Which of the following are similar to the ways you've served Christ in your family? [check all that apply]
• Taught your kids to see God's glory in nature
• Washed the dishes without being asked
• Played a board game with your kids
• Encouraged your wife to finish her master's degree
• Attended a child's open house at school
• Worked fewer hours to be with your family
• Set an example of a godly prayer life for your children
• Held a crying child
• Swung on the tire swing with your daughter
• Told your wife why you're still in love with her
• Told your son he's got what it takes
• Coached soccer
• Let you child correct you now and then
• Fixed the vacuum cleaner
• Taught your sons to ride a bike
• Listened patiently to a complaint of your wife
• Taped your child's artwork to your office wall
• Admitted to your kids that you were wrong
• Told your children how Christ entered your life
• Cleaned up vomit
• Taught your children to love books
• Been romantic without expecting sex
• Told your daughter she's smart/beautiful
• Set standards for your kids and stuck to them
• Dealt graciously with a busybody neighbor
• Peeled carrots
• Watched movies together
Your Problem Is … Theme of the Week: Thriving on God's Word Tuesday, October 22, 2002
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September/October 200255"Your Problem Is … "Theme of the Week: Thriving on God's Word "Your Problem Is … " Theme of the Week: Thriving on God's Word Tuesday, October 22
Key Bible Verses: Jesus replied, "Your problem is that you don't know the Scriptures … You have made a serious error" (Mark 12:24, 27). Bonus Reading:Matthew 12:1-8; 19:1-6; 21:15-16; Mark 12:1-12, 18-27
Read for pleasure," says our world, "or read to advance in your occupation. But don't let anyone—especially a book—tell you what to think!" Jesus made clear, however, that God has revealed His will and mind precisely in a book, which must be read and understood.
When the Pharisees criticized His disciples for eating grain on the Sabbath, Jesus responded, "Haven't you ever read in the Scriptures [1 Samuel 21] what King David did … ?" Jesus answered the Pharisees' test concerning divorce: "Haven't you read the Scriptures? … They record [in Genesis 1] that from the beginning 'God made them male and female.'"
When the religious leaders objected to children praising Jesus, He responded, "Haven't you ever read the Scriptures [Psalm 8]? For they say 'You have taught children … '" He countered their rejection of Him by quoting from Psalm 118: "'The stone rejected by the builders has now become the cornerstone.'"
Confronting the Sadducees about the resurrection, Jesus referred to Exodus 3, hitting hard, as recorded in [our Key Bible Verses]. If reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body, then the believer in Jesus Christ must do his calisthenics.
—Larry Dixon in DocDevos
My Response: I could improve my Scripture reading by …
Thought to Apply: A book, shut tight, is but a block of paper. —Chinese Proverb
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