Think about all the things we love. We love God, our children, our families, our pets, book, some of us may even love our cars. But- and this is a big -BUT-. Do we love our Bibles? Sure, it IS the Word of God and all but do we really love them?
There are so many things competing for our attention tees days and that makes it hard to love our Bibles. To love something, we actually have to WANT to spend time with that particular thing we love, right? See where I'm going with this?
Dr. Wayne Cordeiro says we should love our Bibles, love them, spend time with them-with The Word. Spending time with The Word is spending time with God. The NIV Life Connect Study Bible makes this idea of loving your Bible so much easier.
This Bible is truly for today's technologically proficient believer. With The Word literally at your fingertips every where you go , there is no excuse NOT to love your Bible. Features of the NIV Life Connect Study Bible include:
-The complete text of the NIV Bible
-Thousands of verse-by-verse study notes
-SOAP (Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer) articles to invite interaction with the text through a helpful framework
-Wide margins for notes, prayers,etc
-Life Connect articles bring the truths of the Bible to your life today
-Insightful quotes to invite reflection
-Study tools including book introductions, cross references and an NIV concordance
-A read through the Bible in a year check off chart
-Red letter edition
I LOVE MY BIBLE!! I love everything about The Word. I use it every single solitary day of my life. And just like the NIV Life Connect Study Bible claims, all these extra special features make my journey through The Word much more profitable. I was already familiar with the S.O.A.P acronym study method and when I saw it was incorporated I to this Bible I was ecstatic!! I believe this tool is invaluable for digging deeper into the various hard to interpret passages, and the easy ones too! Actually, S.O.A.P can be applied to ANY passage. Along with the wider margins for note taking, there are these wonderful things called Life Journal Pages. They are used to record responses to what you read. This way, you have a record of the nuggets you glean from your study. The Life Journal Pages typically occur at the end of each book. There is also an index so you know what passages you studied and what you learned.
My other favorite feature appears in the book introductions. A section called "As You Read" offers things to look for when reading such as key words and themes. "Did You Know?" provides facts about people, places and things in that chapter. The verse numbers are included for your convenience.
The NIV Life Connect Bible is A-MAY- ZING!!! I have yet to find a study Bible so in tuned with today's bible students. The Bible has it all!! If you want a one stop bible study shop buy this Bible. I honestly can't think of even one reason NOT to purchase The NIV Life Connect Study Bible. I even enjoy the layout of the cross references. My rating is 5/5. Zondervan did it again, with the help of Dr. Wayne Cordeiro.
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