MAKING THE WORD YOUR OWN

28 days to re-discovery

Spend just 20 minutes a day (about 2% of your daily 14 waking hours) in God's Word for the next 28 days. The time spent in continual, quality time in Scripture is the key to rekindling your love for God's Word.

This could mean reading a chapter each morning before you go to work, or making Scripture a regular part of your lunch break. It may be relishing the silence after the children have gone to bed to hear God's still, quiet voice speaking through the Old Testament, a Gospel, or a letter of Paul's.

As you read the daily passage, keep these points in mind:

Pray. Ask the Holy Spirit to be your teacher.

Look. What's going on in the passage? Summarize it in your own words.

Learn. What's God saying to me through these words?

Live. How can I live differently today as a result of God's Word living in me? What am I going to feel, think, and believe because of this passage?

Day 1-14: Renewing your love for Jesus Christ
Day 1: Luke 1: Preparing for Jesus' arrival
Day 2: Luke 2: The story of Jesus' birth
Day 3: Mark 1: The beginning of Jesus' ministry
Day 4: Mark 9: A day in the life of Jesus
Day 5: Matthew 5: The sermon on the Mount
Day 6: Matthew 6: The Sermon on the Mount
Day 7: Luke 15: The parables of Jesus
Day 8: John 3: A conversation with Jesus
Day 9: John 14: Jesus' final instructions
Day 10: John 17: Jesus' prayer for His disciples
Day 11: Matthew 26: Betrayal and arrest
Day 12: Matthew 27: Jesus' execution on a cross
Day 13: John 20: Resurrection
Day 14: Luke 24: Jesus' appearance after resurrection

Day 15-28: Renewing your love for the Old Testament
Day 15: Genesis 1: The story of creation
Day 16: Genesis 3: The origin of sin
Day 17: Genesis 22: Abraham and Isaac
Day 18: Exodus 3: Moses' encounter with God
Day 19: Exodus 20: The gift of the Ten Commandments
Day 20: 1 Samuel 17: David and Goliath
Day 21: 2 Samuel 11: David and Bathsheba
Day 22: 2 Samuel 12: Nathan's rebuke of the King
Day 23: 1 Kings 18: Elijah and the prophets of Baal
Day 24: Job 38: God's answer to Job
Day 25: Psalm 51: A classic confession
Day 26: Isaiah 40: Words of comfort from God
Day 27: Daniel 6: Daniel and the lions
Day 28: Amos 4: A prophet's stern warning

Dennis M. Mulder is president of The Bible League, an organization working to spread God's Word in 90 countries. He has served as a minister and teacher in Nigeria and Taiwan, and has traveled and developed ministry in China, The Philippines, Thailand, and other countries.

Mark Cutshall traveled 40,900 miles in three months collecting the interviews for this book. He is the co-author of five other books.

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