Daily Inspiration for the Purpose Driven Life: Scriptures and Reflections from the 40 Days of Purpose by Rick Warren

Author:Rick Warren [Warren, Rick]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: book, Ebook
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 2010-10-05T07:00:00+00:00

Transformed by Truth

Jesus said, “People need more than bread for their life; they must feed on every word of God.”

MATTHEW 4:4 NLT

Now I am turning you over to God, our marvelous God whose gracious Word can make you into what he wants you to be and give you everything you could possibly need in this community of holy friends.

ACTS 20:32 THE MESSAGE

Spiritual growth is the process of replacing lies with truth. The Spirit of God uses the Word of God to make us like the Son of God. To become like Jesus, we must fill our lives with his Word.

Jesus prayed, “Sanctify [my followers] by the truth; your word is truth.”

JOHN 17:17 NIV

Through the Word we are put together and shaped up for the tasks God has for us.

2 TIMOTHY 3:17 THE MESSAGE

Jesus said, “The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.”

JOHN 6:63 NASB

God’s Word is unlike any other word. Without God’s Word you would not even be alive.

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.

HEBREWS 4:12 NIV

You have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

1 PETER 1:23 NIV

God decided to give us life through the word of truth so we might be the most important of all the things he made.

JAMES 1:18 NCV

God’s Word is the spiritual nourishment you must have to fulfill your purpose.

I have treasured the words of God’s mouth

more than my daily bread.

JOB 23:12 NIV

Crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation.

1 PETER 2:2 NIV

Jesus said, “Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.”

MATTHEW 4:4 NIV

How sweet are your words to my taste, LORD,

sweeter than honey to my mouth!

PSALM 119:103 NIV

To be a healthy disciple of Jesus, feeding on God’s Word must be your first priority.

Jesus said, “If you abide in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine.”

JOHN 8:31 NASB

In day-to-day living, abiding in God’s Word includes three activities.

1. Accepting the Bible’s authority.

Every word of God is flawless.

PROVERBS 30:5 NIV

Everything in the Scriptures is God’s Word. All of it is useful for teaching and helping people and for correcting them and showing them how to live.

2 TIMOTHY 3:16 CEV

I believe everything that agrees with the Law and that is written in the Prophets.

ACTS 24:14 NIV

2. Assimilating the Bible’s truth.

Receive it:

Jesus said, “There is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be known or brought out into the open. Therefore consider carefully how you listen.”

LUKE 8:17–18 NIV

In a humble (gentle, modest) spirit, receive and welcome the Word which implanted and rooted in your hearts contains the power to save your souls.

JAMES 1:21 AMP.

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