Psalm 27:14

"Waiting time is not wasted time." - Andy Stanley

Times of waiting are inevitable and crucial to our growth in faith. It's a bit like sleep for the body, where it might not be what you want to do, but it is what you need. It can be very hard to wait, but God will work through our times of waiting in unique ways if we know how to wait well. In order to get the most out of our waiting times, we have to know:

• Waiting asks for trust
• Waiting requires hope
• Waiting offers worship

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Luke 5:17-26

Jesus rewarded the faith of all the friends… it wasn't just the faith of the paralyzed man. This demonstrates what it means to be a church. We are a family. Like a family, he church has a few roles in order to fulfill God's design for it:

• To care for each other
• To carry each other
• To get each other in front of Jesus
• To chat about what God has done

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Even atheists and agnostics would benefit from reading the Bible more. It is essential for understanding western culture. We wouldn't have arrived here as a society without it.

But besides that, the Bible is useful for us as Christians because it teaches us and informs us and shapes our actions toward the world around us:

Isaiah 55:8-9

Romans 5:6-8

Genesis 1:27

Psalm 119:105

James 1:25-27

Romans 12:2

Do you engage the Bible as a tourist, visiting it 2-3 times per week? Or do you take up residency there, engaging it 4 or more times per week (more days than not)? When you take up residency, it starts to become ingrained and transform you.

How to overcome the barriers to reading the Bible:

• It's Ok not to understand it. Ask questions and read with others.
• It's not boring. We have to allow it to be interesting and remember all the wild events that happen with it.
• Most translations are just fine. Instead of getting hung up on which translation to read, pick the one that you will read the most.
• It is a lot, but it's already broken up into books and chapters.
• Even if you hate reading, taking it in small chunks makes it easier, and you can also listen to it read to you.
• If you don't know where to start, try starting in the beginning with Genesis, or start in one of the gospels.

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