Rick Warren's Blog, page 563

Strategies for Building a Quiet Time with God

Everyone struggles with quiet-time consistency from time to time. Know that if you���re struggling with it, you���re not alone! The good news is that with a common problem come some common solutions. Next time you find yourself struggling with your daily quiet time ��� or even before you start to struggle ��� try some of these solutions:

When You���re Down, the Bible Lifts You Up

Are you down in the dumps? Do you need a mood elevator?

Put down the piece of chocolate cake. Don���t have a pity party. Pick up your Bible instead.

You need a Word break.

God Gives Enough Light for the Next Step

Everyone needs light. You need physical light to make sure you can see the world around you, to avoid running into obstacles.

Four Things God Does Through Scripture

You have an inheritance coming to you. If you read God���s Word, the Bible promises one for you.

The Bible says in Acts 20:32, ���I commit you to God and to the word of his grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified��� (NIV).

God���s Word Can Give You a Fresh Start

God wants to use his Word to give you a fresh start in life.

Without God���s Word, we could never be saved. We wouldn���t be headed for Heaven. We wouldn���t know about Jesus��� death on the cross. We wouldn���t know about God���s purpose for our lives.

The Bible Always Survives and Always Will

The Bible is the most despised, derided, denied, disputed, dissected, and debated book in all of history. This Bible has been under attack for centuries, for everything you can imagine.

If Jesus Trusted the Bible, Then You Can, Too

You may have heard someone say, ���I trust Jesus, but not the other guys who wrote the Bible.��� There���s a problem with that logic.

Jesus trusted the Bible ��� every word of it! He taught that the Bible was a unique book, above all the others.

The Whole Bible Guides Us Toward Jesus

Only God could have put the Bible together. It contains 66 books written over 1,600 years by 40 authors ��� and it has one theme.

Having a single unified theme is one of the reasons we know that the Bible is God���s Word. From Genesis to Revelation, the Bible is all about God redeeming humanity. Jesus is its star.

More Than 300 Biblical Prophecies Point to Jesus

The Bible is the most read book in history. It���s also the bestselling book in history and the most translated book in history.

Yet it���s more than that. It���s also God���s Word ��� God���s very breath. Second Timothy 3:16 says, ���All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness��� (NIV).

Science Points Us Back to God

Someone may have told you at one time that the Bible isn���t scientifically accurate. That person is wrong. He or she has either never studied the Bible or never studied science.

God set up the laws of science; he made sure that his Word doesn���t contradict those laws.