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April 12
Saturday


WHAT DID
HE SAY?

READ:
Psalm 19:7-14
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Your words were
found, and I ate them,
and Your word was
to me the joy and
rejoicing of my heart.
__Jeremiah 15:16
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Because our son Steve spent most of his teen years connected to a cell phone, it was a bit of a shock for us when we couldn't talk with him for long periods of time after he joined the US Navy. First at boot camp and later while he trained as a hospital corpsman, we endured long periods of time without any communication. So it was a treat whenever we finally did hear from him.

After one of us would get his call, the first question from the other was always, "What did he say?" We hung on every word to hear how he was doing, what he was thinking, and what the Navy was planning for him.

It's natural to respond like this to the words of those who are important to us. We eagerly anticipate hearing from them,

Are we like that with the Word of God? Are we eager to communicate with Him--to look carefully into His Book to ask, "What did He say?" Unlike the infrequent calls from a son in the military, God's words of encouragement and guidance are always available to us. We just have to listen.

The prophet Jeremiah prayed, "Your words were found, and I ate them, and Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart" (Jer. 15:16). Do you have that same longing to hear God speak to you through His Word? __Dave Branon
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``````````````````Thy Word is a lamp to my feet,`````````````````
`````````````````````A light to my path alway````````````````````
`````````````````To guide and to save me from sin````````````````
```````````````And show me the heavenly way. __Anon.````````````
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We cannot know the heart of God
unless we have a heart for God.

***************Today's Bible Reading __ Psalmm 19:7-14***********

7 The law of the LORD is
perfect, converting the soul;
the testimony of the LORD
is sure, making wise the
simple; 8 the statutes
of the LORD are right,
rejoicing the heart; the
commandment of the LORD
is pure, enlightening the
eyes; 9 The fear of the LORD
is clean, enduring forever;
the judgments of the LORD
are true and righteous
altogether. 10 More to be
desired are they than gold,
yea, than much fine gold;
sweeter also than honey and
the honeycomb. 11 Moreover
by them Your servant is
warned, and in keeping
them there is great reward.

12 Who can understand his
errors? Cleanse me from
secret faults. 13 Keep back
Your servant also from
presumptuous sins; let them
not have dominion over me.
Then I shall be blameless,
and I shall be innocent of
great transgression.

14 Let the words of my
mouth and the meditation
of my heart be acceptable
in Your sight, O LORD, my
strength and my Redeemer.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

The time-tested approach to sound Bible study involves answering
three key questions about a scriptural text. What does it say?
(observation). What does it mean? (interpretation). How does it
apply to me? (application).

So often the Bible student may ask first, "What does this Bible
verse mean to me?" But what we need to do first is prayerfully ask,
"What does the text say and mean in the context in which it was
written?" In this way we can preserve the intended meaning of the
inspired text. __Dennis Fisher