Cognitive Distortions to Avoid

Abide in God's word, we will know the truth and the truth will set us free (John 8:31-32). Sinful actions begin with sinful thoughts (Matthew 15:19). This same principle is understood in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.

Common errors in thinking

1. All or nothing: 
When you give up on everything good because of a bad thing
2. Overgeneralizing: 
When you think something will always be bad and never change
3. Mental filters: 
When you only see one side of things, usually only the bad
4. Mind reading: 
When you think you know for sure what others are thinking
5. Fortune telling: 
When you think you know for sure what's going to happen
6. Magnification/Minimization: 
When you think something is a big deal or not a big deal
7. Personalization: 
When you blame yourself for something outside of your control
8. Emotional reasoning: 
When you think feelings define how things really are
9. Mislabeling: 
When you call yourself or others names because of something that was done
10. Discounting Positives: 
When you see the good side, but think it doesn't count

If the thoughts are wrong, the feelings will be wrong; and the thoughts and feelings combined make up the moral character. [MYP 92]

Overcoming Stinking Thinking With Agape Love

Love rejoices in truth, it won't use emotional reasoning or faulty mental filtering, nor will it discount the positive. Love doesn't envy or give into self-seeking forms of all or nothing thinking. Love believes in all things, it doesn't "mind-read" or assume others think a certain way. Love hopes in all things, it doesn't "fortune tell" evil or overgeneralize that something or someone will always be a certain way. Love is kind, it doesn't resort to name calling or mislabeling. Love isn't puffed up, so it won't magnify or minimize things out of proportion. Love isn't easily provoked because it doesn't take anything personally.

Relevant quote
Charity “doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil” (1 Corinthians 13:5). Christlike love places the most favorable construction on the motives and acts of others. It does not needlessly expose their faults; it does not listen eagerly to unfavorable reports, but seeks rather to bring to mind the good qualities of others. [AA 319]

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What the bible says about hell

Does God have any pleasure in the death of the wicked?

Ezekiel 33:11 Say to them: ‘As I live,’ says the Lord God, ‘I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?’

How is God's act of punishing described?

Isaiah 28:21 

For the Lord will rise up as at Mount Perazim, He will be angry as in the Valley of Gibeon— That He may do His work, His awesome work, And bring to pass His act, His unusual act.

Comment: God doesn't like to punish, it's a strange act for Him to do, but he will inevitably do it

For whom did God originally prepare eternal fire for?
Matthew 25:41 Then He will also say to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels

When will the wicked be punished?
Job 21:30 For the wicked are reserved for the day of doom; They shall be brought out on the day of wrath.
2 Peter 2:9 then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust under punishment for the day of judgment

How will the dead present themselves on judgment day?

Revelation 20:13 The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works.

Note: Apparently, the judgment happens while physically present in one's body. Also see study on what happens at death

Where does hell fire come from?

Revelation 20:9
They went up on the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. And fire came down from God out of heaven and devoured them.

Hebrews 12:29 For our God is a consuming fire.

Psalms 68:2 As smoke is driven away, So drive them away; As wax melts before the fire, So let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

What is God able to do with the soul in hell?
Matthew 10:28 And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

Comment: Contrary to popular belief, this verse clearly shows souls are not immortal

What is left after lost souls are destroyed?

Malachi 4:1-3 “For behold, the day is coming, burning like an oven, and all the proud, yes, all who do wickedly will be stubble. And the day which is coming shall burn them up,” Says the Lord of hosts, “That will leave them neither root nor branch. But to you who fear My name The Sun of Righteousness shall arise With healing in His wings; And you shall go out And grow fat like stall-fed calves. You shall trample the wicked, For they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet On the day that I do this,” Says the Lord of hosts.

What past example does the bible give of eternal fire?
Jude 7 as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them in a similar manner to these, having given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.

Comment: Is Sodom still burning today? No, because there's nothing left to burn

What will the Lord do with the devil?
Hebrews 2:14 Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil
Revelation 20:10

The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

Who can live in God's fiery presence without harm?

Isaiah 33:14b-15  ...“Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?” He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly, He who despises the gain of oppressions, Who gestures with his hands, refusing bribes, Who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, And shuts his eyes from seeing evil

What promise does God give us to look forward to?
2 Peter 3:13 Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.

What will the new earth be like?
Revelation 21:4 And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.

Will affliction rise up again?
Nahum 1:9 What do you conspire against the Lord? He will make an utter end of it. Affliction will not rise up a second time.

What the bible says about death

How did God create human beings?
Genesis 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Note: The same Hebrew word for living soul (Nephesh) is also used in reference to living creatures in Genesis 1 verses 20 and 24, but there is obviously something unique about humans, In Genesis 1:27-28, we read that humans were made in God's image and were given dominion over all living creatures that move about on the earth.

