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DAN MEYERS: I understand it to be really the foundation of, in a basic sense, the handbook for our life that God has given us. Um, he’s revealed himself through his word.

And so there’s the element to which it’s those—that truth—that truth that has been born in word that I can hold in my hand to have it reveal the character and the nature of God and who I am and the promises of God. And that’s powerful.

And I think sometimes I lack seeing the power of that, um, honestly. And I think a lot of us, if we’re honest about that, especially as Americans where we can have a Bible in every room and several even in every room, start seeing—looking for the revelation of God’s character in other ways.

And there is the general revelation through every thing he has created, uh, so that we are without excuse. But God’s word impacts my life, um, because it is living and active and it’s sharper than a two edged sword and it does cut to the heart.

And it’s amazing when I—when I do read in scripture at times there’ll be a verse that I’ve read many times where the Holy Spirit will cut me with it because of an area of my life that is either dealing with disobedience, dealing with apathy, dealing with selfishness and dealing with pride and I realize who am I, you know.

And at those times I feel like, you know, a man who totally realizes that I am dependent upon this word. And I use the scripture very much as a foundation for my writing as well. And I’m beginning to see the truth of God revealed in every thing around me.

That’s kind of a desire that I have is I want people to step out their front door and begin to see the fingerprints of God on everything and—

But we have to know God’s word in order to do that. We have to know the truth that has been specifically given to us through his words so that we aren’t just interpreting things based on our emotions, our what is good for me at the moment but is really coming from a subjective source of God’s word to say yes, this is—this is—this is truth and what I’m seeing does relate and is confirmed by what he has given us.

And so, um, truth is a huge thing to me and I know that God’s word is truth. And truth is a very fluid word in our culture today and so I cling to the truth of God’s word as the starting ground for thought and for interpretation.