Take the 40 Days in the Word Challenge!. Love the Word? Learn the Word? Live the Word? What is so special about the Bible and why does it deserve my love,

Take the 40 Days in the Word Challenge!

Love the Word?Learn the Word?Live the Word?

What is so special about the Bible and why does it deserve my

love, study and obedience?

Love the Word!The Bible is the most beloved book

of all time. The New York Times “Best Seller List” does not include it,

but if it did, it would win by a mile every year

Love the Word!“The familiar observation that the Bible is the best-selling book of all time obscures a more startling fact: the Bible is the best-selling book of the year, every year. Calculating how many Bibles are sold in the United States is a virtually impossible task, but a conservative estimate is that in 2005 Americans purchased some twenty-five million Bibles—twice as many as the most recent __________ book.”

- New Yorker Magazine, Dec. 18, 2006

Harry Potter

Love the Word!The Bible also has the widest ____________ appeal, having been translated into more languages than any other book.

Bible verses have been translated into over _____ languages and dialects, the New Testament into 1,668 languages, and the full Old and New

Testaments into 457 languages as of May 2011. - Wikipedia.com

2,500

international

Love the Word! “…This means that as of 2007 approximately ______________ have been distributed throughout world — with the vast majority still available for use! And these figures do not include the various digital versions of the Bible being used today by millions on computers, Blackberries and iPhones.”

- Biblestudy.org

7.5 billion Bibles

Love the Word!Obviously, there is something very appealing about the Bible!

Let’s hear from some of its most famous fans!

Love the Word!Patrick Henry, American Revolution leader and orator, 1736-1799

“There is a book worth all other books which were ever printed.”

Love the Word!President George Washington, First President of the United States

“It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and Bible.”

Love the Word!Sir Ambrose Flemming, British electrical engineer and inventor, 1849-1945

“We must not build on the sands of an uncertain and ever changing science…but upon the rock of inspired Scriptures.”

Love the Word!President Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States

“Of the many influences that have shaped the United States into a distinctive nation and people, none may be said to be more fundamental and enduring than the Bible.”

Love the Word!Immanuel Kant, German philosopher, 1724-1804

“I believe that the existence of the Bible is the greatest benefit to the human race. Any attempt to belittle it, I believe, is a crime against humanity.”

Love the Word!Robert E. Lee, Civil War General who fought for the Southern Confederacy

“In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength.”

Love the Word!Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States, 1856-1924

“When you have read the Bible, you know it is the Word of God, because it is the key to your heart, your own happiness, and your own duty.”

Love the Word!Voltaire, French writer, 1694-1778

A devout atheist, Voltaire said that within 100 years of his time, Christianity would be swept away from existence and pass into the obscurity of history. Ironically, 50 years after his death, the Geneva Bible Society used his house and printing press to produce Bibles.

Love the Word!King David loved the Word of God!

Psalm 119:46-48 “I will speak of your statutes before kings and will not be put to shame, for I delight in your commands because I love them. I lift up my hands to your commands, which I love, and I meditate on your decrees.”

Love the Word!King David loved the Word of God!

Psalm 119:20 “My soul is consumed with longing for your laws at all times.”

Learn the Word!Daniel Webster, American politician and author of Webster’s Dictionary, 1782-1852

“Education is useless without the Bible.”

Learn the Word!Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States, 1858-1919

“A thorough understanding of the Bible is better than a college education.”

Learn the Word!Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States, 1809-1865

“I am busily engaged in the study of the Bible. I believe it is God’s Word because it finds me where I am… I believe the Bible is the best gift God has ever given to man. All the good of the Savior of the world is communicated to us through the Book.”

Learn the Word!Dr. Robert Milikan, former President of the California Inst. Of Tech. and Nobel Peace Prize winner

“I consider an intimate knowledge of the Bible an indispensable quality of a well educated man.”

Learn the Word!King David knew it was not enough to love the Word, he knew he needed to learn the Word.

Psalm 119:12 “Praise be to you, O LORD; teach me your decrees.”

Learn the Word!King David knew it was not enough to love the Word, he knew he needed to learn the Word.

Psalm 119:33-34 Teach me, O LORD, to follow your decrees; then I will keep them to the end. Give me understanding, and I will keep your law and obey it with all my heart.

Learn the Word!King David knew it was not enough to love the Word, he knew he needed to learn the Word.

Psalm 119:97 “Oh, how I love your law! I meditate on it all day long.”

Learn the Word!King David knew it was not enough to love the Word, he knew he needed to learn the Word.

Psalm 119:98-99 “Your commands make me wiser than my enemies, for they are ever with me. I have more insight than all my teachers, for I meditate on your statutes.

Live the Word!King David knew it was not enough to love and learn the Word. He knew he must live the Word in order to reaps all its benefits.

Psalm 119:5-6 “Oh that my ways were steadfast in obeying your decrees! Then I would not be put to shame when I consider all your commands.”

Live the Word!King David knew it was not enough to love and learn the Word. He knew he must live the Word in order to reaps all its benefits.

Psalm 119:14 “I rejoice in following your statutes

as one rejoices in great riches.”

Psalm 119:60 “I will hasten and not delay to obey your commands.”

Live the Word!King David knew it was not enough to love and learn the Word. He knew he must live the Word in order to reaps all its benefits.

Psalm 119:9,11 “How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to Your Word... I have hidden Your Word in my heart that I might not sin against You.”

Live the Word!King David knew it was not enough to love and learn the Word. He knew he must live the Word in order to reaps all its benefits.

Psalm 119:9,11 “How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to Your Word... I have hidden Your Word in my heart that I might not sin against You.”

Live the Word!Think of several ways that YOU will be blessed as you live the Word of God…

PersonallyRelationallyFamily-allySpirituallyFinancially

Please join us over the next 7 weeks as we…

Love the Word!Learn the Word!Live the Word!