Is it Bible?

Pastor Becky

If the Word is alive IN us – it should overflow OUT of us

“A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.”

Luke 6:45 NIV

When people open our life, what will they get?

How healthy is our relationship with God’s word?

“How can a young person stay on the path of purity? By living according to your word. I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands. I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you. Praise be to you, Lord; teach me your decrees. With my lips I recount all the laws that come from your mouth. I rejoice in following your statutes as one rejoices in great riches. I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways. I delight in your decrees; I will not neglect your word.”

Psalm 119:9-16 NIV

Know it

^“Your word, Lord, is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens. Your faithfulness continues through all generations; you established the earth, and it endures. Your laws endure to this day, for all things serve you. If your law had not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction. I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have preserved my life.”

Psalm 119:89-93

Live it

ALL your words are true; ALL your righteous laws are eternal

Psalm 119:160

Hide it

^“The Lord says: “These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.”

Isaiah 29:13

^“I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.”

Psalm 119:11

Love it

^“Oh, how I love your law! I meditate on it all day long. Your commands are always with me and make me wiser than my enemies. I have more insight than all my teachers, for I meditate on your statutes. ¹I have more understanding than the elders, for I obey your precepts.  I have kept my feet from every evil path so that I might obey your word. I have not departed from your laws, for you yourself have taught me. How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!”

Psalm 119:97-103

We are sons and daughters who have been handed an inheritance to understand, and to treasure.