1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,680 Evening, everybody. Go ahead and turn in your Bibles 2 00:00:03,680 --> 00:00:09,080 to Psalm 119. Psalm 119. 3 00:00:10,360 --> 00:00:15,560 This message started off from Brother Brian's message about 4 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:20,880 how important your relationship with Christ and God is and how 5 00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:27,600 we shouldn't diminish that to, to do work for Christ. 6 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:32,520 And so it started off as how to have devotions. 7 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:38,640 I think a lot of times we talk about it and it's told make sure 8 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:41,560 you're having devotions, make sure you're reading God's word, 9 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:43,200 make sure you're doing that daily. 10 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:48,720 But as a new Christian, I don't think that we've in my life, I 11 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:52,480 don't ever think I've ever been told, how do you have devotions? 12 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:55,640 They have, you know, devotional books and those are really 13 00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:57,320 helpful and they give you guidance. 14 00:00:57,640 --> 00:01:00,920 But a devotional book is kind of like a commentary. 15 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:05,080 It's great to have, it's great to use, but the source should be 16 00:01:05,080 --> 00:01:10,240 this not, not not illustrations that give you one verse to read 17 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:14,120 that go in inside with with an illustration. 18 00:01:15,320 --> 00:01:20,280 And as you grow older, you need to get away from the devotional 19 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:23,440 books that they're great for kids and great for family 20 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:26,360 devotionals. But as you grow older and grow 21 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:29,320 in your faith, this should be your devotional book. 22 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:33,200 You should be able to pick up your Bible and have devotions 23 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:35,600 with God. And that was one of the things. 24 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:39,760 And I even talked to Brian about doing it as a Sunday school 13 25 00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:40,760 week. And he was like, how are you 26 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:43,360 going to do that for 13 weeks? And I said, yeah, that's a good 27 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:47,760 point. So the IT started off as that 28 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:51,480 how to have devotions. And I finished that up last 29 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:55,200 night, finalized and printed it off and headed off to bed. 30 00:01:55,200 --> 00:01:59,800 And about 3:00 this morning I woke up. 31 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:06,120 And that wasn't the message that got changed. 32 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:10,479 It's important to have devotions. 33 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:15,520 But why are we reading our Bible in the 1st place? 34 00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:20,680 Why read your Bible? Yes, yes, we know we're 35 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:25,920 commanded to do it, but as Christians, I think in today's 36 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:31,560 Christianity, reading your Bible is such a well, if I got time, 37 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:35,120 I'll do it. I don't really have a benefit of 38 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:37,480 why I should read it. I just, you know, I'm told to 39 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:40,320 read it, so I should read it And I woke up late. 40 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:42,120 I didn't have time to really get to it. 41 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:46,240 I'll read it later. And we see through the Bible, 42 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:49,360 David talks about rising up early in the morning and having 43 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:51,280 his devotions and his time with God. 44 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:56,040 And that's the best time to do it is start your day with God. 45 00:02:57,360 --> 00:03:00,680 But why? Why should we read our Bible? 46 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:08,080 The there was a sad statistic back in 2021 that that looked at 47 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:14,000 Christianity and, and found that 11% of Christians read their 48 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:20,720 Bible daily, seven days a week. 5% read four days or more. 49 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:28,840 That's 16% of all Christianity. Obviously I don't, it didn't say 50 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:34,120 how many were polled, but in that polling only 16% read it. 51 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:37,120 The worst thing is it's not that. 52 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:41,640 Oh, I do it on, on, you know, the days that we don't have 53 00:03:41,640 --> 00:03:46,800 church. The sad thing is 13% read less 54 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:51,960 than once a year. 29% said they never read it. 55 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:57,680 That's almost half of Christians that never read it or they read 56 00:03:57,680 --> 00:04:04,880 it once a year. Why why why is why why do we 57 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:06,760 have? Why are you shaking your head? 58 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:08,920 What? What's the point of reading 59 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:12,360 God's word if it's so important? Shouldn't a Christian 60 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:19,160 automatically want to read it? I I agree, but sadly, 61 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:22,400 Christianity Today doesn't see this as an important thing to 62 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:27,680 read, let alone every day or bring to church. 