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Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation… --1 Peter 2:2-3 How can you get God’s Word into your heart and minds so it can transform you? Here are a few simple things that will make a big difference in how you relate to the Scripture: READ IT THROUGH. Now I don’t necessarily mean to read the Bible straight through from cover to cover. Just take small passages at a time and let God use them to transform the way you think about him and your circumstances. ASK IT QUESTIONS. As you read the Word, ask yourself, “Is there a truth here I need to believe? Is there a promise I need to claim? Is there a duty I need to perform?” Questions help keep you tuned into the Word and help you apply it in a personal way. PRAY IT. Get God’s Word into your soul and into your spirit by praying the Scripture over your life and over your loved ones. MARK IT UP. Underline the passages that speak to you and make notes in your Bible. The Scriptures are your personal workbook. Let it become a spiritual journal of your life. LIVE IT. James 1:22 says to “be doers of the word, and not hearers only.” So live God’s Word and be a consistent witness of a life dedicated to Jesus Christ. And finally, GIVE IT AWAY. In the Kingdom of God, the best way to keep something is for you to give it away. The more you share the Word with others, the more you will remember. Begin using these simple principles to make God’s Word a part of your heart and mind, and it will help you “grow up into salvation” in every part of your life! GROWING UP SPIRITUALLY MEANS THAT GOD’S WORD HAS TO BECOME A PART OF YOUR HEART AND MIND Stirred up Hearts by Dr. Paul Chappell “Then spake Haggai the LORD’S messenger in the LORD’S message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith the LORD. And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the LORD of hosts, their God,” Haggai 1:13–14 In one of his final messages, delivered not long before his death in 1899, D. L. Moody said, “The hope of the church today is in a deep and widespread revival. We are confronted with difficulties that can be met in no other way. The history of revivals proves that such a work must begin at the house of God. Who can doubt that if somehow the church could be thoroughly aroused—not a mere scratching of the surface of our emotions, but a deep heart-work that shall make us right with God and clothe us with power in prayer and service—[we] would witness the mightiest movements of the Holy Spirit since Pentecost?” Too many Christians in our day are going through the motions of religion. They attend church, sing the songs, put something in the offering plate, and maybe even say “Amen” when there’s a particularly powerful point made in a sermon. But there is not the kind of passionate, fervent, stirred up spirit that we read of in the book of Acts or in the histories of the great works of God in the church through the centuries. Sadly, not only is there little stirring and revival, but there seem to be few who desire to see God’s power displayed. Let us pray with the Psalmist, “Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?” (Psalm 85:6).   Today’s Growth Principle:  God still has the power to stir the hearts of those who wish to see Him work in their lives in a great way.