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6 Keys to Superb sWord Handling

1. Read

Reading God’s Word is directly connected to KNOWING God’s word.

4 Rules for reading:

Read a translation you can understand.
Read the Word.
Read for quantity.
Read for quality.

2. Hear

Time: If you want to hear from God, you have to give Him time to speak.

And when you draw close to God, God will draw close to you.
- James 4:8 TLB

What time is the best time to hear from God?

What time is the best time to hear from God? The time you make available to Him.

‘Tude: An open and teachable attitude are crucial to hearing from God.

Trend: A consistent development that takes you in a new direction.

We need to make a daily habit of reading the word.

3. Memorize

Memorization Tips:

Make it meaningful - Memorize verses that have special significance.

Make it purposeful - Memorize verses that have to do with your specific situation.

Make it build - Memorize what you can.

4. Study

4 Steps to Good Study

Repetition - repetition ingrains habits of thought.

Concentration - concentration focuses the attention on what is being studied.

Comprehension - comprehension focuses on the knowledge of the truth.

Reflection - reflection helps us understand not only our subject matter, but also ourselves.

All good study leads to humility. All honest humility leads to service.

But although being a “know-it-all” makes us feel important, what is really needed to build the church is love. 2 If anyone thinks he knows all the answers, he is just showing his ignorance. 3 But the person who truly loves God is the one who is open to God’s knowledge.
- 1 Corinthians 8:1-3 TLB

5. Meditate

Jesus Christ is alive and here to teach his people himself. His voice is not hard to hear; his vocabulary is not hard to understand. But we must learn how to hear his voice and to obey his word. It is this ability to hear and obey that is the heart and soul of Christian meditation.
- Richard J. Foster

6. Apply

21 Day Commitment