63 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:30,000 Well, I'll get to it when I get to it. 64 00:04:30,200 --> 00:04:33,640 You know, I and I, I was guilty of this in college. 65 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:38,000 You go to class, you listen to the professor and they teach and 66 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:39,240 stuff all everything in the book. 67 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:42,760 And then you go to have the test and you're like, where did you 68 00:04:42,760 --> 00:04:46,320 come up with these questions? Like 90% of them aren't even 69 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:50,200 anything we went over in class. What was the point of everything 70 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:54,320 you were teaching? As funny as that is, the sad 71 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:56,520 thing, I think a lot of Christians see the same way. 72 00:04:57,200 --> 00:05:00,560 They come to church, they listen to the preacher, The preacher 73 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:06,200 reads from the word of God. But the sad thing is, is we're 74 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:08,280 not having a test at the end of the week. 75 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:13,800 The test is every day of our life and yes, we we get things 76 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:17,920 that God gives to the pastor to give to us every single week, 77 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:21,920 but the rest of the book is important. 78 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:26,400 Pastor can only give you 3 messages a week. 79 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:33,160 I don't know if if you've looked at it doing 3 messages a week, 80 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:35,800 it's going to take a long time to get through the whole book 81 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:39,720 and half the time that you're in the same passages a lot of 82 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:44,640 times. So, so God designed his word 83 00:05:44,640 --> 00:05:49,200 that we read it ourselves as a child of God. 84 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:56,240 We should want to read it as you grow and as you get older and as 85 00:05:56,240 --> 00:06:00,760 you want to be closer to God. This is the letter that he wrote 86 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:04,480 to you. This is this is the the 87 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:07,080 everything that God ever wanted you to know. 88 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:10,360 OK, for instance, we just finish. 89 00:06:12,200 --> 00:06:14,960 Let me get there. What did we just finish? 90 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:19,200 What book did we just finish? Well, I just heard a whole bunch 91 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:22,400 of different books. No, no, no, not Sunday school 92 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:26,840 Colossians. Sorry, I should have specified. 93 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:32,480 And what's interesting, and you might have remembered here 94 00:06:32,480 --> 00:06:38,560 reading this or hearing pastor read this, in the end it says 95 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:46,720 Paul says in verse 16 in the last chapter, and when this 96 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:50,320 epistle is read among you, cause it to be read also in the Church 97 00:06:50,320 --> 00:06:55,360 of Laodiceans, and that ye likewise read the epistle from 98 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:58,200 Laodicea. Well, that's interesting. 99 00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:03,720 Where's the book of Laodicea? Oh, my Bible doesn't have it. 100 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:09,760 Well, why wouldn't we have that? Well, obviously it's because God 101 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:15,800 did not want us to have it. God put these 66 books in His 102 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:18,160 Word for a purpose, for a reason. 103 00:07:18,680 --> 00:07:21,640 And it wasn't just so you could come and listen to it, be 104 00:07:21,640 --> 00:07:24,280 preached at you and taught to you at church. 105 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:30,400 It was for your everyday life. Go to hold your finger in Psalms 106 00:07:30,520 --> 00:07:37,400 119. Go to Ezekiel 33 Ezekiel 33 107 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:43,760 gives us a really important warning and kind of a a what I 108 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:46,480 think a lot of Christians how we are today. 109 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:53,440 Ezekiel 33 verse 31 and they come and and the beginning of 110 00:07:53,440 --> 00:07:57,120 the chapter is talking about some pretty horrible things 111 00:07:57,120 --> 00:08:00,200 going to be coming to the children of Israel. 112 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:04,120 Some some judgements, and then we pick up in verse 31. 113 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:07,400 And they can't. And they come unto thee as the 114 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:11,320 people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people. 115 00:08:11,560 --> 00:08:16,320 And they hear thy words, but they will not do them, for with 116 00:08:16,320 --> 00:08:20,720 their mouth they show much love, but their heart go with after 117 00:08:20,720 --> 00:08:24,960 their covetousness. And lo, thou art unto them as a 118 00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:30,640 very lovely song of one that has a pleasant voice and can play 119 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:35,880 well on an instrument, For they hear thy words, but they do them 120 00:08:35,880 --> 00:08:39,440 not. I want to give you 10 reasons 121 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:47,640 from Psalm 119 why the Bible says read it not just commands, 122 00:08:47,640 --> 00:08:51,480 but some benefits. Why you as a child of God, 123 00:08:51,480 --> 00:08:58,640 should read God's Word daily. Psalms 119 And these by Oh no 124 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:02,880 means is this a long list. A list expounded. 