December 29 | Daily Devotion | Value God's Word | Zac Poonen

Zac PoonenDecember 28, 20249mWatch on YouTube

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Summary

The central message emphasizes the profound importance of reading and valuing God's Word, comparing neglecting it to showing a lack of love for Jesus. The speaker recounts his personal journey of reading the entire Bible and stresses that the Bible provides direction, strength during trials, and reveals God's will. He urges the audience to appreciate the gift of having the Bible in their language and to study it diligently.

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God has magnified His word above His namePsalm 138:2 tells us that God has magnified His word together with or above all His name.Psalm 138:2

Treating the Bible like a love letterThinking of the Bible as a letter from someone who loves you very much shows that ignoring it is a clear indication of a lack of love.

Reading the Bible from cover to coverThe speaker shares how, after being converted in 1959, he immediately read through the entire Bible from Genesis to Revelation within six to seven months to show respect for God's book.

How the Bible changes a lifeReading large sections daily and meditating on portions gave the speaker clear direction for life, career choices, marriage, overcoming temptation, and enduring trials.

Neglecting God's word is an insultBy neglecting God's word, we insult Almighty God and Jesus Christ, who took great trouble to give us this book.

Realizing what others lackVisiting places where the Old Testament is not even translated into the local language helps us appreciate our immense privilege of having the full Bible in English.

Appreciating your blessingsJust as people with plenty of food do not appreciate it like the poor, having full access to the Bible means we should learn to truly value it.

Reading helpful Christian literatureThe speaker shares his habit of selectively reading biographies and heart-stirring Christian books rather than purely intellectual commentaries, leading him to write his own New Covenant commentary.

Living by every word of GodJesus declared that man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.

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