I've had a big, heavy inductive study Bible for a lot of years. I got it back in my Agoura days sometime in the 90s, because that's when Kay Arthur opened up a whole new world of Bible Study to me. And I've been using it ever since. It's filled with so many notes and lists in the margins and colorful underlinings (Thank you Kay!).
This morning I was reading through James since the church I'm going to this morning is currently teaching through the book of James. And I happened to look at the inside of the front cover of my Bible. I don't know if your Bible is like this, but mine has one blank page at the beginning and one at the end. And over the years I've used the inside of the front and back cover and those blank pages to write some random notes of "things I've heard or read that I really want to remember." I read back through them just now and was taken back through a lifetime of learnings as God has grown me up in Him over the years. And I'm sure there will be more added in the years ahead because I still have a lot to learn!
So I thought I'd share these random notes that for some reason were significant to me at some point over the years. Maybe some of them will spark an interest and lead you to do some studying of your own.
Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire.
Lord, let me be indifferent to everything that isn't a part of your plan for my life.
David's tabernacle - I Chronicles 16. Continual worship!
The Bible was not given to increase our knowledge, but to change our lives.
"These men who have upset the world have come here also." Acts 17:6
I love that!
The Sabbath - Isaiah 58:13-14
This is a fairly recent addition, and I wish I'd discovered it fifty years ago!
A form of religion - Isaiah 29:13
Don't strengthen the hand of evil doers. - Jeremiah 23:14
When professing Christians choose to sin and live lives based on lies, instead of walking worthy and pointing lost people to God, they are strengthening the hands of evil doers.
What does God require of us? - Deuteronomy 10:12-13, Micah 6:8
God's instructions for when in exile. - Jeremiah 29:4-14
Great thoughts for us to remember. As a follower of Jesus, I am a citizen of God's kingdom, who just happens to live in the United States. I am an alien here in this fallen world. But I am here, for now, for a purpose.
God's will - Romans 12:2
Divided nation: Israel/Judah - II Chronicles 15:1-4 They chose differently.
To become a child of God we need to receive Him, not just an idea about Him. Knowing about something, and actually experiencing it, are two different things. (Jude)
Turn to God, not men - Ezra 8:21-23
The story of the Old Testament - Nehemiah 9
When you walk in darkness, trust God. - Isaiah 50:10
This verse was my lifeline back in 1987 when my mom was dying of cancer. And God has brought it to mind so many times over the years since then.
Professing Christians who are choosing immorality - I Corinthians 5
Use of the word Christian - Acts 11:26, 26:28, I Peter 4:16
Use of The Way
- Acts 9:2, 18:25-26, 19:9,23, 22:4, 24:14-22
- John 14:6
- II Peter 2:2 - The way of the truth
- II Peter 2:15 - The right way
- II Peter 2:21 - The way of righteousness
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