Here you ask the question, “how does it work for me?”
Please use these tools of application to increase your desire to God’s Holy word more and more.
Don't become stagnate. You might look like you are floating but your aren't going anywhere!
Colossians 3:16 “Let the word of Christ dwell in your richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.”
A. Use he Bible in your fellowship with God
a. Regard the scriptures as the means by which HE will speak to you – Psalm 19:7-11
B. Regard the Bible’s treasures as being inexhaustible.
a. You can expect God to use it daily to give you fresh insight and suitable provision for your spiritual needs – John 6:35
C. Look for truth that will relate to your needs.
a. Whether your needs are due to problems, adversities, failures, duties, desires, weaknesses, or sins, the Scriptures are able to minister to these, for they are God’s Word to you – II Corinthians 2:16; 3:5; 12:9; John 6:63
D. Be a doer of the Word and not a hearer only.
a. The Word of God has been given to us to direct our lives
b. We are to look to God for enablement, so we need to strive to be responsive to the Scriptures – James 1:21-25
c. So if it is a warning from God, heed it; a failure or sin, confess it; a promise, claim it; an instruction, receive it; a command, obey it; an experience, ask for it; a rebuke, accept it; or a blessing, and give thanks for it.
d. We as should be changing, becoming more like Christ every day.
E. Seek to build up a systematic doctrinal belief.
a. Make it your aim to understand thoroughly what the Bible teaches about key doctrines, and then go and let other know what you have learned – 2 Timothy 3:16
F. . Prepare to give a Scriptural answer to your faith.
a. From the Bible learn what Christians should believe and why they believe it – 1 Peter 3:15
G. Seek to work out a practical ethical code.
a. By soaking yourself into the Word you will begin to see a clearer picture of what is right and wrong, good and evil, true and false.
b. This will help you in discerning God’s will for your life – Psalm 119:105
H.. Recognize the need for returning daily to the Scriptures.
a. Your need for all that the Bible has to offer will never end.
b. There is always more to learn, and there is always the need for walking in obedience to God’s will – 2 Timothy 2:15; 3:16; Ephesians 5:17
Let these simple application tools help guide your study through God's Wonderful Word. Hebrews 4:12 "For the Word of God is quick and powerful, and shaper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart."
