Modeling Bible Intake

Disciples abide in the Word of God. (See John 8:31-32 for Jesus' wording)
Disciples love one another. (See John 13:34-35 for Jesus' wording)
Disciples bear fruit. (See John 15:7-8 for Jesus' wording)

Some "Doable Practices" for Bible study...

Pray: Ask God to Hear His Voice
Read: Pay attention key words
Examine: How does this apply to your life? How can you act on His direction?
Summarize: Write a KEY PRAYER POINT specific to this study.
Share: Tell some people specifically how you heard from God.

Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Psalm 122:1

Psalms 122:1 (NASS)
I was glad when they said to me, "Let us go to the house of the LORD." 

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will be glad in Your house.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Psalm 121:2

Psalms 121:2 (NASS)
My help comes from the LORD, Who made heaven and earth. 

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will know there help comes from You.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Jeremiah 45:4

Jeremiah 45:4 (NASS)
"Thus you are to say to him, 'Thus says the LORD, "Behold, what I have built I am about to tear down, and what I have planted I am about to uproot, that is, the whole land." 

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will join in what You are building and planting.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Exodus 25:22

Exodus 25:22 (NASS)
"There I will meet with you; and from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, I will speak to you about all that I will give you in commandment for the sons of Israel. 

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will meet with You and listen.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Friday, April 24, 2015

1 Corinthians 7:23

1 Corinthians 7:23 (NASS)
You were bought with a price; do not become slaves of men. 

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will know they were bought with a price.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Thursday, April 23, 2015

John 16:13

John 16:13 (NASS)
"But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come."

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will be guided by the Spirit of truth.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Psalm 120:6

Psalms 120:6 (NASS)
Too long has my soul had its dwelling With those who hate peace. 

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will walk closest with those who want peace.)

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Jeremiah 44:7

Jeremiah 44:7 (NASS)
'Now then thus says the LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, "Why are you doing great harm to yourselves, so as to cut off from you man and woman, child and infant, from among Judah, leaving yourselves without remnant,"

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will not do great harm to themselves.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Monday, April 20, 2015

Exodus 24:3

Exodus 24:3 (NASS)
Then Moses came and recounted to the people all the words of the LORD and all the ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice and said, "All the words which the LORD has spoken we will do!" 

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will do the LORD's Word.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Central

"Note that the Indwelling Christ, Controlling All is central.  For your survival, the beginning point and the power to continue rest in Christ's lordship over your life."  Survival Kit

Saturday, April 18, 2015

1 Corinthians 6:20

1 Corinthians 6:20 (NASS)
For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body.

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will glorify You in their body.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Thursday, April 16, 2015

The Foundation

"The foundation on which your survival depends is your relationship with the Christ who dwells in you.  The best way to establish and strengthen that foundation is to spend quality time alone with Him in Bible study, prayer, and meditation. So, the theme for the Foundation Week will be THE INDWELLING CHRIST." Quote from the SURVIVAL KIT

Reword: The foundation is to "abide in the Word" so that more of Christ dwells in us.

John 15:8

John 15:8 (NASS)
"My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be My disciples. 

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH glorify God by bearing much fruit.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Psalm 119:169

Psalms 119:169 (NASS)
Let my cry come before You, O LORD; Give me understanding according to Your word. 

(I pray that You will give the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH understanding according to Your Word.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Jeremiah 43:7

Jeremiah 43:7 (NASS)
and they entered the land of Egypt (for they did not obey the voice of the LORD) and went in as far as Tahpanhes. 

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will obey the voice of The Lord.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Exodus 23:30

Exodus 23:30 (NASS)
"I will drive them out before you little by little, until you become fruitful and take possession of the land. 

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will become fruitful.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

1 Corinthians 5:8

1 Corinthians 5:8 (NASS)
Therefore let us celebrate the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. 

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will celebrate with sincerity and truth.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

John 14:20

John 14:20 (NASS)
"In that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you. 

