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The Bible Effect | Where Bible Study Goes Wrong · Divine515 Podcast

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  - Welcome to the divine five one five podcast.
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  - Here is this week's devotional.
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  - Hello and welcome to divine five one five
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  - daily prayers with Valerie Rocha.
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  - We are continuing
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  - our September
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  - series
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  - of
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  - how to study the Bible so it changes
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  - your life.
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  - Today's episode, we are going to be tackling
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  - the biggest Bible study mistake that Christians make.
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  - Scripture text comes from James one twenty two
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  - and reads, do not merely listen to the
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  - word.
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  - And so deceive yourselves, do what it says.
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  - So we wanna start the conversation
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  - by,
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  - saying that it is possible to know many
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  - Bible verses and still struggle to apply them.
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  - I think that the biggest thing is, is
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  - that sometimes when we're learning these scriptures,
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  - we don't wanna just feel like we're checking
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  - off a box,
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  - but sometimes there's this disconnect
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  - where we're
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  - memorizing them, but we're not really sure how
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  - to apply them to everyday
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  - life.
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  - And sometimes we just mistake learning for, for
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  - living.
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  - We enjoy discovering new insights, but
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  - God asks us to forgive, trust, wait, or
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  - obey.
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  - And we pump the brakes and hesitate because
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  - application is often harder than information.
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  - I especially find this to be true when
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  - we're
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  - talking about the topic of forgiveness,
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  - because,
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  - the scripture tells us that in the Lord's
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  - prayer, that if we don't forgive, then God
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  - cannot forgive us. And that's a perfect example
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  - of how we're reading something,
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  - but it hits us a certain way. So
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  - we struggle
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  - with
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  - not what it says, but how we'll apply
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  - it because of what it might cost us
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  - to do it.
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  - But when we take the time to do
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  - what it says, we will always come out
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  - ahead and move closer to the throne.
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  - Be more free and liberating from whatever it
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  - is that is holding us, holding us back.
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  - And so
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  - sometimes
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  - the reason why we struggle is because knowledge
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  - is safe, right? If we know it, we
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  - it's like, okay, well, we we we've done
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  - it. Right. We we we've we've memorized the
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  - scripture,
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  - but it's not just about knowing if you're
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  - not actually
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  - applying it, then it can actually do what
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  - it's set out to do.
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  - And so
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  - because of it,
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  - obedience requires
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  - surrender.
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  - And,
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  - when God's word often challenges our comfort or
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  - exposes our attitudes,
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  - is, is going to challenge us right. To,
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  - to make a decision on whether or not
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  - we're going to apply it. And it calls
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  - us to change.
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  - But
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  - remember that transformation
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  - always costs something right.
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  - Case in point, if you are
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  - needing to, to,
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  - shed some weight. Right.
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  - You can know what it is you need
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  - to eat. You can know what it is
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  - you need to do. Right. That's the knowledge
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  - part of it. But if you don't actually
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  - apply
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  - and make the necessary changes, then you're not
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  - going to see the goals or you're not
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  - going to see the results
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  - and the outcome that you want to see
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  - and applying God's word is, is a lot
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  - like that. It's not going to always be
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  - easy, but it will definitely always be beneficial.
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  - And so
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  - the other thing to remember here is that
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  - God's word is so powerful because every passage
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  - invites a response
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  - of some sort. Now we may have to
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  - read the scripture before and after, and, you
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  - know, we always wanna make sure that we're
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  - reading it within proper context and understanding,
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  - the backstory, if you will. So that might
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  - take a little bit more
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  - digging in to find out,
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  - who's what's wise and where's right. But when
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  - scripture reveals something in your heart,
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  - it is not something that you can just
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  - acknowledge,
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  - right? It's gonna, it's gonna affect you in
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  - a certain way. It's going to reveal something
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  - to you and it's going to impact you
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  - in a certain way.
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  - And,
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  - you know, scripture says that his, his word
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  - is, is life changing, right? He says, I
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  - come that you have life and have it
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  - more abundantly.
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  - You can't have life if, if you're not,
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  - you know, eating every day. Right. You're you're
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  - not,
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  - hydrating
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  - every day. Right. And God's word is much
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  - like that. It always hits the point. Right.
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  - And so
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  - we want to pray about it. Right. Cause
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  - that's how we connect
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  - with God.
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  - God talks to us through the word and
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  - we want to implement it because
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  - the truth of the matter is, is that
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  - God is not just
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  - there looking down.
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  - He wants to be right there with us
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  - in the midst of the transformation.
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  - He wants to
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  - be there to encourage us along. And he
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  - does,
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  - whatever it is that we're going through, he's
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  - right there with a word, to encourage us,
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  - to strengthen us, to comfort us,
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  - and to ultimately
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  - help us live this thing out.
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  - And because of it, God's greatest work
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  - will always happen when his truth becomes visible
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  - through our lives.
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  - So
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  - that being said,
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  - let's take
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  - these
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  - learning prayers, right? These learning strategies
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  - and apply them as we go to the
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  - throne,
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  - heavenly father,
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  - help us to become a doer of your
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  - work and not merely
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  - someone who hears it.
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  - Give us the courage to obey you, even
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  - when it stretches our faith or challenges
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  - our comfort,
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  - continue shaping our heart until life reflects the
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  - truth you've placed within us. And we will
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  - bless you in Jesus name.
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  - Amen.
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  - So
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  - always remember God's word wasn't given simply to
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  - inform you.
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  - It was given to transform you.
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  - Scripture tells us, let this mind be in
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  - you, and it's also in Christ Jesus.
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  - That's transformation.
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  - If you were blessed by this episode, definitely
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  - share it and continue growing with us at
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  - divine515.com.