Goodness, I am behind in my Catholic Bible Study! That’s ok though, at least I’m reading and I WILL NOT let the enemy convince me I’m too far behind to catch up! That’s a major trick of the enemy, you know that right? Discouragement, shame…they all serve a major purpose in his ultimate goal of separating us from the Lord.
I’m gonna be honest here, sometimes it’s hard to choose time with the Lord. It’s hard to decide I will sit down and read my Bible and saturate myself in His Word…so sometimes I don’t. I scroll social media instead. I run to the store first instead of after. I do nothing instead of something eternal. I’m a fallen human being, it happens.
But God is faithfully waiting for me to choose Him first. He’s gently teaching me to choose the better part–the eternal over the temporary. He’s calling me into His heart and welcoming me into closer friendship with Him.
Catholic Bible Study
January 12th, 2021
Genesis 26:17-27:46, Matthew 9:1-17, Psalm 10:16-18, Proverbs 3:9-10, Sirach 4:11-18
Do not be afraid for I am with you and will bless you…
The smell of my son is the good smell of the open fields that the Lord has blessed.
Smell is powerful!
Some people brought to him a paralyzed man on a mat. Seeing their faith…
Will the lord see my friend’s faith?
Now go and learn the scriptures: “I want you to be merciful; I don’t want your sacrifices.”
Command! “Go and learn the Scriptures.”
Some Quotes About Reading the Scriptures
“Learning is the heart of discipleship. You can’t just take up your cross daily. You need to take up the Bible every day.”
― Mark Batterson, Trip around the Sun
“The saints understand the Bible better than theologians because they understand the Bible’s primary author, God, by loving Him with their whole heart and their whole mind.”
–Peter Kreeft
“Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ.”
–Saint Jerome
“You can sum up the Bible in two words: Come closer.”
–John Eldridge
“Let sleep find you holding your Bible, and when your head nods let it be resting on the sacred page.”
–Saint Jerome
“Become familiar with the Bible so that it can be your compass pointing out the road to follow.”
–Pope Benedict XVI
“Visit many good books, but live in the Bible.”
–Charles Spurgeon
“We speak to God when we pray; we listen to Him when we read the Scriptures.”
–Saint Ambrose
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