Daily Devotional with Dr. Duane Brooks
July 28, 2017
John 5:39-40
You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me, yet you refuse to come to me to have life.
New International Version (NIV)
           A Prince of Grenada was imprisoned in Spain.  The only book they gave him was a Bible.  For thirty-three years he read the Bible again and again.  When he died they found his commentary written with a nail on the soft walls of the cell:  What did they find?  The notations were of this sort: Psalm 118:8 is the middle verse of the Bible; Ezra 7:21 contains all the letters of the alphabet except the letter J; the ninth verse of the eighth chapter of Esther is the longest verse in the Bible; no word or name more than six syllables can be found in the Bible.  He studied the Bible for over three decades and only gleaned trivia.  
            Jesus spoke to the spiritual leaders of his day who had honed their understanding of scripture to a fine edge.  They thought the knowledge of details could get them eternal life.  Jesus reminded them that he was the subject of the scriptures they read.  In the Bible we find the story of Jesus.  The more we learn about him, the more we love him and the more we discover the life that is really life.    
            John Bunyan said, “I was never out of my Bible.”  And John Wesley said, “I am a man of one book.”  Let’s be people of the book.  Spurgeon said, “I would rather lay my soul asoak in half a dozen verses [of the Bible] all day than rinse my hand in several chapters.”  As we study, let us look for Jesus, the subject of the story.  Not the letter of the law, but the Lover of our souls, Christ alone gives us abundant eternal life.
 Pray with me the prayers of our fellow believers in Haiti:   
Our Great Physician,
Your word is like alcohol.
When poured on an infected wound, it burns and stings.
But only then can it kill germs.
If it doesn't burn, it doesn't do any good.
Father,
We are all hungry baby birds this morning.
Our heart-mouths are gaping wide, waiting for you to fill us.
Father,
A cold wind seems to have chilled us.
Wrap us in the blanket of your Word and warm us up.
Lord,
We find your Word like cabbage.
As we pull down the leaves, we get closer to the heart.
And as we get closer to the heart, it is sweeter.
In Jesus’ name. Amen.
I want to invite you to join me in memorizing 52 passages this year from the 2017 set of Fighter Verses.  You can find the Fighter Verses App at the App Store on your phones or via this link  http://fighterverses.com/the-verses/fighter-verses/.  As we study the Bible this year, let's look at each text and learn what it says about God. 
Joyfully, 
Duane 
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