OPENING PRAYER

Spend 5 to 15 minutes in prayer about the following:

• Praise God for His knowledge and wisdom
• Acknowledge the difference between the way you think, and the way God thinks
• Ask God to help you adopt His way of thinking

BIBLE

Read John 7

• What did you learn about yourself?
• What did you learn about God?
• What will do differently based upon what you read?

MEMORY VERSE

Read the following passage out loud. Repeat it five times. Make sure to say the verse address both before and after the passage

Psalm 119:11

I have ________________ your word in my __________ that I might not ______ against you.

Psalm 119:11

STUDY

Each of us has developed our own world-view. Chances are, your world-view closely aligns with those whom you have the closest relationships. It could be the very reason you are close to these people is because they share similar world-views. It could also be that you inherited many of your world-view positions from those very same people.

When you devote yourself to the Bible, two inter-related things happen. First, you get to know better who God is. Second, you begin to develop a world view that aligns with His.

Self-reflection: What in your past is most responsible for influencing your prevailing world view?

What does Isaiah 55:8-9 say about the difference between God’s way of thinking and ours?

 

What do you need to do to learn God’s way of thinking (Joshua 1:8)?

 

What does God promise you if you have an authentic desire understand His word (Proverbs 2:2-5)?

 

Look up the following verses and complete the statements:

1 Timothy 4:6

Knowing what the Bible says __________________________________________________

 

Psalm 119:105

Knowing what the Bible says __________________________________________________

 

Psalm 119:9-11

Knowing what the Bible says __________________________________________________

 

1 Corinthians 15:3-6

Knowing what the Bible says __________________________________________________

 

Romans 12:2

Knowing what the Bible says __________________________________________________

 

Romans 15:4

Knowing what the Bible says __________________________________________________

CLOSING PRAYER

Spend about 5 minutes in prayer about the following:

• Thank God for His Word and its power in your life
• Ask Him to open His Word up to you as never before