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.

That's the way to come to the Word of God. Read it as though it were His love letter to you.

Never do anything for a student that he he is capable of doing for himself. If you do you, you'll make him an educational cripple...a pedagogical paraplegic.

Maybe you've attended church for five, ten, or even twenty years, but you've never cracked open the Bible to prepare yourself for effectiveness as His instrument. You've been under the Word, but not in it for yourself.

Children are not looking for perfect parents, but they are looking for honest parents.

The moment you come to a passage of scripture and say, "Oh, I know this one already," you're in deep trouble.

Experience is not the best teacher; evaluated experience is.