The Bible,..A How To Book?

Good Morning!! The Bible is a template for living,...a "template", which refers to an overlay used in graphic arts, or in sewing to replicate letters, shapes, or designs. As believers we have to use the Scripture as our overlay, to help us replicate in our lives, to what we've seen in the Book.

Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.—John 13:17 (NIV)

"We are in a true age of faith, the Holy Spirit no longer writes Gospels,...except in our hearts; saintly souls are the pages, suffering and action are the ink. The Holy Spirit is writing a living Gospel with the pen of action." (Jean-Pierre de Caussade) I love the phrase "the pen of action." When we open the Bible to read carefully,...to think deeply,...to pray faithfully,...we must ready ourselves, to act it out in our lives,...courageously.

We must develop the spiritual discipline, to perform in our lives, what we have seen in the Bible.

Holy Spirit of God, as we read Your Word more deeply, help us to live more faithfully. Amen.

"Don't just take your troubles to God,...leave them there."