Expecting Greater Things Studying the word of God and reading the bible are entirely different things and can dramatically change your life. This is not to say that simply reading the bible is not good but if you are applying scriptures to your life, I can not stress enough the importance of actually studying it. When I was reading the bible I could easily skim over the words and call it a day and say "there, I've read my bible". But I knew I needed to study when I realized that I was confusing two emotions that should never be confused for each other. Those emotions were anxiousness and excitement. Anxiousness is characterized by feelings of tension, worried thoughts, and physical changes like increased blood pressure. While e xcitement is a feeling or situation full of activity, joy, and exhilaration. The scripture that would trip me up with these two was Philippians 4:6 (New In...
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