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Do-it-yourself helps to studying God's Word, the Bible, with greater depth using Wordsearch software and the Julie-Allyson Ieron Bible Reference collection
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Consume the Living Word
A DIY Guide to Studying the Bible with the
Julie-Allyson Ieron Bible Reference Collection
WORDsearch and CROSS are trademarks of WORDsearch Corp. All other trademarks are property of their respective companies.
A Joy Media Publication
© 2010, Julie-Allyson Ieron. All rights reserved.
Written by: Julie-Allyson Ieron
Proofread by: Joy Scarlatta Ieron
Cover art by: John Ieron
Scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English
Standard Version, copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles,
a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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A Note of Welcome I’m dating myself when I tell you that when my dad bought my
first computer (which took up the entire desk of my dorm room), I
purchased a 5¼” floppy disk from a kiosk at the local mall that held
the King James Version of the Bible—Old and New Testaments. I
was thrilled with it. It wasn’t searchable; there weren’t any refer-
ence books attached to it. But it was there. The whole Bible, on my
very own computer.
How times have changed. The Bible Reference Collection from
WORDsearch that carries my name features 75 interconnected and
fully searchable books—multiple Bible translations in parallel on
one screen, side-by-side with maps, Greek and Hebrew word stud-
ies (it even pronounces the foreign words aloud), commentaries,
dictionaries, devotionals, study outlines, Bible study guides and
questions, and more … including nine books I wrote and updated
for this project. It contains a word processor, a filing and book-
marking system for favorite passages and articles, even a place to
store study plans or sermon outlines. All these tools call us to a
worthy goal—dig deeper and meditate longer on God’s Holy Word.
I can’t remember ever being satisfied with a cursory reading, a
quick once-over that would leave me saying, “I did my time for the
day, God. A few moments. A few phrases. That should hold me until
tomorrow.” Because it’s not only the beauty of the words found in
the Word that draws me in to these fascinating pages—but it’s the
Who. The earth-shaking truth in it leads me to deeper knowledge of
its Author—the same Author and Finisher of my faith spoken of in
Hebrews 12:2—my Master, Savior, Lord, and Friend. I pray that
kind of relationship with Him is your passion, as well.
This booklet is a consolidation of what I’ve learned through years
of digging into God’s Word and using this powerful reference soft-
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ware library to inform and guide me to its waiting-to-be-uncovered
wealth. It’s all about putting the shovel in your hand and encourag-
ing you to dig in toward a closer, more intimate knowledge of Him.
You may have followed Christ for decades or you may be mo-
ments into your relationship with Him. Either way, there is some-
thing for you here—in this suggested study path, and in this jam-
packed Bible library.
Whenever I’ve demonstrated this product one-on-one or before a
room of seminar attendees, folks have been fascinated, amazed, and
overwhelmed. That’s where this booklet comes in. I’ve labeled each
section with a “con” verb that contains actions to show you how to
use the books in the library to guide your study. Together we’ll dig
into a passage that demonstrates the power of God’s Word—2
Chronicles 34-35, where the good king Josiah seeks the Lord, hears
the reading of the Word, and acts righteously in response to it. Let’s
learn alongside the king and come to a greater appreciation of the
privilege of personal relationship with the God of the Bible.
Blessings to you,
Julie-Allyson Ieron
Hebrews 12:1-2
Hint: before you continue with the “con” texts, spend some time studying the sample WORD-search screen and tips on how to use the soft-ware that appear on the next few pages.
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WORDsearch Basics
Your LIBRARY is at your far left. You’ll notice the thumbtack
symbol above the Filter box in the library window. That keeps your
library visible as you’re searching. If your library isn’t visible, you’ll
see “RESOURCES” spelled out in a vertical column down the far left of
your screen. Fly your cursor over that column; the library will ap-
pear. Smoothly move your cursor to the thumbtack and click once.
That locks your library in place. You’ll open Bibles and other books
by locating them in the Library and clicking once on their titles.
I’ve set up the screen here to show a sample search in progress.