125 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:08,600 There are so many reasons, but here are 10 reasons why you 126 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:11,200 should read the Word of God. And hopefully it'll challenge 127 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:14,840 you to want to read it if you don't read it already, and 128 00:09:14,840 --> 00:09:18,200 challenge you to want to read it more if you do read it already. 129 00:09:19,080 --> 00:09:23,480 Maybe you've never been taught the same way. 130 00:09:27,680 --> 00:09:32,840 Well, we'll just #1 we'll just get into this. 131 00:09:33,520 --> 00:09:37,280 You're there in verse Psalm 119. Look at verse 2. 132 00:09:38,080 --> 00:09:43,320 Blessed are they that keep His testimonies and that seek Him 133 00:09:43,320 --> 00:09:48,040 with the whole heart. We get a blessing from reading 134 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:51,280 God's Word. I don't know about you, but I 135 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:56,440 can ask Pastor to pray for me. I can ask ask pastor for for 136 00:09:56,640 --> 00:10:01,520 wisdom, for guidance, but pastor can't give me a blessing. 137 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:07,000 The the the Catholic Church sees the Pope and the priests as 138 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:11,680 something that they can give blessings, but only God can give 139 00:10:11,680 --> 00:10:15,560 blessings. Revelations 1/3 talking about 140 00:10:15,560 --> 00:10:20,280 revelation that says blessed is he that readeth and they that 141 00:10:20,280 --> 00:10:23,680 hear the words of this prophecy and keep those things which are 142 00:10:23,680 --> 00:10:26,760 written there in for the time is at hand. 143 00:10:26,920 --> 00:10:31,800 There's a blessing that God can give you because you read his 144 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:34,560 word. You know, there's there's a lot 145 00:10:34,560 --> 00:10:37,720 of times where we talk about or you shouldn't give candy for 146 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:39,640 somebody knowing something about the Bible. 147 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:42,920 We have the Bible trivia. We shouldn't reward people to be 148 00:10:42,920 --> 00:10:45,160 doing that kind of stuff. It gives them just an incentive 149 00:10:45,160 --> 00:10:50,520 to just to want candy. The Word of God is filled with 150 00:10:50,520 --> 00:10:54,680 reasons why God wants you to do something and then gives you a 151 00:10:54,680 --> 00:10:57,840 gift because of doing it. The crowns. 152 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:02,920 One of the reasons for reading God's word is God will bless 153 00:11:02,960 --> 00:11:06,080 you. Take it how you want. 154 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:11,520 I want God's blessing. Read His word. 155 00:11:12,560 --> 00:11:17,440 The second thing we see there in verse 9, wherewithal shall a 156 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:23,040 young man cleanse his way by taking, taking heed thereto. 157 00:11:23,320 --> 00:11:27,760 According to thy word, you want victory over sin. 158 00:11:28,400 --> 00:11:32,480 You have a sin that that easily besets you, one that you can't 159 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:35,800 get victory over that you. Every time the temptation comes, 160 00:11:35,800 --> 00:11:40,280 you always fall to it, and you try everything in your strength 161 00:11:40,280 --> 00:11:42,840 to do it. God says you read my word, I'll 162 00:11:42,840 --> 00:11:48,520 give you victory. Psalms 119 verse 11 Thy word 163 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:50,800 have I hid in my heart. Why? 164 00:11:51,440 --> 00:11:53,760 That I might not sin against thee. 165 00:11:54,160 --> 00:11:56,120 How do you hide God's word in your heart? 166 00:11:56,120 --> 00:11:59,200 You read it. I'm not going to be able to hide 167 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:01,600 God's word in my heart if I don't read any of it. 168 00:12:03,520 --> 00:12:09,760 One verse 101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way that 169 00:12:09,760 --> 00:12:15,960 I might keep thy word. Verse 170 Let my supplication 170 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:20,160 come before thee. Deliver me according to thy 171 00:12:20,160 --> 00:12:24,000 word. You need victory. 172 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:28,240 It's in this book. How do you get it? 173 00:12:28,800 --> 00:12:35,080 Read it, study it. God's word can keep you from 174 00:12:35,240 --> 00:12:39,320 those temptations and and give you the victory to overcome that 175 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:45,120 sin. Verse one O 5 Guidance. 176 00:12:46,280 --> 00:12:49,800 Verse one O 5. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet 177 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:55,160 and a light unto my path. You you need help trying to 178 00:12:55,160 --> 00:12:59,080 figure out where to go to college, where you should go 179 00:12:59,080 --> 00:13:04,800 work, who you should marry. God says read my word and I'll 180 00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:07,520 guide you. Don't. 181 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:11,000 Don't you want God's will for who you should marry? 182 00:13:11,640 --> 00:13:15,840 Don't you want God's will for to know where you should live, what 183 00:13:15,840 --> 00:13:18,480 place you should go to, what you shouldn't do? 184 00:13:19,400 --> 00:13:21,280 God's Word can give you guidance. 185 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:27,520 Psalm one 19133 says Order my steps in thy word, and let not 186 00:13:27,520 --> 00:13:29,760 any iniquity have dominion over me. 187 00:13:31,720 --> 00:13:36,160 As a Christian living in this world, we need this book to 188 00:13:36,160 --> 00:13:40,840 guide us this, this world and, and work and dealing with 189 00:13:40,840 --> 00:13:46,000 people, dealing with people that we know are not saved, that that 190 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:49,720 we know are fully against everything this book says is 191 00:13:49,720 --> 00:13:52,440 right. How do you deal with that? 192 00:13:52,720 --> 00:13:55,640 How do you live with them? How do you work for them? 193 00:13:56,520 --> 00:14:01,120 This book will tell you how and the only way to do that is by 194 00:14:01,120 --> 00:14:03,760 reading it. Let's pray. 195 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:07,880 I forgot to pray. I, I, I need that Heavenly 196 00:14:07,880 --> 00:14:11,120 Father, I thank you so much for this morning, for, for being 197 00:14:11,120 --> 00:14:13,880 able to be in your house, to be able to wake up this morning 198 00:14:13,880 --> 00:14:17,800 and, and to have another day to live for you and to, to be able 199 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:23,040 to come here tonight to gather around your word and to learn. 