Hello Beautiful People,
I pray everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday, whether you are celebrating in the States or in another part of the world. Thankfulness and gratitude go hand in hand, and part of that is by helping one another.
I always seek new ways to gain a deeper relationship with God. In collaboration with Momentum Influencers, I recently had the opportunity to preview the new Abide Bible by Thomas Nelson. The Abide Bible Experience offers the 21 Days In John, a free video devotion featuring Dr. Phil Collins, the general editor of the Abide Bible. Two Bible translations of the Gospel of John can be downloaded from the website.
Do you want to read scripture and understand how it relates to your life?
I remember reading my Bible chapters for the day and thinking I was done because I got my word in. I have since learned that reading the Bible should not be about meeting a quota for the day. Instead, reading the Bible should be about gaining a deeper understanding and revelation of how my life should be by praying and asking the Holy Spirit to guide me. There is a difference.
The Abide Bible, created in partnership with Bible Gateway and Taylor University for Scripture Engagement, features articles, book introductions, and practical scripture engagement prompts based on five ways of engaging deeply with the Bible:
1. Praying scripture
2. Picture it
3. Journaling
4. Engage Through Art
5. Contemplate
I include a brief overview of how I started going through the ABIDE Bible video study of the 21 days of John. I had to take my time and not rush through this video study.
I started reading through the overview of John and the 1st chapter of John. When you follow through with the video, I reflect on scripture regarding my life, family, and community. While reading through the book of John, chapters 1, verses 38 and 39, the phrase “Come and See.” What connection might the Holy Spirit want me to make? There was a pause in the video to think about what that question means to me. Dr. Collins talked about how he would like to see how his parents and in-loves will be, how his adult kids will be, and what God has for them. Then I meditate on how I would respond. My response is to make a total commitment to the Lord. We pray. And then I contemplate by being quiet and no that God is God. By going through this study in the Abide Bible of God, I know that I am getting more out of the chapter of John than doing a quick read and checking off the list that I did my daily Bible reading for the day.
To me, having these 5 prompts for study takes your relationship with the Lord to another level because you are applying the principles to your life.
The link to The Abide Bible Experience 21 Days of John is HERE; remember, it’s free.
Giveaway
One of our readers will receive their own copy of the Abide Bible.
It is simple to enter the giveaway! In the comments below, tell us how you think having a deeper relationship with God will help you grow.
The giveaway runs through Friday, December 2nd at 11:59 pm (Central Time).
One comment will be selected randomly, and the winner will be announced on Sunday, December 4th.
**Please Note: This giveaway is limited to only residents of the United States.
Disclaimer:
Thanks to Thomas Nelson Bibles for providing BubblingWithEleganceAndGrace.com with a copy of the Abide Bible to write this review and offer one as a giveaway. All opinions of the Abide Bible are our own.
I think having a deeper relationship with God will help me grow as my son is deeply engrained in following God’s believes and encourages me as well.
Thank you, Darlene for entering the giveaway. Having a deeper relationship with God will help us grow.
I will feel safe and secure knowing God has the perfect plan for my life even if I don’t always see it.
Thank you for entering the giveaway LeAnn! I totally agree having that security and safety in God makes us confident because He is guiding our path.
My faith in God has helped me through my 2 daughters death. Without his guidance and my knowledge that I will be reunited with them again, I would have not made it. I know he carries me in my darkest hour.
Thank you Lori for entering the giveaway. I offer my condolences and deepest sympathies to you for your two daughters. I am putting you on my prayer list. Prayers of strength and comfort to you.
Everything I do is for God. The Bible will help me grow more because I can finally read His Word everyday. I can open it whenever I feel down, happy, angry, whatever emotion and God will be there. I can read about Him, his Son, the apostles, the beginning and the end. I just plain want to get super close to God. I feel we are running out of time.
Thank you Mya for entering the giveaway. God has us in his hands and by getting closer to Him we will gain that deeper relationship.
Congratulations Mya, You won a copy of the ABIDE Bible! BubblingwithEleganceandGrace.com has sent you an email of how to claim your bible. Congratulations!
I think it can help me focus on the bigger picture of what God wants me to do with my life.
Thank you Michelle for entering the giveaway. I so agree and if we don’t know our purpose we can still lean on him to give us direction by focusing on the deeper relationship.
I don’t think having a deeper relationship with God will help me grow, I know it will! I feel I get closer to God every day. I pray to him daily to help me get through some tough situations. The Prayers always work.
Thank you Audrey for entering the giveaway. AMEN, so true! I totally agree and we can talk to God anytime. He is our Father and our best friend.
Having a deeper relationship with God will help me grow as a faithful believer. Active learning and prayer helps me to better understand my relationship with God.
Thank you Wen for entering the giveaway. I agree having that deeper relationship with God strengthens our faith. The relationship with God will only get stronger if we seek Him daily.
I think it will help me grow more by allowing me to have better perspective to see the things and people that I should truly be focusing on in order to make a true difference in the world.
Thank you Stephanie for entering the giveaway. I agree by growing our relationship with God we gain focus and direction.
Personal and spiritual growth should be a lifelong endeavor, not something that we cease upon exiting the world of education. The closer we grow to God the more people we can reach for Him!
Thank you Penny for entering the giveaway. I think what you said was on point and I totally agree. We continually grow and it’s a chain reaction to reach more people to know Him. Amen!
I feel like I am drifting away from God lately as I am battling a current health struggle that leaves little room for God. I would like to deepen my relationship with Him.
Thank you Natalie for entering the giveaway. God is right there with you and we can talk to Him anytime. I have found that you see God in scripture and the psalms and proverbs are great to read out loud and start that deeper relationship. I am putting you on my prayer list for recovery from health struggles. If you like I can send you healing scriptures for you to read out loud if you send us an email. Blessings to you.
I honestly feel like what you said in the above post. I maybe feel like I have to meet a quota for the day. I would love to be more engaged in the scripture and my prayer life. The five steps that the Abide Bible guides you through would help me to be more engaged and grow my relationship with the Lord. That would be amazing. I do not want to just go through the emotion. I truly crave a closer relationship with Him!
Thank you Kesha for entering the giveaway. I think that we all can feel like we checked off our list for the day but there’s more so much more with a deeper relationship with God. I have found that reading scripture out loud is a good way to start retaining what you read. Psalms and Proverbs are great ways to pray through scripture by reading out loud. Proverbs can be read through a chapter each day.
My having a deeper relationship with God will help me find peace with my daily life. I am trying to read the scriptures every day.
Thank you Anne Marie for entering the giveaway. I so agree a deeper relationship with God does give us peace. Reading scripture out loud is a great way to retain what you’ve read and to seek Him through prayer.
My having a deeper relationship with God will help me become a better person and who he wants be to be.
Thank you Harriet for entering the giveaway. I agree and pursuing that deeper relationship with God I believe will strengthen our faith in Him.