I like to open the Bibles first, so they appear in the top left book
box. You’ll see all the Bible translations I’ve opened are grouped
together in one box. The program groups these for you because
they’re the same category of book. Move between them by clicking
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on their tabs. Similarly, Dictionaries and Commentaries are
grouped in their respective categories as you open them.
One special option with Bibles is that you can use the PARALLEL
icon (mid-screen, top icon bar) to open several Bible translations
side-by-side. As you’re reading difficult passages, you’ll want KJV
open, because you can use it to access the Strong’s Greek and He-
brew definitions (double-click on a word, and a Strong’s window
will open to that definition; it’ll even pronounce the word aloud for
you). You’ll want the ESV because it’s a modern translation that’s as
close as our language allows to the original languages. YLT is awk-
ward to read, but it’s a word-for-word translation from Greek and
Hebrew. BBE is simple reading English, not a direct translation, but
easy to understand.
If you fly your cursor past a blue underlined Scripture refer-
ence from anywhere in WORDsearch, that Scripture will open in a
temporary preview window. If you enabled ZipScript when you in-
stalled the software, it works similarly when you fly across Bible
references in other programs (like your word processor).
When you use the SEARCH button (magnifying glass at the top left,
in the icon bar) to scan your Library for a word or phrase, you’ll get
a box like the one in the middle right of the sample screen that
reads: “Search Results.” Scroll through these and click on those
that interest you. This opens them in a preview screen. You can
then read, copy, or open another window with that resource by
clicking on the blue text that accompanies each entry.
I’ve opened another window with the New Topical Textbook that
you see in the lower right corner. To help keep track of the items
relevant to my study that I found in the NTT, I’ve used the yellow
pencil tool in that window’s icon bar to highlight text. This works
like a textbook highlighter—it remains with the book, so the next
time you open to that section or passage, the highlight will be there.
Okay, that should be enough to get us started with our study.
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Step 1. Consecrate The first step in our Bible journey is to pray, much like Josiah did
early in his reign, when he searched for the God of his ancestor and
kingly predecessor, David. We read this story in 2 Chronicles 34-35.
We’ll focus our study on how this young king handled and re-
sponded to the Word of God. But, to do that, we’ll need to know
more about his story. That’s where the WORDsearch software can
come alongside and support us in our search.
Since the Bible isn’t just any book, but the very Word of God, be-
fore we approach it in serious study, we need to set aside the time
and make the commitment to listen to what the Author has to say to
us through it. Megachurch pastor Bill Hybels recommends ap-
proaching Bible reading by “saying to God, ‘If you have anything to
tell me, I am very eager to hear it.’”1
One resource in your reference library that can help you learn to
do this is my book, Praying Like Jesus: Discovering the Pattern of
Godly Prayer. It should appear in a window of its own automatically
when you open the program for the first time. Later, after you close
that window, you can find it any time under: LITERATURE: PRAYER in
your library list. This powerful book on prayer has lots to say as
you’re seeking to apply Jesus’ secrets to having a meaningful, two-
way conversation with the God of the Universe. Read it as you have
time. (Even study it by using the Companion Study Guide you’ll find
in the LESSONS section of your library.)
For the purposes of our Consecrate step, though, perform a
magnifying glass SEARCH for the word listen. (Choose to search only
this book by selecting “clear” and then checking the box beside the
book’s title in the SEARCH window’s library list.) You’ll find listen
used often in chapter 25 of this book. The section that’s relevant to
our praying for God’s direction as we read His Word appears mid-
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way through the chapter. After reading the chapter (and looking up
the Scriptures referenced in it by flying your cursor over them),
pray something similar to Pastor Hybels’ request. Spend time on
your prayer. Don’t rush. Pray from your heart and be still before the
Lord. Only then will you be ready for what follows.
1Bill Hybels, The Power of a Whisper. Zondervan, 2010, Grand Rapids, MI; epub
edition.
For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet a boy, [Josiah] began to seek
the God of David his father (2 Chronicles 34:3a).
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Step 2. Consume The second step in our process is to read through the passage in
its entirety. Read it in multiple translations, using your PARALLEL
window (we talked about this in the program overview). In the case
of our study here, you’ll want to Consume two chapters: 2 Chroni-
cles 34-35.
