1. HOW TO MAKE THE BIBLE COME TO LIFE “FOR THE WORD OF GOD IS LIVING, AND ACTIVE…..” HEBREWS 4:12

2. WHATS WRONG WITH THE WORLD? WE LIVE IN THE MOST ADVANCED AGE IN THE HISTORY OF MAN, BUT WE SEE: *DISPAIR *DESPERATION *FRUSTRATION *SPIRITUAL EMPTINESS

3. PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR ANSWERS IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES GOD’S WORD IS THE SOLUTION! Psalms 119:127 ¶Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold. Psalms 119:127 ¶Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold. 128 Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way. 128 Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way. Romans 10:17 Romans 10:17

4. THE BIBLE IS NOT A DEAD BOOK!  We need to develop a love for God’s Book!  1 st Thessalonians 2:13  Hebrews 4:12  2 nd Timothy 3:16  Jeremiah 20:9  This is not a book to put us to sleep, but rather a book to wake us up!

5. HOW TO MAKE THE BIBLE COME ALIVE JUST OWNING A COPY OF THE BIBLE DOESN’T MAKE ONE A STUDENT OF IT! TODAY’S FOCUS PSALMS 119 1. THE VIRTUES OF THE BIBLE 2. THE VITALITYOF THE BIBLE 3. THE VALUE OF THE BIBLE

6. VIRTUES  THE BIBLE IS A TIMELESS BOOK  PSALMS 119:89  PSALMS 119:152  THE BIBLE IS A TRUTHFUL BOOK  PSALMS 119:142  PSALMS 119:151  THE BIBLE IS A TREASURED BOOK  PSALMS 119:160  PSALMS 119:72  PSALMS 119 103-104  PSALMS 119:127

7. VITALITY WE NEED TO PRAY FOR GOD’S WORD TO BE LAID UP IN OUR HEARTS WE NEED TO PRAY FOR GOD’S WORD TO BE LAID UP IN OUR HEARTS PSALMS 119:9-12 PSALMS 119:9-12 WE NEED TO PONDER GOD’S WORD WE NEED TO PONDER GOD’S WORD PSALMS 119:15 PSALMS 119:15 WE NEED TO PRACTICE GOD’S WORD WE NEED TO PRACTICE GOD’S WORD PSALMS 119:1-5 PSALMS 119:1-5 WE NEED TO PROCLAIM GOD’S WORD WE NEED TO PROCLAIM GOD’S WORD PSALMS 119:13; 172 PSALMS 119:13; 172

8. VALUE THERE IS NOT ANOTHER BOOK UPON THE FACE OF THE EARTH THAT CAN DO WHAT THE BIBLE DOES! THERE IS NOT ANOTHER BOOK UPON THE FACE OF THE EARTH THAT CAN DO WHAT THE BIBLE DOES! PSALMS 119:165-167 PSALMS 119:165-167 KING DAVI HAD ALL WITHIN HIS POWER YET KNEW HE WOULD ONE DAY LEAVE ALL OF THIS BEHIND. KING DAVI HAD ALL WITHIN HIS POWER YET KNEW HE WOULD ONE DAY LEAVE ALL OF THIS BEHIND. DAVID WAS INTERESTED IN THE SALVATION OF HIS SOUL DAVID WAS INTERESTED IN THE SALVATION OF HIS SOUL PSALMS 119:173-176 PSALMS 119:173-176