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The Bible Effect | Reading but Not Growing? · Divine515 Podcast

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  - What if prayer became more than something you
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  - do?
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  - What if it became the way you live?
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  - Life can be overwhelming.
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  - The pressures are real.
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  - The questions
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  - are constant,
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  - and sometimes,
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  - it feels like you're carrying more than you
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  - were ever meant to carry alone.
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  - The inner chamber was created for those who
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  - desire more than occasional inspiration.
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  - It's a community for believers who want to
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  - build a consistent prayer life,
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  - grow in God's word, and walk alongside others,
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  - pursuing a deeper relationship with Christ.
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  - Inside the inner chamber, you'll find guided prayer
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  - experiences that help you apply scripture to everyday
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  - life,
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  - monthly biblical teachings that strengthen your faith,
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  - practical prayer strategies for life's real challenges,
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  - and a supportive community that encourages prayers and
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  - grows together.
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  - You don't have to figure out your prayer
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  - journey alone.
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  - Come discover what happens when believers gather with
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  - one purpose,
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  - to know God
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  - more deeply and walk with him more closely.
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  - Visit divine515.com
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  - to learn more and become part of the
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  - inner chamber community.
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  - Prayer isn't simply something we do. It's how
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  - we walk with God every day.
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  - Welcome to the divine five one five podcast.
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  - Here is today's prayer.
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  - Hello, and welcome to daily prayers with Valerie
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  - Rocha.
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  - This September, our theme is how to study
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  - the Bible so it changes your life.
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  - Throughout the month, we're moving beyond simply reading
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  - scripture
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  - and learning how to understand it, pray through
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  - it, apply it, and allow God's truth to
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  - transform the way we live.
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  - For week one, we're beginning with from reading
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  - to transformation
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  - because spiritual growth isn't measured only by how
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  - much scripture we read, but by how deeply
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  - we allow God's word to shape us.
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  - And that brings us to our key scripture
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  - for this week, second Timothy three sixteen through
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  - 17.
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  - All scripture is God breathed and is useful
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  - for teaching, rebuking,
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  - correcting, and training in righteousness
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  - so that the servant of God may be
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  - thoroughly equipped for every good work.
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  - So today we're tackling
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  - reading the Bible, but not growing spiritually.
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  - Well,
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  - here's why.
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  - You can read your Bible faithful
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  - and
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  - still wonder why you aren't seeing much change
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  - in your life.
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  - You finished the chapter.
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  - You check off another day on your reading
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  - plan,
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  - but hours later, you can barely remember
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  - what you read.
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  - The issue isn't necessarily how often you're opening
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  - your Bible.
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  - Sometimes
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  - it's
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  - how you're approaching it.
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  - We are accustomed
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  - to
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  - consuming information quickly.
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  - We scroll through posts, skim through emails,
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  - watch short videos, and move from one thing
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  - to another,
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  - all courtesy
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  - of
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  - technology.
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  - But without realizing it,
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  - we can bring that same habit
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  - into our time with God.
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  - The interesting thing is that scripture isn't
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  - content to consume.
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  - It's truth meant to transform us.
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  - Prayer changes how we approach God's word.
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  - Before reading it,
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  - we can invite God into
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  - the process.
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  - Father, what do you want me to see
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  - today?
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  - Now,
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  - we're not simply trying to finish a passage.
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  - We're looking for what reveals
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  - who God is,
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  - what it exposes within us,
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  - and how he wants us to respond.
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  - Sometimes,
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  - spiritual growth begins by reading less
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  - and listening more.
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  - Let's pray.
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  - Heavenly father, thank you for giving us your
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  - word.
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  - Slow us down when we are tempted to
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  - rush through it.
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  - Give us understanding
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  - as we read and a heart willing to
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  - respond to what you reveal.
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  - Show us where your truth needs to change
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  - our thinking,
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  - our attitudes,
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  - and our actions.
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  - We never want to simply know more scripture.
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  - We want our life to reflect it.
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  - Transform
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  - us through your word,
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  - and we will bless you in Jesus' name.
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  - Today,
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  - don't measure your Bible
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  - time by how much you read.
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  - Ask yourself what you're taking with you.
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  - And if you desire to grow deeper in
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  - God's word and develop
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  - a more intentional prayer life,
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  - visit divine five one five dot com to
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  - learn more about the inner chamber community.
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  - And until tomorrow,
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  - keep meeting God at the throne.