We need to APPLY what it says.....

Hi Hanah,

Most Christians wonder why their lives are not more blessed. They read the Bible and try not to  sin. But often their lives remain or even become more miserable.

What Christians miss is that reading the Bible alone does not help us much. We need to APPLY what it says.

Many non-Christians are successful.  The reason is that unknowingly they apply Biblical principles and thus have success. The Biblical principles work for any person.

It is like with the laws of gravity. Just knowing about them, even theoretically fully comprehending them alone, does not help. We need apply them and protect ourselves in dangerous situations.

Yes, God always can bail us out, but he rather wants us to grow up and apply the Biblical principles.

The book of proverbs is an often studied book by Christians. But few really embrace the principals and put them into practice.

Reading without applying the Bible leads to a mere, fruitless and frustrating religion. It makes us discouraged about our lives and then angry with God.

I challenge you to APPLY the Bible on a daily basis.

The reason that I have not grown as much as I should have, is that I have not put the Bible always in practice.

I challenge you to be smarter and more successful than I.

Warm greetings, 

Paul, 10 Jan 2014