Access Strong’s Greek and Hebrew from your KJV Bible (it will
take you automatically to Greek for New Testament; Hebrew for
Old Testament) to define and understand alternate translations of
key words in the passage. Key words for this reading might include:
“Book of the Law” (that’s the phrase I searched for, in quotes, on the
sample screen); others may include written, read, covenant, statutes,
Passover, and more.
Strong’s definitions will help you understand language-specific
nuances of these words. Read for example, in 34:29, doesn’t mean
silently perusing a document. Rather it means: call out, proclaim,
preach, cry; it even carries the idea of accosting someone with a
message. So, this was a reading with authority—it demanded a
hearing. This is significant to our understanding of the message and
responses that follow.
Another resource group in your library that can help you here is
the collection of Bible dictionaries. Easton’s and Smith’s dictionar-
ies, for example, both give background on the Law of Moses and its
significance to the people of God. Where they reference Bible
verses, take the time to fly your mouse over the references and read
the verses.
You’ll also want to locate the parallel passage in 2 Kings. I’m not
going to tell you where that is. Instead, here’s one way you can find
it. In the Bible window, select the opening verse of the passage (2
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Chronicles 34:1). Then click CROSS-REFS in your main icon bar at the
top of your screen. The computer will do an extensive search of
your library for all references to this verse.
In the CROSS-REFERENCE EXPLORER window that will open after the
search, locate Nave’s Topics. Once you open that outline tree (click
on the + beside its name), one entry you’ll see is J-JOSIAH. Click
once on that text, and you’ll find the 2 Kings references. (Keep that
search minimized on your WORDsearch desktop; it’ll be useful
later.)
“I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the LORD.” … Then Shaphan
the secretary told the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And
Shaphan read from it before the king (2 Chronicles 34:15, 18).
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Step 3. Connect Where does the passage fit into the Bible book and the whole of
the Word of God? That’s the question of the Connect step—a step
that will take a considerable amount of time to cover in each study.
Another word we could use for this step is contextualize—but that
sounds too hoity-toity. It’s less complex than that would make it
seem. It’s all about recognizing and thinking through the connec-
tions between this passage and the rest of God’s self-revelation to
us in the Bible.
My pastor, Colin Smith opened his sermon series on Deuteron-
omy by saying: “Thirty-three years ago, I read this book at one sit-
ting in the library of the London School of Theology where I was
studying. Our professor said, ‘If you want to feel the weight of
[Deuteronomy] you need to read it right through at one time. You’ll
never get the impact of the book if you break it up.’ … I came out of
the library that night with one overwhelming impression: I never
realized that there is so much of the love of God in the Old Testa-
ment.”
Colin’s comment is especially relevant, because the Book of the
Law found and read to Josiah would have contained the book of
Deuteronomy. It may have been the very copy referenced in Deu-
teronomy 31:26 (which I highlighted from the New Topical Text-
book in the screen capture on page 5). Look up that passage in Deu-
teronomy. If you can, take up Pastor Colin’s challenge to read that
book in one sitting. It will illuminate Josiah’s story.
Similarly, as you’re getting context, see where the passage fits
with other portions of Scripture. One way to do this is to open
Scofield’s Study Notes (from LIBRARY: STUDY NOTES) In the book’s
window icon bar, click on the third icon—it looks like a sheet of pa-
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per with a green arrow pointing to it. This opens the book’s table of
contents. Select 2 CHRONICLES, then INTRODUCTION. There you’ll find
cross references to Isaiah 1 and 5. Follow those.
Also, you may recall that Jesus summarized the commandments
from the law of God, the underlying principles read before Josiah
that day, in His two greatest commandments. Use WORDsearch to
locate both the Matthew passage where Jesus makes this summary,
and the places in Deuteronomy and Leviticus He draws from in His
statement.
Now open Complete Works of Flavius Josephus (an early church
historian) from LIBRARY: HISTORY AND CULTURE. Do a magnifying glass
SEARCH of that book using the phrase Passover AND Josiah to find
background that will help you put into context the fact that one of
Josiah’s key responses to the reading was to hold a massive public
Passover celebration.
