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Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Soraya Ruiz, Administrative Assistant at American Bible Society, shares how the Bible has impacted her life. She shares how God’s Word sanctifies her and how it has completely changed her life – she’s not the same person she was six years ago.
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Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Soraya Ruiz, Administrative Assistant at American Bible Society, shares how the Bible has impacted her life. She shares how God’s Word sanctifies her and how it has completely changed her life – she’s not the same person she was six years ago.
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Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.
Do you sense that God is inviting you to engage the Bible in 2008? If so, I’d love to hear (and I’m sure others would love to hear) your answers to any of the following questions:
To answer any of these questions, or to make a comment, use the comment box below. Also, to read what others have written (including what I’ve written), scroll down to the comments below.
I look forward to reading your thoughts, hopes, desires!
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Although the Lord gives you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, your teachers will be hidden no more; with your own eyes you will see them. Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.”
Abby, our program manager, writes:
A recent conversation with an old friend reminded me of several years back when I was living in Nashville, TN, with my roommate Heather and all the struggles we endured.
It was a time in my life when I had moved to this city to pursue a job offer that was given to me, but as time passed I found myself drowning so heavily in debt that I thought I’d never get out of it.
I was constantly depressed and often wondered why God had placed me in such a horrible position. I knew that I was sent to Nashville for a purpose, and knew I heard Him tell me that I had to be there, but then why did everything go so wrong?
Heather and I would often go to church and had many friends who encouraged us and often helped us out financially in order to buy groceries and pay the rent, but I still questioned Him. Why am I here? Why are you doing this?
Also during my time in Nashville, I was raped. This was the final straw for me. I felt like I had been completely forsaken and that God had forgotten all about me. Surely He had if he allowed this to happen.
There were days when I didn’t even get out of bed because I didn’t feel there was a need to. I wouldn’t eat or talk to anyone.
No one knew what I had gone through for quite some time until Heather and I started talking about prayer. That evening I broke down. I told her everything that had happened. Heather and I cried for hours about it and I had never felt more loved and more broken than at that moment.
Through a mutual friend of ours I was able to report the rape to the local police and also go to a Christian counselor, who reminded me that I was precious and loved. After that experience, I moved back home with my family in Florida and was able to find rest and refuge in my parents’ home.
Since then I have not forgotten what happened on that day. But as the years have passed, I have been able to forgive the man who did this to me and grow stronger in my relationship with Christ, my Father.
God blessed me with a husband who loves me and accepts me for who I am, not for what I have been through. I’m no longer in debt, and I have learned to trust God more in my walk with Him, no matter what happens.
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And let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
LaMonica T. writes:
I have been divorced for two years from an abusive man. During my marriage, I had many feelings of hopelessness and despair.
I can remember watching religious shows. I would have to change the station when my husband walked in the room. He would tell me, “That’s not going to help you.”
We have a son who is three years old. However, my ex-husband still continues to fight me in court over custody of our son. There have been times that I have worked two jobs to meet my legal and household expenses.
I began to wonder what I was doing wrong in my life for this to happen to me. After much reading and praying, it was revealed to me.
The Lord wanted me to allow him to fight the battle. He wanted me to study his word so I could have a better understanding of what was going on in my life. I soon realized that this fight was not even against my ex-husband.
Now, when I feel like I can’t take any more, I immediately start praying. I remember Galatians 6:9, which says faint not.
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I waited patiently for the LORD; he turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.
Musician Ronnie Freeman shares how he’s been following Saint Francis of Assisi’s example of studying one verse of scripture thoroughly.
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For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
Joanne Cash shares about her first Bible from a pastor’s wife. The Thompson Chain Reference Bible helped her throughout her Bible College training. She also shares how God IS love.
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Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.
Debbie K. writes:
A few years ago, this verse (Deuteronomy 31:6) helped get me through a very difficult time with my daughter.
I was saved as an adult and was a babe in Christ when my daughter became very ill in 2001. She was diagnosed with a very rare condition that caused her to have a brain hemorrhage at age 9. Prior to her illness, I had stopped going to church and was back sliding for quite a while.
During the time my daughter was in the hospital, I prayed continuously that God would forgive me for leaving him and would heal my daughter. Not only did God answer my prayers and heal my daughter completely, He also spoke to me through this verse (Deuteronomy 31:6).
I will never forget the comfort and peace that I experienced in my heart by meditating on the fact that God will never leave me nor forsake me. I left him for quite a few years, but He didn’t leave me, and He got me through this illness.
Since then I have gone through many other trials, and I rely on God 100% to get me through them. I attend church faithfully, and I am proud to say I am growing in my relationship with God daily.
I guess it sometimes takes a crisis to realize how much we need God in our lives.
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But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD.
Alex J. writes:
What impacted me in this verse was the phrase “this day.” God tells us here to choose “this day.”
The Bible tells us that yesterday is gone and that tomorrow isn’t promised to us. All that leaves us with is “this day.”
I have to get past the mistakes of yesterday and make the right descision “this day.” I can’t afford to look ahead to tomorrow, I can only make the right descision “this day.”
“This day” I choose to live right for the Lord, “this day” I choose to worship my Lord, “this day” I choose to serve my Lord, “this day” I choose to repent … “THIS DAY.”
With all the plans, thoughts, concerns, burdens and worries that I have in life, the Lord tells me to be only concerned about what I do, say, think, and act on “THIS DAY.”
Recently, I had a scare with the health of my wife, and while I was worried about losing her, the Lord told me to stop looking at what “could be” and deal with “This Day.” Because “This Day” is the only thing that I can deal with. When I did this, a peace came over me. So I’ve adopted it as my personal motto: “this day” I choose to serve, worship, repent, and honor my Lord.
In spite of and despite of yesterday and what took place, “This Day” I will live for the Lord and will lay down my will for His will.
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For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor. No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly.
Matt W. writes:
My wife and I were having our first baby. I was so excited and nervous, reading all the “how to be a great dad” books. We prayed for our little girl every day, and made all the necessary preparations with our house to provide for her and her safety.
As my wife entered her 26th week of pregnancy, God in his sovereignty caused my wife to have a seizure. The doctor told us they would have to deliver the baby immediately or both of their lives would be in danger.
At 26 weeks, my wife gave birth to Maggie Leigh (2 lbs. 2 oz). She was taken to the Neonatal ICU. There she struggled to survive as each day passed. With swelling on her brain and holes in her lungs, along with many other problems, things didn’t look hopeful for her survival.
We spent hours at her tiny, little bedside, praying for her, praying that God would be honored in her life and that He would allow her to live as a testimony to His awesome power. We were praying for a miracle!!!
Five weeks after her birth, God did do a miracle, but not the one we’d expected. God allowed her to die. The miracle that happened took place within my own heart.
I was reading my Bible and came across Ps. 84:11: “No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly.”
God used that verse as well as others to let me see that if we are walking right with God, he will not withhold anything that is good for us. Therefore it was good that my daughter died, because God used her death to open my eyes to God’s sovereign goodness in all things.
Today I pastor a church in NC, to the praise and glory of a sovereignly good and gracious God.
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