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Your Time in the Word Isn't Just for You | Word First

The Gospel CoalitionDiscipleship

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If I want to be a wise mom, if I want to be a wise friend, if I want to whatever I want to be, the foundation of wisdom is this book. Sometimes you will read it and you will be like, I have no idea what this is or what this means and I'm totally confused. But then you get to Bible study and it might you're like, oh, and something about that wrestling and the not knowing and then the knowing is so satisfying. That time you spend in the word, it isn't just about you. You might be in that passage because in three days you're going to have a conversation with someone at the park and you're gonna remember that passage that you were just in and that is bread that you are giving to someone else. I think we have to think of this. It's not selfish time. It's soul satisfying. It's like eating a meal. You do not think, "Oh, I'm eating a meal and I'm really selfish." You think, "Oh, I have to eat it or else I will die." That is what is true about God's