Also, return to your CROSS-REFERENCE EXPLORER window from
your Consume study, under Naves Topics, J-JOSIAH, to find key
points from the whole of Scripture that relate to this time and
Josiah’s reign over God’s people.
Now you’re getting a more complete picture.
“Go, inquire of the LORD for me and for those who are left in Israel and in Judah, con-
cerning the words of the book that has been found” (2 Chronicles 34:21a).
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Step 4. Consider At this point it’s time to Consider, to think carefully about what
we’ve been reading. What is the Holy Spirit showing you through the
passage? This is where the listening we began earlier (in Step 1:
Consecrate) kicks into high gear. Remember, God’s Word is living
and active. In fact, why not search for the passage that makes that
statement? You know how to do a search. Try it for yourself. (Hint:
you’ll find the reference in Hebrews.)
You can see from the context of what you’ve consumed so far in
our main passage (2 Chronicles 34-35) the power of God’s living
Word. So, let’s Consider the way it demanded a response from King
Josiah and the people of God. They didn’t just sit still when they
heard the Word proclaimed with power and authority. The king
tore his robes in grief and humility (34:19), inquired of the Lord
(34:21ff), stood before the people making a solemn promise to the
Lord (34:31), and acted to tear out of public and private life all sin-
ful practices that ran counter to the Word he heard. The people
(34:32) promised and did likewise. In essence, what the king and
the people did was to act in repentance.
So, that’s another key theme from this passage—one we might
Consider worth prayerfully examining in our lives today. Repen-
tance, contrary to popular opinion, isn’t just about getting non-
believers saved and into God’s kingdom; it’s also what allows us to
continue living like Christ in an adversarial world where we face
temptations to stray every moment.
To come to a better understanding of this concept, try another
kind of search. This time, click the TOPICS icon (third from left) from
the main icon bar. In the “Search for:” box, type repentance. After a
few moments, your search content will appear. Look under Repen-
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tance: Easton’s Illustrated Dictionary for an insightful description
of what repentance means and how it applies to our lives. Then ex-
amine other hits in that search, as well.
Do this same kind of search for any topic the Holy Spirit illumi-
nates in your heart from the passages you’ve read. Then Consider
the response He would have you take to what He shows you.
Because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard
his words against this place and its inhabitants, and you have humbled yourself be-
fore me and have torn your clothes and wept before me, I also have heard you, de-
clares the LORD (2 Chronicles 34:27).
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Step 5. Consult Until now, we’ve not been looking to human experts, scholars or
authors, to give comment on the Scriptures. Yes, we’ve used dic-
tionaries to clarify concepts and explain language differences; and
we’ve used topical reference lists to locate passages we’ve wanted
to study. But intentionally we’ve been seeking first the Holy Spirit’s
comments to us from His Word.
You’ll notice, though, that your collection also contains many
helpful, Bible-based resources written by learned Christian authors
that can help us see more clearly what’s there before us in God’s
Word. So, this is the time when we’ll add commentaries, Christian
living books, and Bible study lessons to our search of the Word.
These, of course, don’t carry the weight of Scripture. But they can
be helpful to us, nonetheless.
We can locate these in a couple of ways. First, if you have a Bible
window open and then open a Commentary category book from
your library, it will automatically track along with your Bible read-
ing. As you scroll up or down, it scrolls with you. Two of the com-
mentaries that come with your package are Matthew Henry Concise
and Jamieson-Fausset-Brown. These cover the whole of Scripture
(rather than NT, OT, or individual Bible books).
Another way to locate a greater breadth of comments on the pas-
sage is to do a search using the IVS ICON (it looks like an orange
lightning bolt). For this search, you’ll not only find commentaries
that relate directly to your study passage, but also cross-reference
notes on the passage, when it’s mentioned in relation to other
Scripture verses. For this kind of search, you’ll need to open either
your word processor, or the one that comes with WORDsearch (find
it in the main icon bar). Once the search is complete, you’ll paste it
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into your open document and follow the links to read the reference
material. This works best if you use WORDsearch’s WORD PROC ICON
to open a new document. If this is a search you’d like to save for
future reference, simply name the document. It will appear in a
DOCUMENTS list in the same column as your Library box.