200 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:28,800 God, what you've given us this precious gift that we call the 201 00:14:28,800 --> 00:14:32,200 Bible. God, I pray that we, we learned 202 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:40,560 that how precious this is, how important it should be to us. 203 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:46,160 God, I pray that you, you help us to, to see why it should be 204 00:14:46,160 --> 00:14:50,400 precious to us. I pray that you you'll be 205 00:14:50,400 --> 00:14:54,080 glorified and you'll be lifted up and be honored by the 206 00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:57,640 preaching tonight that it's specifically about your word 207 00:14:57,640 --> 00:15:00,680 that you said that you magnify above your own name. 208 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:04,720 God, I pray that you'd be pleased with everything tonight 209 00:15:04,720 --> 00:15:08,720 in Jesus name I pray, Amen. So it gives us guidance. 210 00:15:09,480 --> 00:15:13,760 OK, We can get a manuscript to give us guidance on how to get 211 00:15:13,760 --> 00:15:16,200 through the trail. Brother Scott, you do a lot of 212 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:19,600 hiking and there's a lot of times where you're going hiking 213 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:21,720 and it's like, do I go that way or that way? 214 00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:25,600 And they have guidebooks, they tell you, hey, this is the trail 215 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:29,720 that takes you an hour to do. Don't take a left because that 216 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:32,880 turns into four hours unless you're ready for it. 217 00:15:33,360 --> 00:15:36,080 It's a guidebook. But what's the difference 218 00:15:36,080 --> 00:15:38,200 between that guidebook and this one? 219 00:15:40,480 --> 00:15:45,920 This one's forever settled. Those paths on that hiking trail 220 00:15:45,920 --> 00:15:48,440 may change. Floods come. 221 00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:52,160 Trees fall down. Your path might change. 222 00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:57,560 But this guidebook never does. Look at verse 89 of Psalm 119. 223 00:15:57,960 --> 00:16:04,160 Forever, O Lord, Thy word is settled in heaven, not here 224 00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:08,880 where it can, where moth the corrupt as the Bible says, but 225 00:16:08,880 --> 00:16:13,400 in heaven. Psalm 138 verse 2 says, I will 226 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:16,840 worship toward thy holy temple and praise Thy name for thy 227 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:21,480 loving kindness and for Thy truth, for thou hast magnified 228 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:28,720 thy word above all thy name. Brother Brian Sunday school did 229 00:16:28,720 --> 00:16:33,920 a couple times ago about the names of God and, and, and by 230 00:16:33,920 --> 00:16:36,320 all means. It was not an exhaustive list. 231 00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:39,240 There was so many more names that he could have gone into. 232 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:46,320 God says, I put this book above all of them, every single one of 233 00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:53,960 them, Jehovah, Jehovah Jireh, every word that describes me. 234 00:16:54,480 --> 00:16:58,200 God says my names, I've put my word above it. 235 00:16:58,240 --> 00:17:03,960 All that should be important to us, that should make God's word. 236 00:17:04,160 --> 00:17:09,079 If God puts his word above his name, we should do the same 237 00:17:09,079 --> 00:17:15,920 thing. It's forever settled #5 it's 238 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:23,680 perfect, it's true. 119 Verse 140 Thy word is very pure, 239 00:17:24,240 --> 00:17:32,080 therefore thy servant loveth it. Verse 160 Thy word is true from 240 00:17:32,080 --> 00:17:34,400 beginning. From the beginning, and every 241 00:17:34,400 --> 00:17:37,680 one of thy righteous judgments endureth forever. 242 00:17:38,720 --> 00:17:42,400 John 1717 Sanctify them through thy truth. 243 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:48,240 Thy word is truth. Second Samuel 728 Samuel says, 244 00:17:48,240 --> 00:17:53,880 And now O Lord God, thou art that God, and thy words be true, 245 00:17:54,280 --> 00:17:57,400 and thou has promised this goodness unto thy servant. 246 00:17:58,080 --> 00:18:03,320 God's word is settled forever and it is perfect and true. 247 00:18:03,600 --> 00:18:06,280 There's no mistakes in this guidebook. 248 00:18:06,560 --> 00:18:08,720 There's no there was a misprint. Sorry. 249 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:12,080 AC subsection 4 for the correction. 250 00:18:12,160 --> 00:18:16,720 No, it's perfect cover to cover all the way through. 251 00:18:19,320 --> 00:18:24,960 It's going to be around forever. You know, we, we use the word 252 00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:28,760 that it's a living book. We, we hear that at the, the 253 00:18:28,760 --> 00:18:31,120 pastor says that. We hear that every, every now 254 00:18:31,120 --> 00:18:34,600 and then somebody says that I, I, I love reading this book 255 00:18:34,600 --> 00:18:36,800 because it's a living book. What does that mean? 256 00:18:37,960 --> 00:18:40,320 You know, a lot of, a lot of people have the right words to 257 00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:43,840 say, but do you know what it means? 258 00:18:45,080 --> 00:18:49,720 It means this and and this was a good quote that I I better way 259 00:18:49,720 --> 00:18:57,200 of saying it than I could have. It lasts its lasting freshness 260 00:18:57,360 --> 00:19:01,280 in every generation and every age and every person that picks 261 00:19:01,280 --> 00:19:04,640 it up. It is alive and living and 262 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:07,200 fresh. I may have other books in my 263 00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:11,720 library, but I've read them a number of times, but after a few 264 00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:13,960 readings, I exhaust their knowledge. 