40 Days In The Word - Principles

Principles - Continuing the 40-day journey

Integrating God’s Word into Every Area of Your Life

Build On It
Build Your Life on the Bible
Four Unreliable Foundations for Your Life
•popular culture
•tradition
•reason
•emotion

Feed On It
The Bible is often referred to as spiritual food

Live By It
Use the Bible to help you every moment of the day

Grow Through It
Continue to grow in your faith

Act On It
Applying God’s Word to every aspect of your life

Trust In It
God’s Word will always guide you in the right direction

Notes from Pastor Greg Hooper's 10:30am Sermon

40 Days In The Word - Picture It!

3 Biblical Principles involved
1.profitable for instruction 2 Timothy 3:16-17
2.real people in real life situations I Corinthians 10:1-13
3.we can relate to real situations

Matthew 8:1-4

picture it
a form of meditation
•Set the scene (context)
•What's my motivation? (perspective)
•Be the man (application)

Set the scene
provides context which gives insight and sets the parameters for proper interpretation

“followed”: so Jesus is going somewhere

“great multitudes”

What's my motivation?
each person involved has a perspective, human reactions, consequences, etc. in this real life moment
disciples - ?
the leper - ?
Jesus - ?

Be the man
•Which person am I at this moment in my life?
•What choice of faith am I presented?
•What lesson am I learning?
•What course of action leads me closer to Jesus?

which character am I?
Matthew 8:1-4

40 Days In The Word - Pronounce It!

app built on 3 principles
1.every word is inspired - 2 Timothy 3:16
2.meditation is key - Psalm 119
3.repetition as effective meditation

why?
Repetition produces familiarity.
Familiarity produces perspective.
Perspective produces understanding.
Understanding produces ownership.

/bi-bel/ pronounce it. Proverbs 18:10

When I wander through the desert
and I'm longing for my home
All my dreams have gone astray
When I'm stranded in the valley
And I'm tired and all alone
It seems like I've lost my way
I go running to Your mountain
Where Your mercy sets me free

You are my strong tower
a shelter over me
Beautiful and mighty,
Everlasting King
You are my strong tower
A fortress when I'm weak
Your name is true and holy
And Your face is all I see.

A mighty fortress is our God,
A bulwark never failing;
Our helper He, amid the flood
Of mortal ills prevailing:
For still our ancient foe
Doth seek to work us woe;
His craft and power are great,
And armed with cruel hate,
On earth is not his equal.

Did we in our own strength confide;
Our striving would be losing;
Were not the right Man on our side, the Man of God’s own choosing:
Dost ask who that may be?
Christ Jesus, it is He;
Lord Sabaoth, His name,
From age to age the same,
And He must win the battle.

You are my strong tower
a shelter over me
Beautiful and mighty,
Everlasting King
You are my strong tower
A fortress when I'm weak
Your name is true and holy
And Your face is all I see.

I go running
to Your mountain,
Where Your mercy
sets me free.

/bi-bel/ pronounce it. Proverbs 18:10

40 Days Overview and Understanding the Workbook

major reasons cited for limited/no Devotional Life:
•too busy or tired due to business
•I don’t understand what I read
•it does not apply to my life today

There's an app for that. 2 Timothy 3:16-17

equipped for Bible = equipped for life

why a church-wide 40 Day Devotional Life study?
•pastors: cling to, preach, & charge congregation
•congregation engaged together: – small group structure, families, house churches
•culture: strong trend to reject Bible

Therefore…
•Preaching emphasis
•Individual study
•Lifegroup encouragement

“The whole” – share, FBC Facebook, Pastor’s blog

Sunday February 12- introduce 1st app - pronounce it.

Monday, February 13
day one/exercise one

Each week a new app introduced on Sunday
Group options available on
•Sunday evening 6:30
•Tuesday evening 6:00
Share: “I saw this today…”
On line – Facebook & blog comments

how are we “complete, thoroughly equipped”?

“inspired scripture”
instruction in righteousness
thoroughly equipped