Why do humans die?

Romans 5:12 Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned—

What happens to the soul at death?
Genesis 3:19 In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread Till you return to the ground, For out of it you were taken; For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.
Ecclesiastes 12:7 Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.

What happens when us and our thoughts when we die?
Psalm 146:4
His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
Job 14:21 His sons come to honor, and he does not know it; They are brought low, and he does not perceive it.

Note: This means supposed "near death experiences" are not true death experiences. If someone were truly dead, all function in the brain would have stopped and consciousnesses would cease. 

What do the dead know?
Ecclesiastes 9:5 For the living know that they will die; But the dead know nothing, And they have no more reward, For the memory of them is forgotten.

Can the dead come back to haunt us?

Job 7:9-10 As the cloud disappears and vanishes away, So he who goes down to the grave does not come up. He shall never return to his house, mor shall his place know him anymore.

What did David, Job, Jesus, and Paul compare death to?
Psalm 13:3 

Consider and hear me, O Lord my God; Enlighten my eyes, Lest I sleep the sleep of death
Job 14:10–12 

But man dies and is laid away; Indeed he reathes his last And where is he? As water disappears from the sea, And a river becomes parched and dries up, So man lies down and does not rise. Till the heavens are no more, They will not awake Nor be roused from their sleep.
John 11:11-14 These things He said, and after that He said to them, “Our friend Lazarus sleeps, but I go that I may wake him up.” Then His disciples said, “Lord, if he sleeps he will get well.” However, Jesus spoke of his death, but they thought that He was speaking about taking rest in sleep. Then Jesus said to them plainly, “Lazarus is dead."
1 Thessalonians 4:14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus.

What is the will of the Father for us who believe in in Jesus?
John 6:40 And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”

What does God have in heaven to replace our mortal bodies?
2 Corinthians 5:1-4  For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed with our habitation which is from heaven, if indeed, having been clothed, we shall not be found naked. For we who are in this tent groan, being burdened, not because we want to be unclothed, but further clothed, that mortality may be swallowed up by life.

When will we be given our new bodies?
1 Corinthians 15:52-54 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”

What does the bible says about us being in our current bodies?
2 Corinthians 5:6-8 So we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord. For we walk by faith, not by sight. We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.

What must happen for us to be always with the Lord?
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.

Note: Notice how receiving our new bodies and being always present with the Lord both occur after the return of Christ

What did Jesus say He will do before we can be where He is?
John 14:3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.

When are the just rewarded?

Luke 14:13-14 

But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind. And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you; for you shall be repaid at the resurrection of the just.”

Matthew 16:27  For the Son of Man will come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He will reward each according to his works.

What the bible says about the Sabbath

What day does God tell us to remember?
Exodus 20:8 Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.

What six-day event does the Sabbath point us back to?

Exodus 20:11  For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.

After those six days, what did God do on the seventh-day?
Genesis 2:1-3 Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them, were finished. And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.

What are we not do on Sabbath?
Exodus 20:9-10 “Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates.

What is lawful to do on the Sabbath?
Matthew 12:12  Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep? Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.

Who was the Sabbath made for?
Mark 2:27
And He said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath."

Who does God promise to make joyful in His house of prayer?
Isaiah 56:6-7
“Also the sons of the foreigner who join themselves to the Lord, to serve Him, And to love the name of the Lord, to be His servants— Everyone who keeps from defiling the Sabbath, and holds fast My covenant—  even them I will bring to My holy mountain, and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices Will be accepted on My altar; For My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations.”

How do we delight in the Lord?
Isaiah 58:13-14 “If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on My holy day, and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy day of the Lord honorable, and shall honor Him, not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own words, Then you shall delight yourself in the Lord; And I will cause you to ride on the high hills of the earth, and feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father. The mouth of the Lord has spoken.”

The Sabbath is a sign that we may know what?
Exodus 31:13 Speak also to the children of Israel, saying: ‘Surely My Sabbaths you shall keep, for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the Lord who sanctifies you.

What remains for the people of God?
Hebrews 4:4, 9-10 For He has spoken in a certain place of the seventh day in this way: “And God rested on the seventh day from all His works”.. There remains therefore a rest for the people of God. For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His.

What was Jesus' custom on the Sabbath?
Luke 4:16 So He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. and as His custom was, He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read.

What is the day before Sabbath called?
Mark 15:42-43 Now when evening had come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath, Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent council member, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, coming and taking courage, went in to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

What day of the week begins after the Sabbath?
Matthew 28:1 Now after the Sabbath, as the first day of the week began to dawn, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb.

