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Winding down on another project #soulswest #illustration #graphicdesign #drawing #jesus #bible

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Joined an amazing team of staff

Great team of soul-winners!

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Bible work planning for ten week practicum. #iamletexico #biblework #canvassing #SoulsWest (at Texico Conference of Seventh-day Adventists)

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My Response About An “Old Book”

Things get old in life. Phones become outdated and “slow,” clothes and shoes are no longer in style, and those old college textbooks from the 1800s just won’t cut it anymore in the modern classroom. This is a part of life as we typically know it. However, when this concept of “old things don’t matter so much” invades our spiritual lives, it becomes very dangerous.

Sadly, in our generation, more and more Christians are not spending time studying the Bible. “LifeWay Research surveyed more than 2,900 Protestant churchgoers and found that while 90 percent ‘desire to please and honor Jesus in all I do,’ only 19 percent personally read the Bible every day.” (Weber, Jeremy. “80% of Churchgoers Don't Read Bible Daily, LifeWay Survey Suggests.” Gleanings. September 2012). Why is this the case? I suggest that for most Christians the Bible is...well, kind of old. It is thought of as a book written back in a different time for a specific male dominated Jewish culture, and we live in a modern society about 1,920 years after the last book of the Bible was written. It just doesn’t make sense that the Bible is at all relevant to our practical day-to-day lives today. This is the question we will be asking. Is the Bible really relevant for me today?

The Bible is the inspired Word of God. (See 2 Timothy 3:16). When the Prophets and Apostles spoke, Paul said “you received the Word of God which you heard from us, you welcomed it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the Word of God.” We are not to think of the Bible as the thoughts of Jewish men dealing only with circumstances that existed during their time. We are to remember that the Bible is God’s Word and since it is His Word, we also need to remember that He knows “the end from the beginning.” (See Isaiah 46:9,10; John 14:29). When God spoke to His people during the Bible times, He had all people from all time in mind. Notice the following passage.

Moreover, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware that all our fathers were under the cloud, all passed through the sea, 2 all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, 3 all ate the same spiritual food, 4 and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ. (1 Corinthians 10:1-4, NKJV)

Here Paul is describing the experience of the children of Israel during the time of Moses. Verses 5-10 explains why many of the children of Israel sinned and died in the wilderness. Then we come to verse 11. It says, “ Now all these things happened to them as examples, and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages have come.” (1 Corinthians 10:11, NKJV). Notice, who was their experience written for? It was written for those who would be alive at the end of the world. That means the Word of God doesn’t become less relevant as time moves forward but the opposite is true. As time passes by and we get nearer and nearer to the Second Coming of Jesus, the Bible becomes more relevant because it was especially written for the group of people alive at the end of the world. Also Paul, when talking about the Scriptures, says, “For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.” (Romans 15:4, NKJV). God had you and me in mind when He inspired the writings of the Bible. He knew the spiritual struggles we would go through, the trials of this would we would face, the promises we would need, and the dangers of last day events that we would need to be prepared for. God is love and because He loves us He gave us all that we need for life God has given us in His Holy Word.

Do you spend time every day studying the Bible? Let me rephrase. Do you spend time listening to the words and thoughts of God that He desires to speak to you? This is the reality of studying the Bible. It is sitting at the feet of the King of the Universe and hearing Him speak, thinking about what He has said, and then responding back to Him in prayer. It isn’t an outdated religious exercise. It is essential to having a healthy and vibrant walk with God. The Bible is more relevant today and demands our attention. Will you give the “old book” another, and yet deeper look?

“An intensity such as never before was seen is taking possession of the world. In amusement, in moneymaking, in the contest for power, in the very struggle for existence, there is a terrible force that engrosses body and mind and soul. In the midst of this maddening rush, God is speaking. He bids us come apart and commune with Him. "Be still, and know that I am God." Psalm 46:10. Many, even in their seasons of devotion, fail of receiving the blessing of real communion with God. They are in too great haste. With hurried steps they press through the circle of Christ's loving presence, pausing perhaps a moment within the sacred precincts, but not waiting for counsel. They have no time to remain with the divine Teacher. With their burdens they return to their work.” (Education. Page 260)

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Track one year is done! i love this group of people! The first year of souls was the best year of my life. (: like I'm so bless to have grown spiritual and mental. I know i made friends for a life time. We all struggled, laugh and learned so much this year and i know we will learn more next year.

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This sister had inspired me to gets a blog by reading her awesome blog you should go follow her….. http://sherringchrist.tumblr.com

and reading her experience on how she been bless that day, made me realize how bless i am to be with the lord, cause being in souls make you clearly see how god is always blessing with divine appointments, answer to prayers , and made me see a different perspective of the word of god.

#loveher #blessed #sherrimae #soulswest