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will be in Christ and that Christ will be in them.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Psalm 118:8

Psalms 118:8 (NASS)
It is better to take refuge in the LORD Than to trust in man. 

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will take refuge in You.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Jeremiah 42:5

Jeremiah 42:5 (NASS)
Then they said to Jeremiah, "May the LORD be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not act in accordance with the whole message with which the LORD your God will send you to us. 

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will act in accordance with the whole message.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Exodus 22:20

Exodus 22:20 (NASS)
"He who sacrifices to any god, other than to the LORD alone, shall be utterly destroyed. 

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will not have any gods before You.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

1Corinthians 4:17

1 Corinthians 4:17 (NASS)
For this reason I have sent to you Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, and he will remind you of my ways which are in Christ, just as I teach everywhere in every church. 

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will teach a way of life in Christ.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Thursday, April 2, 2015

John 13:35

John 13:35 (NASS)
"By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another." 

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will love one another.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Psalm 117:2

Psalms 117:2 (NASS)
For His lovingkindness is great toward us, And the truth of the LORD is everlasting. Praise the LORD! 

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will know that the truth of The Lord is everlasting.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Jeremiah 41:11

Jeremiah 41:11 (NASS)
But Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces that were with him heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done. 

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will not do evil.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Exodus 21:17

Exodus 21:17 (NASS)
"He who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death. 

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will honor those in authority.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

1 Corinthians 3:23

1 Corinthians 3:23 (NASS)
and you belong to Christ; and Christ belongs to God. 

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will see themselves as belonging to Christ.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

John 12:36

John 12:36 (NASS)
"While you have the Light, believe in the Light, so that you may become sons of Light."      These things Jesus spoke, and He went away and hid Himself from them. 

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will believe in te Light.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Psalm 116:9

Psalms 116:9 (NASS)
I shall walk before the LORD In the land of the living. 

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will walk before The Lord.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Jeremiah 40:9

Jeremiah 40:9 (NASS)
Then Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, swore to them and to their men, saying, "Do not be afraid of serving the Chaldeans; stay in the land and serve the king of Babylon, that it may go well with you. 

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will serve.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Exodus 20:6

Exodus 20:6 (NASS)
but showing lovingkindness to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments. 

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will love You and keepYour commandments.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

1 Corinthians 2:16

1 Corinthians 2:16 (NASS)
For WHO HAS KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD, THAT HE WILL INSTRUCT HIM? But we have the mind of Christ. 

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will have the mind of Christ.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

John 11:25

John 11:25 (NASS)
Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies, 

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will know that You are the resurrection and the life.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Psalm 115:1

Psalms 115:1 (NASS)
Not to us, O LORD, not to us, But to Your name give glory Because of Your lovingkindness, because of Your truth. 

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will live for the glory of Your name.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Jeremiah 39:18

Jeremiah 39:18 (NASS)
"For I will certainly rescue you, and you will not fall by the sword; but you will have your own life as booty, because you have trusted in Me," declares the LORD.'" 

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will trust in You.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Exodus 19:6

Exodus 19:6 (NASS)
and you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words that you shall speak to the sons of Israel." 

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will be a kingdom of priests.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

1 Corinthians 1:18

1 Corinthians 1:18 (NASS)
For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 

(I pray that the word of the cross will be the power of God for the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

John 10:16

John 10:16 (NASS)
"I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will hear My voice; and they will become one flock with one shepherd. 

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will hear Your voice and become one flock.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Psalm 113:3

Psalms 113:3 (NASS)
From the rising of the sun to its setting The name of the LORD is to be praised. 

(I pray that You will let the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH praise You from the rising to the setting of the sun.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Jeremiah 38:20

Jeremiah 38:20 (NASS)
But Jeremiah said, "They will not give you over. Please obey the LORD in what I am saying to you, that it may go well with you and you may live. 

(I pray that You will please let the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH obey You.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Exodus 18:20

Exodus 18:20 (NASS)
then teach them the statutes and the laws, and make known to them the way in which they are to walk and the work they are to do. 

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will know the way to walk.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan