APLPLY YOUR SELFTO THE FIELD MINISTRY: Week of June 14-20, 2021, Bible Course, Lesson 8, prepared assignment.

APLPLY YOUR SELFTO THE FIELD MINISTRY: June 14-20, 2021. Bible Course Lesson .8 prepared assignment 

Bible Course (5 min.): Fg lesson 9 pars. 6, 7 (th lec. 8).

PUBLISHER: Very good Juan. Well, in this first contact with this new manual we have seen that the Bible helps us, in many ways such as answering fundamental questions whose answers are not known or are contradictory.

STUDENT: Yes, and this gives us peace of mind and also hope for things to come. Not only for me but for my family and children.

PUBLISHER: Exactly, it's like we read in 2 Timothy, everything written in the Bible is useful. And with this manual, with this publication, which, as it says here, is not a substitute for the Bible, it will help us understand it better and encourage us to study it more deeply. And for this to be possible, we have to delve into it.

STUDENT: Sure, if we don't know what it tells us, we won't know how it can help us, right?

PUBLISHER: It's just that, Juan. Many people say they read or know the Bible when they were little or that they read it at a certain time in their lives ... so they can really get all the benefit it gives?

STUDENT: Well, I don't think so, they won't know many things and that is if they remember what they supposedly knew.

PUBLISHER: Sure ... look, here, in this section let's delve into the subject ... it tells us to see how the Bible has helped and helps many people. Let's give an example that occurs to me very simple ...

STUDENT: Ok, which one?

PUBLISHER: Suppose we lived a few years ago and there is still no GPS or cell phones with it. So, when you travel to an unknown place on vacation or for any other circumstance, what do you take with you?

STUDENT: A safe map, and maybe a compass if he knew how to use it.

PUBLISHER: Exactly. Why are you taking a map with you?

STUDENT: Because otherwise I'm going to get lost.

PUBLISHER: Our life, from the moment we are born, is like a journey, a journey in which we do not have an instruction manual or a map. We are making decisions in life, and these are taking us from one place to another ... we are presented with more favorable situations or with more problems ... are we really alone without a manual or map to guide us in our life?

STUDENT: Since we are born I would say yes, not everyone knows the Bible or is willing to study it.

PUBLISHER: So we agree that the Bible is like our map, right?

STUDENT: Yes, for me it starts to be.

PUBLISHER: Well, it's true, the Bible is our map of how we should orient and where to go in our life. A map is always very useful, but you have to know how to use it ... and here what you said about the compass is interesting to me ... you only take it if you know how to use it ...

STUDENT: Yes, otherwise I will be carrying something that I am not going to use.

PUBLISHER: Very good. That's just the point, you can know the Bible, but if you don't know how to use it, it's useless. You can have it, it's your map, but if you don't know how to use it and you don't have a compass that tells you where you are, it guides you on ... will it be very useful?

STUDENT: Not really.

PUBLISHER: It is not enough to know the Bible, or read it from time to time, or even read it every day ... reading is useless if it is not put into practice, and you have to know how to put into practice what we study ... and this publication "Enjoy life forever" will serve as a compass for you to get the most out of your map the Bible.

STUDENT: I ​​really liked the example, it is as point 3 says here, that the Bible guides us, it is like a lighthouse or like this boy's flashlight.

PUBLISHER: Exactly, the Bible guides and guides us at all times, even in the darkest moments or situations. It always gives us a way out and tells us where to go or what to do. Take a look at this, the paragraph under point 3.

STUDENT: Yes, it is a very powerful light capable of illuminating our path, it helps us make good decisions and know what will happen in the future, also giving us peace of mind.

PUBLISHER: Psalm 119: 105 says "Your word is a lamp to my foot and a light to my path." You have already mentioned it a bit referring to the background image, do you think the psalmist thought the same about the Bible?

STUDENT: Yes, the text cannot be clearer. A lamp that lights my feet, so it knows where to step.

PUBLISHER: Very well, so as not to stumble or fall into some trap, for example.

STUDENT: And a light for my path.

PUBLISHER: Bible is this map that illuminates our path, our journey… What is this journey? What is the destination we want to reach?

STUDENT: This hope to live forever.

PUBLISHER: And how can we get to our destination?

STUDENT: Being guided by the Bible.

PUBLISHER: So, do you think John that the Bible can help you as the psalmist believed to be a lamp, a guiding light?

STUDENT: More and more I really want it to be my map… although I know that it will not be easy and that it will require a lot of perseverance on my part and changes that I begin to see what I have to make.

PUBLISHER: When you go on vacation…. You don't say… "I want to go to this place" and you're there tomorrow, right? What you do is start planning your trip, from scratch, informing yourself first ... the same thing happens here. This trip is your life, your family, your children… How will the Bible help you?

STUDENT: To plan my life, and as you say ... you have to start at the beginning, learning how to do it ...

PUBLISHER: There are many examples of people who let themselves be guided by the Bible and whose lives have improved enormously, now I will tell you some experiences and how it has helped me personally as well ...