If you have any negative feelings toward the Scripture-driven style or toward people who have that style, right now, spend a few moments in prayer asking God's forgiveness and for him to renew your mind. Ask God to help you separate the perils from the strengths of that style so that you might one day fully embrace the strengths.
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Read 4 chapters of the Bible from the book of Mark today. Either start with the first 4 chapters or, if repeating this discipline, move onto the next 4 chapters.
Note down any new encouragement, challenges, thoughts or questions that come to your mind as you read and share them with a friend.
Memorise the Motto, Focus, and key Scripture for the Scripture-driven style
Motto: applying the Word of God
Focus: Bible study & discipleship
Key Scripture: Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom. (Colossians 3:16)
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Right now, spend a few moments in prayer asking God, in your own words, for a greater appreciation of Bible study & discipleship in your relationship with him. Say honestly how you feel about the Scripture-driven style.
Be sure to leave yourself a moment when you've finished to see if God brings anything to your mind about the topic.
Note down anything you sense during this time.
Ich würde dir gerne mitteilen, wieso ich jeden Morgen um 5 Uhr auf dieser Veranda sitze und wieso das so eine reiche Erfahrung für mich ist. Der erste Grund ist, dass meine Kinder sicher in ihren Betten liegen und mich nicht unterbrechen können. Aber wieso mag ich es hier raus zukommen. Daran möchte ich dich ein bisschen teilhaben lassen.
I'd like to share with you a bit about why I sit on this verandah each morning at about 5 o'clock and why that is such a rich experience for me. The first reason is that my children are tucked safely in their beds and are unable to interrupt me. But why is it I like to come out here. I'd like to share a bit about that.
Ich bin in einem christlichen Zuhause in einer recht konservativen Gemeinde groß geworden. In der Dinge sehr wichtig waren wie die Bibel und rationales Nachdenken über Gott, sowie die richtige Theologie zuhaben. Das war alles sehr gut und gab mir ein gute Grundlage für mein Leben.
I was born into a Christian home in quite a conservative church that was very strong in things like Scripture, rationally thinking about things like God and having right theology which was all really good and gave me a great foundation for my life.
For Christians with a Scripture-driven style, it is most natural to express their spiri- tuality through the study and proclamation of the Word of God. The strength of this style is the application of biblical principles to everyday life; the peril is to appeal to Scripture in areas where it doesn‘t offer any teaching (biblicism)....Excerpt from The 3 Colors of Your Spirituality - Christian A. Schwarz