworthy, making the inexperienced wise.

      Psalm 119:105

    = ;        Your word is a lamp for my feet and a light on my path.

      Proverbs 6:23

    &nbs= p;       For a commandment is a lamp, teaching is a light,] Ps 119:105 and corrective instructions are the way to life.



How Do We Intake God’s Word?

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1.   Hearing God’s Word

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2.   Reading God’s Word

3.   Memorizing God’s Word

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4.   Meditating on God’s Word

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5.   Applying God’s Word

6.   Studying God’s Word

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&= nbsp;           .<= /span>because Ezra had determined in his heart to &= nbsp;    study the law of the Lord, obe= y The bracketed text has been added for clarity. <= /span>, and teach <= span class=3Dfn1> The b= racketed text has been added for clarity. statu= tes and ordinances in Israel= .

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<= span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>      The people here were more open-minded &nb= sp;    than those in Thessalonica, since they w= elcomed the message with eagerness and   = examined the Scriptures daily to see if these =      things were so.

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