The Word
January 1, 2017
Carlton Gerrell – cgerrell@tvcc.us
Psalm 119
Psalm 119:160 The entirety of Your word is truth, and all Your righteous judgments endure forever.
Psalm 119:89 LORD, Your word is forever; it is firmly fixed in heaven.
2 Timothy 3:16-17 All Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for teaching, for rebuking, for correcting, for training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.
Psalm 119:52 LORD, I remember Your judgments from long ago and find comfort.
Psalm 119:24 Your decrees are my delight and my counselors.
Romans 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is God’s power for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, and also to the Greek.
Psalm 119:1 How happy are those whose way is blameless, who live according to the LORD’s instruction!
Psalm 119:96-97 I have seen a limit to all perfection, but Your command is without limit. How I love Your instruction! It is my meditation all day long.
Psalm 138:2 I will bow down toward Your holy temple and give thanks to Your name for Your constant love and truth. You have exalted Your name and Your promise above everything else.
Matthew 5:18 For I assure you: Until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or one stroke of a letter will pass from the law until all things are accomplished.
Psalm 119:144 Your decrees are righteous forever. Give me understanding, and I will live.
Psalm 119:160 The entirety of Your word is truth, and all Your righteous judgments endure forever.
1 Peter 1:24-25 For All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like a flower of the grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls, but the word of the Lord endures forever. And this is the word that was preached as the gospel to you.
HOW TO STUDY THE WORD
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Psalm 119:12 LORD, may You be praised; teach me Your statutes.
Psalm 119:18 Open my eyes so that I may contemplate wonderful things from Your instruction.
• Revelation is God
• Inspiration is man
• Illumination is your
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H-Highlight - the verses that speak to you.
• Write out the name of the book:
• Which chapter and verse number stand out to you?
E-Explain - what this passage means.
• To whom was it originally written? Why?
• How does it fit with the verses before and after it?
• What is the Holy Spirit intending to communicate through this text?
A-Apply - what God is saying in these verses to your life
• What does it mean today?
• What is God saying to you personally?
• How can you apply this message to your life?
R-Respond - to what you’ve read
• In what ways does this passage call you to action?
• I will you be different because of what you’ve learned?
• Write out a prayer to God in response to what you read today.
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Psalm 119:15 I will meditate on Your precepts and think about Your ways.
Psalm 119:23 Though princes sit together speaking against me, Your servant will think about Your statutes;
Psalm 119:97 How I love Your instruction! It is my meditation all day long.
Psalm 119:127 Since I love Your commands more than gold, even the purest gold,
Psalm 119:147 I rise before dawn and cry out for help; I put my hope in Your word.
Psalm 119:148 I am awake through each watch of the night to meditate on Your promise.
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Psalm 119:167 I obey Your decrees and love them greatly.
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Psalm 119:13 With my lips I proclaim all the judgments from Your mouth.
Psalms 119:46 I will speak of Your decrees before kings and not be ashamed.