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Adults Personally Study God's Word

A friend shared her experience with me about spending time in God’s Word.

She was saved at the age of four during Vacation Bible School. Though she later went to Bible college and attended good Bible believing churches where she was told that she should be spending personal time in God’s Word, she could never get herself to consistently study the Bible on her own until she was in her 40’s.

What made the difference?

Her motivation changed. Before she was driven by guilt of what she ought to do and wanting to be like other people she considered to be spiritual. When she finally grasped that it was more about getting to know her heavenly Father, a passion began to grow within her for God’s Word. The more that relationship developed, the more she WANTED to study the Bible.

Lessons We Can Learn About Adults Getting into the Word.

The experience of my friend teaches us at least two lessons:

  1. Spiritual maturity does not necessarily correlate with physical age or even the length of time one has been saved.

My friend trusted in Jesus for her salvation when she was four years old. It wasn’t until she was a middle-aged adult that she so much wanted to get to know God and nurture her relationship with Him that she began to consistently study His Word. The more she got into the Word, the greater her love for God grew. The stronger that relationship became, the deeper she would get into the Word. The more time she spent in the meat of God’s Word, the more she grew into a Christ-like believer.

Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness. But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil. (Heb. 5:13-14)

  1. No matter how old a person is, or how long they have been saved, it is never too late to begin. But, that’s the key — they must begin.

My friend was in her forties when she began. Twenty years later she is still daily communing with God in His Word. Why? — Because SHE BEGAN the journey.

I had another senior adult friend who kept saying, “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.” I would tell her that number one, she was not a dog but rather a person created in the image of God to be able relate with Him on a personal level. And, number two, she had the Holy Spirit within her to enable her to learn new disciplines. One’s age and long established patterns should not hold a person back from beginning.

Teacher Training Resource:  Discipling Students in the Word of God Worksheet

Resource for Adult Students: New to Bible Reading Discipleship Tool

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