265 00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:18,440 But not the Bible. The lasting freshness of this 266 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:21,040 Word of God says that it is alive. 267 00:19:21,320 --> 00:19:25,240 It never, it's never obsolete, it's never into, it's 268 00:19:25,280 --> 00:19:27,960 indestructible. It produces growth that gives 269 00:19:27,960 --> 00:19:32,880 life and it sustains life. That's why this book is living, 270 00:19:33,560 --> 00:19:38,080 because I could read Psalms 119 and get this message from it. 271 00:19:38,920 --> 00:19:42,840 Brother Matt, you could read the same Psalm 119 and get a whole 272 00:19:42,840 --> 00:19:48,120 different message from it. It could change what I read. 273 00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:52,360 Not the words don't change, but the Holy Spirit speaks out of 274 00:19:52,360 --> 00:19:57,520 this book, teaches and and points things out that you need. 275 00:19:58,680 --> 00:20:01,640 How do we get that? By reading God's Word. 276 00:20:03,880 --> 00:20:06,680 The only way to get that is to be in it. 277 00:20:08,080 --> 00:20:14,400 Wisdom number six. Psalm 1/19 1:30 The entrance of 278 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:18,720 thy words giveth light. It giveth understanding unto the 279 00:20:18,720 --> 00:20:22,640 simple. I need that I fall under simple 280 00:20:23,160 --> 00:20:24,560 gives me understanding. How? 281 00:20:24,760 --> 00:20:28,920 How come the unsaved read this and say that that's too many 282 00:20:28,920 --> 00:20:31,840 thighs and thighs and they don't make any sense? 283 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:35,240 Well, you know why? Because it's not a book for the 284 00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:36,800 unsaved. Yes. 285 00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:39,880 Does it show the gospel in it? And can they get saved through 286 00:20:39,880 --> 00:20:40,440 it? Yes. 287 00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:42,960 But the understanding is with the Holy Spirit. 288 00:20:43,760 --> 00:20:48,400 That's why a child of God can read this book and see something 289 00:20:48,400 --> 00:20:52,200 different every single time. You can't. 290 00:20:55,360 --> 00:20:57,000 Verse 169. We'll look. 291 00:20:57,080 --> 00:21:01,640 Let me let my cry come near before Thee, O Lord, give me 292 00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:04,520 understanding according to Thy word. 293 00:21:05,720 --> 00:21:08,120 You have something going on in your life and you just don't 294 00:21:08,120 --> 00:21:11,320 know what to do. You don't understand why is this 295 00:21:11,320 --> 00:21:12,960 happening? Why? 296 00:21:12,960 --> 00:21:14,880 Why am I having to deal with this? 297 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:22,920 Why am I going through this? Lord, get in the book along with 298 00:21:22,920 --> 00:21:24,440 it. It can give you an answer of the 299 00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:28,880 words to say you know the the Bible says study to show thyself 300 00:21:28,880 --> 00:21:32,600 the proved unto a God, a Workman that needeth not to be ashamed, 301 00:21:32,600 --> 00:21:36,440 rightly dividing the word of truth talks about being able to 302 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:41,240 give an answer to every man. How do you do that reading God's 303 00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:46,480 word. Psalm 11942 So shall I have 304 00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:52,040 wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me for I trust in my 305 00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:56,040 word. If you read his word, he'll give 306 00:21:56,040 --> 00:21:58,760 you the answers. He'll give you the, the 307 00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:02,000 responses that you need to be able to say to somebody. 308 00:22:02,920 --> 00:22:05,120 You have somebody knock on your door. 309 00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:09,560 How do you respond? I, I, I, I'm not a, I'm not a 310 00:22:09,560 --> 00:22:11,600 pastor. I didn't go to Bible college. 311 00:22:11,600 --> 00:22:15,320 I don't have all these degrees and knowing if, if you're in 312 00:22:15,320 --> 00:22:19,600 God's word every single day, don't you think God will give 313 00:22:19,600 --> 00:22:23,720 you the right words to say? You know, somebody can go to 314 00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:27,480 Bible college for four years and be trained in the ministry and 315 00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:32,280 trained in Bible theology, but if you just read the word every 316 00:22:32,280 --> 00:22:37,560 single day for four years, you'll have the same amount of 317 00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:40,720 knowledge. You don't need to go to college, 318 00:22:40,880 --> 00:22:44,520 Bible college to be able to no one understand God's word. 319 00:22:45,480 --> 00:22:48,480 You can just read it, and God will give you the words to say 320 00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:54,920 #7 Protection. Verse 114 Thou art my hiding 321 00:22:54,920 --> 00:23:00,920 place and my shield. I hope in thy word. 116 Uphold 322 00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:06,000 me according unto thy word, that I may live, and let me not be 323 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:09,920 ashamed of my hope. There's protection given when 324 00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:16,040 you read God's word. Strength Psalm 1/19/28 My soul 325 00:23:16,040 --> 00:23:22,040 melteth for heaviness. Strengthen thou me according 326 00:23:22,240 --> 00:23:24,760 unto thy word. Have you ever got to the point? 327 00:23:24,760 --> 00:23:27,240 After the day of work, you're just like I'm done. 328 00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:30,800 I'm just. I'm going to have a pity party. 329 00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:36,160 This is you don't have any idea what I had to deal with today. 330 00:23:36,520 --> 00:23:40,200 The people pastor said it many times. 