Feeding on the Word of God by Jack Hayford

Values in Bible reading habit:

1. God's Word ensures certainty about your path. Psalm 119:6-"Then I would not be ashamed, when I look into all your commandments"

1. God's Word gives direction about your path. Psalm 119:105-'"Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path." Lamp-flashlight (details for today) and light-giant spotlight (discernment for tmr) Proverbs 3:6-"In all your ways acknowledge Him, & He shall direct your paths
   
2. God's Word gives wisdom about your path. Psalm 19:7-"The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple."
3. God's Word ensures our victory in our pathway. Joshua 1:8-"This book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth but you shall mediate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous and then you will have good success.
4. God's Word keep us pure in our path. Psalm 119:11-"Your word I've hidden in my heart that I might not sin against you." God's word is a searchlight which shines inward, prompting, correcting, adjusting and instructing us.
   
5. God's Word keeps us alert to the times. The word is key to keeping us sensitive, keeping us from falling asleep as the darkening hour and spirit of our age could call us into carnal sleepiness/sensual indulgence. The word will keep us walking a pure path and maintaining an alert stance, strong and ready to do battle in the name of the Lord.
6. God's Word is our shield of faith. Romans 10:17-"Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. Hear means to feed on it as a steadfast practice and to heed it as a sensitive "hearer"