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Every Nation Paarl
LOVE FOR GOD'S WORD (Kenny Ackerman)
PAARL EAST SERVICE - ENGLISH
Locations & Times
Church Office
4b Dorp Street, Paarl, 7620, South Africa
Sunday 9:00 AM
The Bible is the only Book whose Author is always present
when one reads it.
Many books can inform you but it is Only GOD'S WORD that
can transform you.
If you want to be led by the Spirit of God...Then devote yourself
to the WORD OF GOD.
when one reads it.
Many books can inform you but it is Only GOD'S WORD that
can transform you.
If you want to be led by the Spirit of God...Then devote yourself
to the WORD OF GOD.
Loving God's Word
"How I delight in your commands! How I love them!"Psalm 119:47 NLT
How do you feel about God's Word? Do you sometimes struggle with having a real desire to read His Word… to keep listening faithfully to what He says? Perhaps your time in God's Word feels a bit dry or maybe confusing. You keep reading the Bible, but more out of duty than love.
Do you know that you can learn to love His Word? Psalm 119 is full of language that gushes over God's commands, laws, and decrees - God's Word. The Psalmist says, "Truly, I love your commands more than gold, even the finest gold." (Psa. 119:127)
God is truly honored when we love Him and His words. It is does not delight God's heart when we either begrudgingly read the Bible or skip it all together. He desires that we would seek out His input, because we have learned to love His ways. We will find true life as a result of hearing and following His Word.
Do you want to learn to love God's Word. Let's begin today. Read Psalm 119:131. Ask yourself, "What am I expecting to happen when I read the Bible?" Come with the right expectations and He will meet them. Come with low or no expectations, and they will most likely be met as well. So expect great things from loving God's Word
"How I delight in your commands! How I love them!"Psalm 119:47 NLT
How do you feel about God's Word? Do you sometimes struggle with having a real desire to read His Word… to keep listening faithfully to what He says? Perhaps your time in God's Word feels a bit dry or maybe confusing. You keep reading the Bible, but more out of duty than love.
Do you know that you can learn to love His Word? Psalm 119 is full of language that gushes over God's commands, laws, and decrees - God's Word. The Psalmist says, "Truly, I love your commands more than gold, even the finest gold." (Psa. 119:127)
God is truly honored when we love Him and His words. It is does not delight God's heart when we either begrudgingly read the Bible or skip it all together. He desires that we would seek out His input, because we have learned to love His ways. We will find true life as a result of hearing and following His Word.
Do you want to learn to love God's Word. Let's begin today. Read Psalm 119:131. Ask yourself, "What am I expecting to happen when I read the Bible?" Come with the right expectations and He will meet them. Come with low or no expectations, and they will most likely be met as well. So expect great things from loving God's Word
Increase Your Appetite for God's Word
"How sweet your words taste to me; they are sweeter than honey. Your commandments give me understanding; no wonder I hate every false way of life." Psalm 119:103-104 NLT
When you have no appetite, food does not appeal to you. When you're not hungry for God's Word, it also does not appeal to you. The more hungry you are, the more input, nourishment and direction you will want from God. Hunger is a critical component in learning to love God's Word.
How can you increase your appetite for God's Word? How does your physical stomach grow? It grows as you eat more and more food. Actually, when you eat a lot, you expand your stomach and your capacity to eat more. The less you eat, the less you will feel like eating. It is the same with God's Word. The more of His words that you take in, the more you will desire to listen to His voice. The less you take time to listen to God through His Word, the less you will desire knowing His ways.
Your very practical choice to feast on God's Word (reading it in greater and greater amounts) will result in your spiritual stomach expanding. Your appetite for God and His ways will increase. Your love for His Word will grow. This is something that you can do. You can't change your feeling of desire for God, but you can choose to increase your appetite. This will happen through regular and large doses of "feeding" on His Word.
The first step to increase your appetite for God's Word is simply reading it often in large amounts. The next step is obedience to the Word. Before you walk away from reading the Bible, ask God what step of obedience He has for you. Knowledge does not show our loyalty and love to God. Obedience does. It is obedience that will greatly increase our love for God and his precious words. Are you ready to increase your appetite? Begin today.
"How sweet your words taste to me; they are sweeter than honey. Your commandments give me understanding; no wonder I hate every false way of life." Psalm 119:103-104 NLT
When you have no appetite, food does not appeal to you. When you're not hungry for God's Word, it also does not appeal to you. The more hungry you are, the more input, nourishment and direction you will want from God. Hunger is a critical component in learning to love God's Word.
How can you increase your appetite for God's Word? How does your physical stomach grow? It grows as you eat more and more food. Actually, when you eat a lot, you expand your stomach and your capacity to eat more. The less you eat, the less you will feel like eating. It is the same with God's Word. The more of His words that you take in, the more you will desire to listen to His voice. The less you take time to listen to God through His Word, the less you will desire knowing His ways.
Your very practical choice to feast on God's Word (reading it in greater and greater amounts) will result in your spiritual stomach expanding. Your appetite for God and His ways will increase. Your love for His Word will grow. This is something that you can do. You can't change your feeling of desire for God, but you can choose to increase your appetite. This will happen through regular and large doses of "feeding" on His Word.
The first step to increase your appetite for God's Word is simply reading it often in large amounts. The next step is obedience to the Word. Before you walk away from reading the Bible, ask God what step of obedience He has for you. Knowledge does not show our loyalty and love to God. Obedience does. It is obedience that will greatly increase our love for God and his precious words. Are you ready to increase your appetite? Begin today.