Similarly, you’ll want to search your entire reference library
(magnifying glass SEARCH) for mentions of key themes or phrases in
your passage. This will net search hits in many of my books, as well
as those of classic writers including Andrew Murray, Matthew
Henry, Hannah Whitall Smith, Augustine of Hippo, and more. Read
these intelligently and carefully, always checking what you read
against what you know to be true about Scripture and God’s charac-
ter.
So Hilkiah and those whom the king had sent went to Huldah the prophetess, the
wife of Shallum the son of Tokhath, son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe (now she
lived in Jerusalem in the Second Quarter) and spoke to her to that effect
(2 Chronicles 34:22).
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Step 6. Converse and Confirm Just as in our last step we began to Consult Bible scholars and
writers, in this step, we’ll begin to talk with other people—our con-
temporaries—about the truths we’re discovering in God’s Word.
This could be in casual conversation, intentionally over dinner with
family, or more structured in a group Bible study. That’s the Con-
verse step in action. By talking with others who are also digging
into the Word, we gain new perspectives, maybe even new insights.
We tend to internalize more of what we’re reading when we’re tell-
ing someone else about it.
The important thing to remember about conversing is to be sure
we ground our conversations in the truth of the Word. It’s tempting
for groups to wander or meander down side trails that focus on
what we feel or what we think. But only if we stay in the center of
biblical truth, will our studies be God-honoring. That’s where the
Confirm half of this step comes into play.
All the resource books at your fingertips in WORDsearch can help
you prepare to Confirm your group’s insights against biblical truth.
Of special interest are the books found in the LESSONS section of
your library. I prepared four Bible Study Guides especially for this
software package. You may choose to go through them individually
or in groups—or to use them topically, as they fit into your other
studies. We’ll do the latter today.
In my devotional, Names of Women of the Bible, I did a chapter-
long study of one of the women mentioned in the passage—an ob-
scure, godly woman named Huldah who spoke God’s Truth to
Josiah’s messengers. Find my comments about her by opening the
devotional and using its table of contents to find the chapter titled
with her name. Or, do a magnifying glass search of your library for
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her name. You’ll notice that in the devotional’s Companion Study
Guide Huldah plays a key role in Study Session 2.
As you’re considering how to share what you’ve been learning
from 2 Chronicles 34-35 with your family, friends, or study group,
you might want to go through this lesson together with them. I’ve
given permission for you to copy and duplicate the Icebreaker,
Questions for Contemplation and Discussion, and My Action Plan
sections of these studies to use in your study groups.
And the king went up to the house of the LORD, with all the men of Judah and the
inhabitants of Jerusalem and the priests and the Levites, all the people both great
and small. And he read in their hearing all the words of the Book of the Covenant that
had been found in the house of the LORD (2 Chronicles 34:30).
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Step 7. Confess and Conform Now is the time to make the truth we’ve gleaned from Scripture
our own. It’s the time to take responsibility for our own actions,
admit where we’ve failed to measure up to God’s standard, and
seek His strength to act positively on what we’ve read.
At this stage of a study, I return to the text of the Word, read it
again from start to finish and then internalize it by copying (or
memorizing) a key verse or passage to place conspicuously around
my office, car, or home.
This is a biblical step, to be sure. In fact, according to the direc-
tions in the book of Deuteronomy (that Josiah heard read), a king’s
first order of business upon ascension to the throne over God’s peo-
ple was to write with his hand, his personal copy of the book of the
law. (This instruction is found in Deuteronomy 17:18-19, which is
listed in the New Topical Textbook search that we performed ear-
lier.)
As we internalize the Scripture, we will find ourselves ready to
make our two con-steps for this stage: Confess where we fall short
and Conform to the image of Christ as revealed to us in His Word.
In essence, we agree to live according to what we discover in the
Word.
I wrote a passage in Praying Like Jesus that might help you in the
Confess portion of this step. It’s found in chapter 32. Locate and
read that chapter, keying in on the text that talks about where the
ultimate blame and consequences belong.
To cement the Conform portion of this step in your mind, per-
form a search of all your Bible translations for the word conformed.