331 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:45,000 The ministry would be great if it weren't for the people Fill 332 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:48,960 in the name of the job title. It would be the same, it would 333 00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:51,760 be great if it wasn't for the people, and you start having a 334 00:23:51,760 --> 00:23:56,280 pity party. God's word says, get in me and 335 00:23:56,280 --> 00:24:02,560 I'll strengthen you. Psalm 11950 This is my comfort 336 00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:06,520 in my affliction, for thy word hath quickened me. 337 00:24:06,520 --> 00:24:09,320 You'll see that if you read chapter 119. 338 00:24:09,360 --> 00:24:13,360 Over and over and over he says, Thy word hath quickened me. 339 00:24:13,520 --> 00:24:18,560 What does quicken mean? Made alive Does something that 340 00:24:18,560 --> 00:24:22,120 is made alive be weak or is it strong? 341 00:24:22,120 --> 00:24:27,560 Is it renewed with strength? This word of God has the ability 342 00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:32,200 to give you strength. How do you go through a death in 343 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:38,760 the family and, and, and the Bible says that we we we sorrow 344 00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:42,880 not as those that have no hope. Why? 345 00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:47,200 How are you able to do that? How are you able to get through 346 00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:52,480 the tragedies that this world sees is is the worst possible 347 00:24:52,480 --> 00:24:59,400 tragedy by being in this book the benefit of reading God's 348 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:06,120 word peace. This world needs peace this 349 00:25:06,120 --> 00:25:09,080 these these Christians in this world need peace. 350 00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:14,800 Verse 165 great peace have they which love thy law and nothing 351 00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:17,480 shall offend them. Oh, that would be interesting. 352 00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:21,040 Wouldn't that be nice to be able to say at any time There's there 353 00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:23,840 was people griping at church in a church. 354 00:25:24,560 --> 00:25:25,920 I'd love to be able to pull that. 355 00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:30,200 You have a church that's about to split. 356 00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:33,760 Hey, guess what, you shouldn't be able to get offended. 357 00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:36,400 Why? Because the Bible says that 358 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:40,880 great peace have they which love thy law and nothing shall offend 359 00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:45,160 them. Oh, must be not be in God's book 360 00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:49,520 then. Peace is something that this 361 00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:59,080 world has no idea about #10 God will give you sleepless nights. 362 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:04,600 Oh time out I don't like. That's not a benefit got to give 363 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:09,160 you. Look at verse one 848 Mine eyes 364 00:26:09,160 --> 00:26:14,000 prevent the night watches, meaning I, I, I can't get to 365 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:15,360 sleep. I've tried. 366 00:26:15,360 --> 00:26:17,840 I I can't even get to sleep. Why? 367 00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:21,240 That I might meditate in my word. 368 00:26:21,840 --> 00:26:24,680 Sometimes God doesn't let you sleep because he has something 369 00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:27,760 he wants to tell you in his word. 370 00:26:29,560 --> 00:26:32,640 Have you ever had trouble sleeping or or woken up in the 371 00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:36,680 middle of the night? God might be trying to get you 372 00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:41,280 to His Word sometimes. You know, if you're like me, 373 00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:46,840 sleep is hard to get quickly. My wife can hit the pillow and 374 00:26:46,840 --> 00:26:50,600 she's out. I can hit the pillow, I can hit 375 00:26:50,600 --> 00:26:52,560 the bed, I can hit the floor. I mean it. 376 00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:55,040 It takes me a little while to get to sleep. 377 00:26:58,080 --> 00:27:00,640 Talking about peace and about sleepless nights. 378 00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:05,720 God's Word can give you the rest in the stillness in your mind to 379 00:27:05,720 --> 00:27:10,880 let you sleep some extra. So there's the 10. 380 00:27:11,280 --> 00:27:15,840 Here's some extras just because I was feeling extra studious. 381 00:27:17,120 --> 00:27:20,520 Verse one O 3. How sweet are thy words unto my 382 00:27:20,520 --> 00:27:22,960 taste? Yeah, sweeter than honey to my 383 00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:29,160 mouth. Jeremiah 1516 says Thy words 384 00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:32,160 were found, and I did eat them, and they were. 385 00:27:32,560 --> 00:27:36,560 And that word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of my heart. 386 00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:40,000 For I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts. 387 00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:46,480 Verse 162 of Psalm 119 I rejoice that thy word as one that 388 00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:54,320 findeth great spoil. Not only does God's word say, 389 00:27:54,320 --> 00:28:00,280 read it and I will bless you. The fact of what it cost to have 390 00:28:00,280 --> 00:28:06,440 this through the years through, through the many, many years. 391 00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:13,600 We, we watched Polycarp not too long ago, maybe it was a long 392 00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:15,880 time ago, I don't remember. But we watched the, the 393 00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:22,960 documentary film about Polycarp and after many things happened 394 00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:25,800 and they outlawed it and they finally capture him and, and 395 00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:29,280 they tell him to recant, standing him before the fire and 396 00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:31,280 say, if you recant, we'll let you go. 397 00:28:31,280 --> 00:28:33,160 If you don't, you're going at the stake. 