What was Paul's custom on the Sabbath?
Acts 17:2, 18:4, 13:42, 44
Then Paul, as his custom was, went in to them, and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures...  And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded both Jews and Greeks.... So when the Jews went out of the synagogue, the Gentiles begged that these words might be preached to them the next Sabbath... On the next Sabbath almost the whole city came together to hear the word of God.

What will we continue to do on the new earth?
Isaiah 66:22-23 “For as the new heavens and the new earth which I will make shall remain before Me,” says the Lord, “So shall your descendants and your name remain. and it shall come to pass That from one New Moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another, all flesh shall come to worship before Me,” says the Lord.

How the bible promises healing

God promises healing
Malachi 4:2 But to you who fear My name The Sun of Righteousness shall arise With healing in His wings; And you shall go out And grow fat like stall-fed calves.
Psalm 147:3 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
Jeremiah 33:6 Behold, I will bring it health and healing; I will heal them and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth.
Jeremiah 30:17 For I will restore health to you and heal you of your wounds,’ says the Lord, ‘Because they called you an outcast saying: “This is Zion; No one seeks her.”
Psalm 103:2-3 Bless the Lord, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits: Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases

Jesus' ministry involved healing
Acts 10:38
..God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.

By His stripes we are healed
Isaiah 53:5 But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed.

God's Word has healing power
Psalm 107:20 He sent His word and healed them, And delivered them from their destructions.
Matthew 8:8 The centurion answered and said, “Lord, I am not worthy that You should come under my roof. But only speak a word, and my servant will be healed.
John 4:50 Jesus said to him, “Go your way; your son lives.” So the man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and he went his way.

God's Word has creative power
Psalm 33:6, 9
By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, And all the host of them by the breath of His mouth.... For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.

God's Word has cleansing power
John 15:3 You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.

God's Word promises cleansing
2 Peter 1:4 by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

We should now acquaint ourselves with God by proving his promises.
[Great Controversy, p. 622]

God is willing to give us health
Matthew 8:1-3 When He had come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed Him. And behold, a leper came and worshiped Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” Then Jesus put out His hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing; be cleansed.” Immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
3 John 1:2 Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.

We should make up our minds to be well 
There are thousands who can recover health if they will. The Lord does not want them to be sick. He desires them to be well and happy, and they should make up their minds to be well. [Ministry of Healing 246]

Preventing Disease
Exodus 15:26 and said, “If you diligently heed the voice of the Lord your God and do what is right in His sight, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the Lord who heals you.”

Faith and Obedience
John 5:5-9
Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he already had been in that condition a long time, He said to him, “Do you want to be made well?” The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; but while I am coming, another steps down before me.” Jesus said to him, “Rise, take up your bed and walk.” And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and walked. And that day was the Sabbath.

Believers can share God's healing with others
Mark 16:17-18
And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

James 5:13-16  Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing psalms. Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.

For those who fear dying:
Psalm. 118:17 I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord.

Job 13:15
Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him.
Even so, I will defend my own ways before Him.

Emotional Healing
If you've been "bitten" by hurt and you feel like you're dying inside, look to Jesus and you'll find new life (Numbers 21:8, John 3:14-15). If people have failed to you in your time of need, don't take it personally because in failing you they were also failing Jesus (Matthew 25:44-45). Haven't we all failed Him at some point? (Romans 3:23) Yet what did Jesus do in spite of our failings? He "bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you were healed." 1 Peter 2:24.

Music and Emotional Health
1 Samuel 16:23 And so it was, whenever the spirit from God was upon Saul, that David would take a harp and play it with his hand. Then Saul would become refreshed and well, and the distressing spirit would depart from him.

Looking to Jesus prevents discouragement
Hebrews 12:2-4 looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, lest you become weary and discouraged in your souls. You have not yet resisted to bloodshed, striving against sin.

Luke 23:33-34 And when they had come to the place called Calvary, there they crucified Him, and the criminals, one on the right hand and the other on the left. Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.”

A Merry Heart and Wholesome Tongue (Healthy Talk)
Proverbs 17 :22
A merry heart does good, like medicine, But a broken spirit dries the bones.

Proverbs 15:4
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life, But perverseness in it breaks the spirit.

Healing found in helping others in need
Isaiah 58:6-9 “Is this not the fast that I have chosen: To loose the bonds of wickedness, To undo the heavy burdens, To let the oppressed go free, And that you break every yoke? Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, And that you bring to your house the poor who are cast out; When you see the naked, that you cover him, And not hide yourself from your own flesh? Then your light shall break forth like the morning, Your healing shall spring forth speedily, And your righteousness shall go before you; The glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard. Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer; You shall cry, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’ (this passage continues on in Isaiah 58:9-12)

A Prayer for Healing
Jeremiah 17:14 Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; Save me, and I shall be saved, For You are my praise.

