in verse 41 that it's in this way I can stand firm I can strengthen my faith as I look diligently to study and observe those who walk according to the pattern that we have in the scriptures there are so many examples for how to succeed in

the scripture is that Jesus Christ will baptize me with a desperate passion for him. I see that as a fire and I want to take it as a promise that Jesus Christ will baptize me in the desperation for God that he had, that he exhibited while he

if anybody has cause to hit the recliner its Paul right I saw the Lord then planting all these churches I'm writing all these letter-writing Scripture which was acknowledged even in his lifetime to be Scripture do you think so if somebody

circumstance, by submitting myself to the mighty hand of God in this circumstance, I have a wonderful chance to obey a scripture which in my kind of day-to-day life I don't have the chance to obey that much. And so, I was really

begin with and I still don't deserve your help. Sustain me because your promise is what I've been going on." And uh I mean we don't read it in the scriptures, we don't know, but it seems to me that Jacob must have really

Bible as much as you can until you really know the scriptures once you really know the scriptures a digital device is really helpful but it's there's something about a physical Bible I would encourage you it's helping me a

see the Lord new what circumstances going to lead me into during the day and he had providentially led me to a scripture that he's gonna bless me but in that moment I wasn't just equipped just to call it to mind you can think yeah I mean when you need

produce the longing prayers in my heart when I see some clear promise in the scriptures like for example you do not judge do not condemn I want to be bothered like God has bothered when he sees that he's given that command and

likeness will be accompanied by can fiction I believe that it is I have to look no farther than Peter Peter I would say this is my anecdotal momentary study of the Bible but I believe he's the most corrected man in the scriptures I don't

you entrusted to this one child? Will you speak to me? Will you show me of yourself there?" Then I'm obeying that scripture. That's the first thing that I saw. And it's it it requires attending to it. It really requires setting my mind, you

if I'm not careful I can be just like the disciples what does the one do who hears Jesus say I'm coming back there's at least two things that I've read in the scriptures one is Acts chapter 24 if you want to turn there these are very simple things these are

and yet at the fullness of time as the scriptures say he came he came and he didn't have to and it's a wonderful thing to consider he didn't have to come and it says that in the fullness of time he came and what I've heard brother Zack

babes i have to say when i come to the word lord make me a babe i want to be a babe i don't want to trust in any of my learning in the world i want to be a babe when it comes to scriptures and then that's that's when i can gain the

grace of god that he opens our eyes but what's amazing to me is go down to verse 45 14 verses later jesus opened their minds to understand the scriptures hang on 14 verses ago didn't the lord open their eyes not enough he had to open their minds to

face-to-face with God I've come face-to-face with him and what we see a lot of times in the scriptures in is both in Isaiah in Revelation many other parts of the Bible when someone comes face-to-face with God and sees his glory

i wanted to share a little bit about something that surprised me this week um in my life and in the scriptures um this week i had a big class i was teaching happens five or six times a year there's a big class and as is often the case i

one of the greatest most encouraging promises I've seen in the Bible we heard it earlier today Jesus says in John 7 and verse 38 he who believes in me as the scripture said from his innermost being will flow rivers of Living Water

in my life. And And what does it look like to keep coming and keep drinking? You know, Jesus says here in um verse 38 that he who believes in me as the scripture has said, and we've heard about how that's a picture maybe from

the book and he handed it to the attendant and sat down and everyone in the synagogue was gazing at him and he added these scriptures came true today. And it look at verse 22. All who were there spoke well of him and were amazed

Scriptures said from his innermost being rivers of living water it's that's what Jesus says as the scripture said what Scripture my references in my Bible I believe are off but thankfully in our church we have a teacher who's taught us