398 00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:40,440 And Polycarp says this 80 and six years have I served him, and 399 00:28:40,440 --> 00:28:44,600 he never once wronged me. How then shall I blasphemy my 400 00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:49,440 king who hath saved me? All the Christians that that 401 00:28:49,440 --> 00:28:52,840 were burned at the stake, that were mutilated, that were 402 00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:57,640 drugged through the streets that went through the Colosseum, We 403 00:28:57,640 --> 00:29:02,400 have that picture in the in the hallway of, of a Coliseum of 404 00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:05,560 Christians that are going to be killed because of their faith, 405 00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:11,000 because of this Bible. Can you imagine being the 406 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:15,400 Christian that's not a part of them that didn't get captured? 407 00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:22,440 How, how do you continue? I, I just watched my friends get 408 00:29:22,440 --> 00:29:26,400 destroyed by lions. And if I keep doing it, I'm 409 00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:33,360 going to find the same fate. But over and over and over 410 00:29:33,360 --> 00:29:35,720 again. They were willing to give their 411 00:29:35,720 --> 00:29:40,360 life for this book. If you or I were in that 412 00:29:40,360 --> 00:29:42,880 situation, would we still have God's word today? 413 00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:48,600 Would we have the boldness, the conviction, the faith that said 414 00:29:49,440 --> 00:29:51,960 my life means nothing compared to this book? 415 00:29:52,520 --> 00:29:56,160 Because I understand that this book is above even God's own 416 00:29:56,160 --> 00:29:59,320 name. That's why they were willing to 417 00:29:59,320 --> 00:30:04,120 be tortured and destroyed for this book. 418 00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:08,440 We, we, we have a chorus that we sing just the chorus of this 419 00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:12,040 blessed old book that I hold in my hand is is true from 420 00:30:12,040 --> 00:30:15,480 beginning to end. It's a solid foundation where I 421 00:30:15,480 --> 00:30:18,320 firmly stand. Sin kept me from it. 422 00:30:18,320 --> 00:30:22,240 Now it keeps me from sin. But the the 1st and 2nd verses, 423 00:30:23,760 --> 00:30:27,280 the first verse says it is well. It's a well of pure water when 424 00:30:27,280 --> 00:30:31,840 I'm thirsty and dry, and bread when I'm hungry and worn when 425 00:30:31,840 --> 00:30:35,440 the battle is raging. It's my faithful sword, a 426 00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:37,880 shelter from life's trouble storm. 427 00:30:38,360 --> 00:30:42,680 It's a light to my pathway, a lamp to my feet when this world 428 00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:46,960 gets so dark I can't see. And I've not made a change in 429 00:30:46,960 --> 00:30:50,640 one word that it said, but it sure made a change in me. 430 00:30:53,600 --> 00:30:59,400 And then verse 2, when I think what it costs just to hold in my 431 00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:05,880 hand, it reminds me that I owe a great debt to all of the martyrs 432 00:31:05,880 --> 00:31:09,960 who's gone to the stake and quoted with their Brying debt. 433 00:31:10,040 --> 00:31:13,160 Dying breath. Now its critics are many, 434 00:31:13,160 --> 00:31:15,960 believers are few. But one thing I found to be 435 00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:19,320 true. If you find when you read it 436 00:31:19,320 --> 00:31:22,920 that there's something wrong, there's something wrong with 437 00:31:22,920 --> 00:31:27,880 you. This blessed old book, we have 438 00:31:27,880 --> 00:31:33,320 so many copies of it. You have one here at church, you 439 00:31:33,320 --> 00:31:37,200 have some at home there. There's places in this world and 440 00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:40,920 pastors talked about it that, that they, they get a Bible and 441 00:31:40,920 --> 00:31:45,960 they, they cling to it like it's the lifeline to keep them alive. 442 00:31:46,560 --> 00:31:51,840 There's some places where they only have single pages, one copy 443 00:31:51,840 --> 00:31:55,400 of the word and they, they give brother Brian verse one through 444 00:31:55,400 --> 00:31:59,520 5 and and and doc gets another page for the week and, and, and 445 00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:03,120 somebody else gets the page and they they circulate that around. 446 00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:12,280 We have the entire thing and we don't even read it and we have 447 00:32:12,280 --> 00:32:14,800 multiple copies and we don't even read it. 448 00:32:19,120 --> 00:32:23,040 So how about you? Are you in God's Word every day? 449 00:32:24,520 --> 00:32:26,960 Do you read it? Do you study it? 450 00:32:27,760 --> 00:32:31,560 Is it important to you? That man, I'm going to be late 451 00:32:31,560 --> 00:32:35,480 for work, but it doesn't matter. God's Word is more important 452 00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:39,560 than my being late to work. The world may not understand it. 453 00:32:39,560 --> 00:32:42,320 To the world, it's foolishness. Why would you? 454 00:32:42,400 --> 00:32:43,800 Why would you be late to something? 455 00:32:43,840 --> 00:32:45,920 To read a book, Read the book later. 456 00:32:46,560 --> 00:32:49,280 Listen to it on audio while you're driving into work. 457 00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:58,880 Get in God's book Fun Facts, There's 5300 and Let Me try that 458 00:32:58,880 --> 00:33:07,360 again. 535,600 minutes in a year and it takes 4240 minutes to 459 00:33:07,360 --> 00:33:13,080 read the entire Bible. That leaves you with 531,360 460 00:33:13,080 --> 00:33:15,200 minutes to do whatever else you need to do. 461 00:33:18,560 --> 00:33:24,360 There's 365 days in a year. It takes little, a little under 462 00:33:24,360 --> 00:33:28,320 3 days to read the Bible. I, I would challenge that. 463 00:33:28,320 --> 00:33:32,240 It might take me a couple more days than three, but still it 464 00:33:32,240 --> 00:33:36,840 leaves you with 362 days to do what you want. 465 00:33:38,440 --> 00:33:42,120 Here's your challenge. Would you add five minutes to 466 00:33:42,120 --> 00:33:44,320 whatever time you have to read God's word? 467 00:33:45,280 --> 00:33:49,320 Maybe, maybe you're somebody that doesn't have any time, 468 00:33:49,800 --> 00:33:52,160 doesn't know where do I even start? 