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.

My great concern for you in life is not that you will fail, but that you will succeed in doing the wrong things.

The Bible was written not to satisfy your curiosity but to help you conform to Christ's image. Not to make you a smarter sinner but to make you like the Saviour. Not to fill your head with a collection of biblicalfacts but to transform your life.

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

Just think about it: God wanted to communicate with you in the twenty-first century -and he wrote His message in a book.

The Bible is owned, read on occasion, even taken to church - but not studied.

Experience is not the best teacher; evaluated experience is.