In The Word by Karen Ruhl

There are times when I hunger for the word of God. I just want to know more about what He wants us to know. These past six months or so, Craig and I committed to start reading the Bible to each other again nightly. We also started watching Bible Studies that would go along with the chapters we were reading. We found Kay Arthur this way and even though we have finished reading Matthew, we will be in a video study with her for 55 sessions. It’s amazing what we are learning. We also read through Revelation and watched a video study with Kay simultaneously.

A church we went to in California had a Walk Through the Bible in a year. They did it as Sunday sermons, and it was amazing. We had “Anchor Groups,” that met in houses and would discuss the sermon. Craig and I hosted one at our house and decided to break bread—have dinner together. It was such a great blessing to meet with our church family weekly; the group couldn’t wait to get together and learn more.

I find the more we are in the Word, the more I want to know. God left us His Word so that we can live a righteous life. Now, before I go any further, know that I am a sinner. All of us will sin in some way, almost every day. The difference is in accepting Christ Jesus as your Savior and repenting your sins to God asking for His forgiveness. God wants to be in a relationship with you. He doesn’t expect you to be perfect, no one is.

Start small, pray and ask God what He wants you to study. Talk to friends, go to a Bible study at church, and call your Pastor to find out what he or she recommends for you.

I will be praying that those of you reading this will stop what you are doing and pray to God. He is always with us and He is listening.

Love and blessings, Karen

And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. ~Deuteronomy 6:6–9 ESV

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