469 00:33:52,360 --> 00:33:55,080 I wish you would have done that whole How do I have devotions? 470 00:33:55,200 --> 00:34:00,520 Here's a good way to start. There are almost the same amount 471 00:34:00,520 --> 00:34:06,760 of days that there are proverbs. Read a proverb every day, then 472 00:34:08,199 --> 00:34:12,960 read 5 chapters of Psalm. That'll give you that'll 473 00:34:12,960 --> 00:34:16,520 complete Psalm in a month and Proverbs in about a month. 474 00:34:17,280 --> 00:34:23,760 And then after you do those two, start with Matthew to start with 475 00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:27,760 Matthew and start reading. Maybe it'll only take you a 476 00:34:27,760 --> 00:34:30,880 couple a couple chapters. Maybe it's only the first couple 477 00:34:30,880 --> 00:34:34,920 verses in Matthew and think about them. 478 00:34:36,320 --> 00:34:38,679 You know, we think we think about cows. 479 00:34:38,679 --> 00:34:42,800 They have 4 stomachs. I have one that might be as 480 00:34:42,800 --> 00:34:49,560 equal to two of those, but cows regurgitate their food and and 481 00:34:49,560 --> 00:34:52,440 that's what meditating on the word of God means. 482 00:34:52,639 --> 00:34:57,920 It's it's taking in what God has allowed you to read and, and 483 00:34:57,920 --> 00:35:02,400 meditating and then thinking of it and then swallowing it and 484 00:35:02,400 --> 00:35:05,920 then throughout the day, as gross it might sound, bring it 485 00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:09,200 back up. Think about what you just read 486 00:35:09,200 --> 00:35:11,840 this morning. If you're like me, sometimes it 487 00:35:11,840 --> 00:35:14,560 takes you a couple times reading the same thing for you to 488 00:35:14,560 --> 00:35:18,360 remember what you even read. Because sometimes in the morning 489 00:35:18,360 --> 00:35:22,400 you're reading it like this and you're calling it falling asleep 490 00:35:22,680 --> 00:35:26,200 while you're reading it because you're just woken up and you 491 00:35:26,200 --> 00:35:27,760 haven't had a shower to wake you up. 492 00:35:28,600 --> 00:35:31,560 And it takes you a couple times reading the same thing over and 493 00:35:31,560 --> 00:35:34,040 over because you can read it and then get your shower. 494 00:35:34,040 --> 00:35:36,760 And as soon as you get out of the shower, you're like, did I 495 00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:39,640 do my devotions? I think I read my I've read the 496 00:35:39,640 --> 00:35:40,400 Bible. Yeah, sure. 497 00:35:40,400 --> 00:35:43,160 I did the check mark. Yeah, I did that today. 498 00:35:44,760 --> 00:35:47,280 That's not what having devotions is about. 499 00:35:48,040 --> 00:35:51,160 It's not about being able to check something off the list and 500 00:35:51,160 --> 00:35:54,360 say, Yep, I read my Bible, did it, done. 501 00:35:55,480 --> 00:35:57,960 I even added 5 minutes. Done. 502 00:35:58,640 --> 00:36:03,720 What did you read? Well, I was in. 503 00:36:04,280 --> 00:36:09,440 What's today's date? Of course it's going to make me 504 00:36:09,440 --> 00:36:12,240 have a password to open up my watch to see. 505 00:36:12,240 --> 00:36:15,920 It's the 8th. So that means I read Proverbs 8. 506 00:36:17,120 --> 00:36:19,600 OK, what did it say? Wisdom. 507 00:36:20,120 --> 00:36:26,600 Something about wisdom and get understanding somewhere in that 508 00:36:26,600 --> 00:36:29,280 chapter is probably something good about that. 509 00:36:31,080 --> 00:36:35,160 If that's what it means after you read God's Word, then you 510 00:36:35,160 --> 00:36:38,080 didn't read it. Oh, yes, you, you, you 511 00:36:38,080 --> 00:36:42,920 physically looked at words that were on a page, but nothing went 512 00:36:42,920 --> 00:36:46,720 in here. It went through here like, you 513 00:36:46,720 --> 00:36:49,640 know, like kids goes in one ear and out the other. 514 00:36:50,560 --> 00:36:54,400 I think a lot of Christians read the Bible the same way, Goes in 515 00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:57,240 one ear and out the other. You read it. 516 00:36:58,240 --> 00:37:01,240 Who knows what I just read? I can't apply it to my life 517 00:37:01,240 --> 00:37:03,600 because I don't remember anything about what I just read. 518 00:37:03,840 --> 00:37:06,480 That's why it's important not just to read it, but to study 519 00:37:06,480 --> 00:37:09,560 it. Regurgitate that word. 520 00:37:09,960 --> 00:37:14,240 But when you hear Pastor preach on Sunday, Monday regurgitate 521 00:37:14,240 --> 00:37:17,760 what you heard. Think about what Pastor talked 522 00:37:17,760 --> 00:37:20,560 about. Rethink about that. 523 00:37:20,560 --> 00:37:23,560 Remind yourself what Pastor just said. 524 00:37:24,480 --> 00:37:28,040 And you'll get into the habit of doing that every time you read 525 00:37:28,040 --> 00:37:32,240 God's Word. And then you'll be able to apply 526 00:37:32,240 --> 00:37:36,640 what you learn from God's Word to get the blessing, to get the 527 00:37:36,640 --> 00:37:41,080 protection, to get the words to say, to get the benefits from 528 00:37:41,080 --> 00:37:44,320 reading God's Word. That's it. 529 00:37:45,040 --> 00:37:47,840 That's all I got. Let's bow our heads. 530 00:37:48,680 --> 00:37:52,720 Heavenly Father, I thank you for tonight, for for your word. 531 00:37:55,160 --> 00:37:57,600 God, we don't, we don't love this book enough. 532 00:37:59,720 --> 00:38:02,760 God, I'm ashamed to say that I'm one of them. 533 00:38:05,040 --> 00:38:08,360 God, I just pray that we we get an understanding of how 534 00:38:08,360 --> 00:38:13,480 important this book is to you. And because of that, it can be 535 00:38:13,480 --> 00:38:18,000 that important and even more so to us that we're in it, that we 536 00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:23,160 want to be in it. Some of us may not like to read, 537 00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:29,440 but God I pray that you give us hunger for your word to to be in 538 00:38:29,440 --> 00:38:35,640 it every single day, even just for a little bit to start our 539 00:38:35,640 --> 00:38:39,520 day right with you. I thank you again for your word 540 00:38:39,520 --> 00:38:43,080 and what it cost and how precious it is. 541 00:38:44,200 --> 00:38:49,240 I pray that you give us a challenge and hunger to want to 542 00:38:49,240 --> 00:38:52,440 read it. I thank you again for all that 543 00:38:52,440 --> 00:38:53,800 you do. In Jesus name I pray. 544 00:38:54,200 --> 00:38:54,560 Amen.