ENRICHINGYOU RRE A DINGOFThe One Year Bible New TestamentThe New Testament itself witnesses to the life-changing power of Scripture. Hebrews 4:12tells us that “the word of God is alive and powerful” and that it “exposes our innermostthoughts and desires.” And 2 Timothy 3:16-17 says, “All Scripture is inspired by God and isuseful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects uswhen we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right. God uses it to prepare and equip hispeople to do every good work.” Time spent in Scripture, in a very real sense, is time spent withGod. There is no better place to hear from God than in its pages, and that’s something we cando almost anywhere.This is a special edition of the New Testament designed for daily reading that will help youcomplete the entire New Testament in a year. This gives you a simple and defined pathway tofollow. But once you’ve started down that pathway, how do you actually engage with these living and powerful texts? The following offers you some general principles to keep in mind asyou read, along with some specific ideas for how to connect Scripture to your life.Without God’s help through his Spirit, our understanding of Scripturewill always be limited. Always begin your reading time by asking for God’s help. Ask him toreveal to you whatever he wants you to see as you read.R E A D P R AYE RFULLY.R E A D WITH AWAR ENESS OF BOTH THE WHOL E AN D THE PARTS . As you begin yourreading of any Bible passage, look at the passage as an entire unit before focusing in on keyindividual verses. Also remind yourself of what came before, what you read in the previousreading. This will protect you from taking individual verses out of context and enable you tomake accurate interpretations and applications. This is a reminder that context is importantfor a true understanding of any verse in God’s Word.A6
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