Generosity in the bible

Deuteronomy 15:7-8 If there is among you a poor man of your brethren, within any of the gates in your land which the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart nor shut your hand from your poor brother, but you shall open your hand wide to him and willingly lend him sufficient for his need, whatever he needs.

Psalm 37:21
The wicked borrows and does not repay, but the righteous shows mercy and gives.

Psalm 41:1
Blessed is he who considers the poor; the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble.

Psalm 112:5
A good man deals graciously and lends; He will guide his affairs with discretion.

Proverbs 11:24-25 There is one who scatters, yet increases more; and there is one who withholds more than is right, But it leads to poverty. The generous soul will be made rich, and he who waters will also be watered himself.

Proverbs 11:26 The people will curse him who withholds grain, but blessing will be on the head of him who sells it.

Proverbs 14:21
He who despises his neighbor sins; but he who has mercy on the poor, happy is he.

Proverbs 19:17
He who has pity on the poor lends to the Lord, And He will pay back what he has given.

Proverbs 21:13
Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor will also cry himself and not be heard.

Proverbs 22:9
He who has a generous eye will be blessed, for he gives of his bread to the poor.

Proverbs 28:27 He who gives to the poor will not lack, but he who hides his eyes will have many curses.

Matthew 6:1-4 Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven. Therefore, when you do a charitable deed, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory from men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward. But when you do a charitable deed, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, that your charitable deed may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will Himself reward you openly.

Matthew 10:42 And whoever gives one of these little ones only a cup of cold water in the name of a disciple, assuredly, I say to you, he shall by no means lose his reward.

Matthew 25:40  And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’

Matthew 10:8b ...."Freely you have received, freely give"

Acts 20:35 I have shown you in every way, by laboring like this, that you must support the weak. and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”

1 Corinthians 10:24 Let no one seek his own, but each one the other’s well-being.

2 Corinthians 9:6-7 But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.

Philippians 2:3-4 Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.

Hebrews 13:2 Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some have unwittingly entertained angels.

1 John 3:17 But whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?

Another relevant verse:
1 Chronicles 29:14b .... For all things come from You, and of Your own we have given You.

The Power of God's Word

God's word made the heavens and earth
Psalm 33:6 By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth.
The Word is God, He made all things and in Him is life
John 1:1-4 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.
The Word became flesh and dwelt among us
John 1:14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
The word of His power upholds all things
Hebrews 1:3a
"who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power..."

Accomplishes God’s Purpose
Isaiah 55:11 (ESV)  

so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.

God's word gives you faith
Romans 10:17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

God's word makes you born again
1 Peter 1:23 having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever
James 1:18 Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.

God's word gives life
Psalm 119:50 This is my comfort in my affliction, For Your word has given me life.

John 5:24 Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.

God's word testifies of Jesus

John 5:39 [Jesus said] You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me.

God's word works effectively in those who believe
1 Thessalonians 2:13
For this reason we also thank God without ceasing, because when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you welcomed it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which also effectively works in you who believe.
God's word gives light and understanding
Psalm 119:130
The entrance of Your words gives light; It gives understanding to the simple.
Psalm 119:105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
God's word discerns the thoughts and intents of the heart
Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
God's word enables you to know the truth and sets you free
John 8:31-32
Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
God's word cleanses
Psalm 119:9
How can a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your word.
John 15:3 You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.
God's word heals
Psalm 107:20
He sent His word and healed them, And delivered them from their destructions.
God's word revives
Psalm 119:25 My soul clings to the dust; Revive me according to Your word.

Meditating on God's word leads to spiritual fruit and success
Psalm 1:2-3 But his delight is in the law of the Lord, And in His law he meditates day and night. He shall be like a tree Planted by the rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he does shall prosper.
Joshua 1:8 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.
God's word rejoices the heart and enlightens the eyes
Psalm 19:8 The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes;
God's word converts the soul and makes you wise
Psalm 19:7 The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul; The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple;
God's word keeps you from sin
Psalm 119:11 Your word I have hidden in my heart, That I might not sin against You.
Psalm 17:4 Concerning the works of men, By the word of Your lips, I have kept away from the paths of the destroyer.
God's word sanctifies you
John 17:17 Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth.
God's word builds you up
Acts 20:32 So now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
God's word upholds you
Psalm 119:116 Uphold me according to Your word, that I may live; and do not let me be ashamed of my hope.
God's word is able to make you wise unto salvation
2 Timothy 3:15 and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
God's word is able to save your soul
James 1:21 Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.