Among other passages, you’ll see listed Romans 8:29 and Romans
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12:2. These might make good passages to hand copy for ourselves
or commit to memory. Another option would be to use the software
to help us, by using VERSE LIST.
Return to your search list for conformed. Bring your cursor to
Romans 8:29 in that list. Instead of left-clicking to open that verse
in your Bible window, right-click once. A menu will pop up. Select
the option: ADD ROMANS 8:29 TO NEW VERSE LIST. A new window will
open called “Untitled.vrs.” Give it a file name, and it will appear be-
low your LIBRARY and DOCUMENTS in a VERSE LIST box. You can add
verses to it, reference it later, even print it out or comment on it. It’s
a cool way to keep a running list of verses to recall or memorize as
we Conform to the lessons of God’s Word to us.
And the king stood in his place and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after
the Lord and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes, with all
his heart and all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant that were written in
this book. Then he made all who were present in Jerusalem and in Benjamin join in it.
And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of
their fathers (2 Chronicles 34:30, 32).
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Step 8. Confide and Continue As we approach the end of this study, we still have a few more
things to do. We need to see that we become accountable, or for the
sake of our con-statements, Confide in a trusted person those steps
we plan to take. And we need to Continue making progress toward
our goal of being transformed into the image of Christ.
First, then, as we Confide, we need to share our desire to be-
come more Christ-like with a prayer partner who will encourage us,
hold us to our commitment, and remind us we’re accountable be-
fore God to do what we say we’re going to do.
This is a subject I’ve written on often—because it’s one that’s
helped motivate me to stay on the straight path. For example, in my
book Pearls to Treasure (LIBRARY: LITERATURE: CHRISTIAN LIVING) I
mention it in the “Pearls of Community Outreach” section, when I’m
talking about accountability prayer partners to support us as we
spread the gospel. In Staying True in a World of Lies, I discuss it in
chapter 9 as a key to maintaining our integrity in challenging situa-
tions at work; and in Conquering the Time Factor, it appears in both
chapters 6 and 12 as a time-management must-do. You can find all
of these with either a magnifying glass SEARCH or a TOPICS search.
The key to confiding comes in choosing an accountability partner
well—choose someone who is God-directed, as you are seeking to
be. Someone trustworthy who can maintain a confidence. Someone
who might trust you to serve a similar purpose in his or her life—
through mutual accountability.
And, as you’re confiding with another person, consciously take
Christ into your confidence. Seek His help as you apply the Word of
God to your life as a follower of God. And be intentional about
searching the Scriptures to tap into God’s strength to succeed.
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But once we’ve gone through all the steps to this point, we may
be tempted to sit back and feel proud of ourselves for all we’ve
done and learned—all we’ve accomplished. That simply won’t do.
That’s why we’ll conclude with a final con-action-verb: Continue.
This may be the most important step of all. Continue digging.
Continue searching. Continue growing toward Christ through
feeding on His Word. Not just grazing—but feeding on its vast sup-
ply of spiritual nutrients. Don’t be satisfied with a dehydrated, arti-
ficial-ingredient-packed, fast-food meal. Keep digging into this and
other passages to find the nourishing good stuff God longs to set
before you.
Go back to dig in every day—always looking for God to set before
you more nutritious food that will strengthen your soul. You have
enough tools in this package to keep you challenged and energized
and digging-in every day—for years to come.
And Josiah took away all the abominations from all the territory that belonged to the
people of Israel and made all who were present in Israel serve the Lord their God. All
his days they did not turn away from following the Lord, the God of their fathers (1
Chronicles 34:33).
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Conquering the Time Factor (12 sessions +
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7 Bible translations, including the ESV
8 Bible Commentaries
5 Bible Dictionaries
Strong’s Greek and Hebrew word studies
45 Classic Reference Resources: maps,
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Julie-Allyson is
passionate
about coming
alongside
others to en-
courage them
to pursue an
ever-deepening
relationship
with Christ.
She is a
frequent guest
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broadcasts—
and is
available as a
Bible-centered
speaker for
your confer-
ence, seminar,
or retreat.
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