Bible Challenge 2008 - Week 28

Week 28

A prayer for the use of Holy Scripture:

O Gracious God and most merciful Father, who has granted us the rich and precious jewel of Your holy word, assist us with Your Spirit, that it may be written in our hearts to our everlasting comfort, to reform us, to renew us according to Your own Image, to build us up, and to instruct us into the perfect building of Christlikeness, sanctifying and increasing in us all heavenly virtues. Grant this, O heavenly Father, for Jesus Christ’s sake. Amen.
(adapted from the “1599 Geneva Bible” Tolle Lege Press, 2006-2007)

“Cardinal George, who is also currently President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, stressed the importance of the Word of God in the ‘conversion of the imagination, the intellect and the will.’”
(“The loss of Scriptural Imagination” by Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture)

Knights and Ladies, I pray that God would transform our imaginations, our intellect, and our wills as we journey through His Word.

Monday --- 1 Corinthians 3
Tuesday --- 1 Corinthians 4
Wednesday --- 1 Corinthians 5
Thursday --- 1 Corinthians 6
Friday --- 1 Corinthians 7

“. . . biblical witness is not called to tip-toe through the twenty-first century. It is meant to transform society. . .

. . . the vast majority of modern Christians work with cultural misconceptions about Christ. This is due in part to poor teaching and in part to the [inadequate] biblical awareness about who Jesus really is. . . there is an urgent need for a biblicised church. . .

[Christ] presented himself as uniquely God’s son – supremely different in every respect – and the early church believed that salvation came only through his death and resurrection. It is all or nothing. Christ is either Lord over all or nothing at all – and countless Christians have been persecuted for saying so. It may well now be our turn.”
(“An Agenda for Change: A Global Call For Spiritual and Social Transformation” by Joel Edwards)

“. . . people [need] to know and love the word of God -- the Bible -- so that they will come to know and love the Word of God -- Jesus Christ.”
(“Here’s the word: Catholics must know Bible to know Jesus, say bishops” by Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service)

“All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.” (2 Timothy 3:16-17)


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