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Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God 1. Ask for sight

Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God 1. Ask for sight Luke 24:45 Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures.

Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God 1. Ask for sight 1 Corinthians 2:14 The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God 1. Ask for sight 17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.

Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God 1. Ask for sight Isaiah 66:2 “This is the one I esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, and trembles at my word.

Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God 1. Ask for sight 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.

Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God 1. Ask for sight James 4:2 You do not have, because you do not ask God.

Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God 1. Ask for sight Matthew 7:7–8 “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God 2. Read for relationship

Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God 2. Read for relationship Ephesians 1:18 I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints…

Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God 2. Read for relationship 25 But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom…

Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God

Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God 2. Read for relationship 25 …and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard…

Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God 2. Read for relationship 2 Timothy 2:7 Reflect on what I am saying, for the Lord will give you insight into all this.

Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God 2. Read for relationship Psalm 1:2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.

Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God 2. Read for relationship Hebrews 4:12–13 For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.

Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God 2. Read for relationship 1 Corinthians 2:1–5 When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or superior wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God… My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, so that your faith might not rest on men’s wisdom, but on God’s power.

Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God 3. Trust and obey like someone

Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God 3. Trust and obey like someone James 1:6–8 But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does.

Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God 3. Trust and obey like someone

Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God 3. Trust and obey like someone 21 Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you.

Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God 3. Trust and obey like someone 22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.

Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God 3. Trust and obey like someone 25 But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it—he will be blessed in what he does.

Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God Reading the Bible to Know God 3. Trust and obey like someone John 8:31–32 Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”