Let the word of God enrich your life

Let His word enrich your lives and make you wise … Colossians 3:16

Reading, receiving, researching and reflecting on God’s words are useless if we don’t become “doers” of the word – James 1:22-23
This is the hardest step as satan fights intensively to takes far way of this truth.
We can become very busy to remember to do what we learned yesterday. Most of don’t remember on Monday what was preached on Sunday service.
Jesus said that everyone who hears His words and puts them into practice is like a wise man who builds his house on the rock. Matthew 7:24
The blessings come when we obey the truth, not only know it. John 13:17
Why do we avoid personal application?
• It’s difficult, sometimes painful
• The truth set us but it can be painful in the beginning.
God’s word:
• exposes our motivations, our failures
• rebukes our sins and demands changes
We learn from others truths that we would never learn from our own.
We need to be in unity with other brothers and sisters:
• to learn and teach.
• To share what God has spoken to us
• To be corrected
• To be encouraged
• To check what we have learned
The Bible was not given to us to increase our knowledge but to change our lives. God doesn’t want doctors in theology but doers of His word.
What did the Bible say about the word?
• They are life. John 6:63
• They are essential as food. Job 23:12
• They don’t fail. I Peter 2:22, Matthew 4:4
• They are solid. I Corinthians 3:2
• They are sweet. Psalms 119:103
• If we abide in His words, we are His disciples. NOT IN TRADITTION – John 8:31
• There’s no failure in God’s words.
• We should read it every day. Deuteronomy 17:19
• We should consider carefully how we listen. Luke 8:18

If we are not learning we need to check our attitude, especially for pride. God can use the most boring teacher if you are humble and r