If you read my previous post on Bible reading plans, you saw the link to deliberatepeople.com, the ministry of Phil Joel. I was revisiting his site, and he made a new video describing his ministry, which I thought would be appropriate to share as part of the focus of this blog. It describes how a basic Bible reading schedule helped reconnect him with God, and how God changed his relationships and his life. It all started with a deliberate attempt to pursue God.
He's a little dramatic, very hip, and perhaps not everyone's cup of tea, but I find his exuberance encouraging and his simplicity and eagerness a fresh reminder that you can be deliberately pursuing God and studying his word without being academic or stuffy. His Deliberate People Album, though not a chart topper, is one of my top 5 devotional CD's and maybe one of my Top 5 CD's of all time. Check out deliberatepeople.
what makes dP? from deliberatePeople. on Vimeo.
Reading the Bible is an act of love, as we engage with God because of the love that He's placed in our hearts and as He reveals His word to us through the Holy Spirit. It's not about knowledge. It's not about study. It's about a relationship with Jesus. Reading is part of our walk and talk with God. It is not an end to itself.
Featured Projects
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Read the Bible Aloud
Some of the most fun I've had in my Bible study time has been sustained periods of shouting God's Word aloud. Throughout Scripture God calls His people to response and action, and often a spoken word is the simplest form of response. Putting God's Word in your mouth and ears may be the most effective way of placing it within your heart.
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Moleskine Notebook Bible
Create an interleaved Bible by pasting alternating pages from old abused paperback editions into a large plain notebook. With a little ingenuity and some old Bibles and some household items you can have a study tool similar to Jonathan Edward's blank Bible.
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Creating Cross References
One of the most common ways to take notes in your Bible is to create your own cross-references in the margins, linking verses that interpret and illuminate each other. Often the process and order of creating these cross references leads to new revelation as topics connect and diverge, one theme leads to another and the relationship between topics in the Word often brings light.
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Newsletters
My monthly newsletter articles feature the fruits of study and obedience to fulfill God's call as an urban missionary in the Metro Detroit area. The newsletter posts feature the opening article and a link to the full newsletter and to old newsletters. The articles focus on discovering intimacy and passion on the urban mission field and in Muslim Ministry.
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Christ's Commands: Amplified Bible
This highlighting project didn't start out with a complex color scheme, but grew from the desire to focus on a single subject. Jesus makes an unequivocal statement in John 14:15 that constantly challenged me as a young believer and continues to stir me and burn me today: "If you love me you will keep my commandments."p>
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Homemade KJV Looseleaf
printkjv.ifbweb.com offers free Microsoft word and Plain Text files of the entire KJV. This means that the text block can reformatted and printed it any way. It also features the books of the Bible in individual documents so you can print an individual book to look at. Perhaps the most obvious use of this resource is the creation of an interleaf Bible.p>
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