“You will be the same person in five years you are today except for the people you meet and the books you read.” Charlie Jones, author of Life Is Tremendous.
So, if reading can change a person so dramatically… imagine how much more enriched our life would be if we read the Bible… the most powerful book ever written?
So here’s my challenge to you… begin to read with a desire to grow! This is different than reading out of obligation to complete an assignment. And make reading the Bible a top priority.
Here Are 9 Benefits of Reading The Bible From Psalm 119
- Victory Over Sin In Your Life
Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. Verse 11
Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously. Verse 29
I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word. Verse 101
- Cleansing From Sin
Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word. Verse 9
- More Joy
I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches. Verse 14
I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word. Verse 16
- Wisdom and Direction
Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. Verse 18
Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counselors. Verse 24
Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law… I shall observe it with my whole heart. Verse 34. I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation. Verse 99
- You Will Be Revived… Rejuvenated
Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O Lord, according to thy lovingkindness. Verse 159
I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O Lord, according unto thy word. Verse 107
- Renewed Strength
Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually. Verse 117
My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word. Verse 28
- You Will Experience Liberty and Freedom
And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts. Verse 45
- Less Shame and Embarrassment
I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed. Verse 46
Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed. Verse 80
- Comfort in Affliction
This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me. Verse 50
Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law. Verse 153
I was impressed the first time I read David’s plea in Psalm 51:10. It tells me that he sometimes came face to face with his own inadequacies and his own lack of desire to really change and grow. If you have lost the desire… the real hunger and thirst to know God more… why not pause right now and ask Him to renew a spirit of hunger and thirst for Him?
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. Psalm 51:10
Ken Turner
Learn more at https://kenturnerministries.org/walking-with-god/
Email me at kenturner@highimpactteens.org
