If you want to continue leading, you must continue changing.

Prayer is especially crucial when you come to a place in your study where you are stuck and confused.

There is no fear of judgment for the man who judges himself according to the Word of God.

If you leave the church service thinking about how good the pastor was, he has missed the mark. If you leave consumed with Christ, the pastor has been used by the Lord.

There's an old saying that nothing good happens fast. I don't know if that's altogether true, but it does have some bearing on Bible study.

So the first reason for studying Scripture is that it is a means of spiritual growth. There is none apart from the Word. It is God's primary tool to develop you as an individual.

If you are not thinking correctly, you are not living correctly. What you believe will determine how you behave.