Xtreme Daily Bible Study
Tuesday, February 9th
Written by Kyle Shultz
2 Timothy 1:6a
Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you…
Probably the most common thought or attitude that believers take today when they heart the Truth and conviction from God is that they will focus more on that truth or listen to it later. It’s with this mindset that we try to justify sin that we willfully hold onto thinking God will just forgive us and forget about all of it. The spirit of idleness is one of the greatest dangers to the Christian. David was idle for a moment in neglecting his God-given responsibility and calling and brought great sin into his life and his family’s lives. If God has placed His prompting in you, He expects you to hold fast to it. You have to make up your mind to bring yourself to hunger after God. God will not do that for you. In learning to die to God daily it’s common to learn to fight to bring your spirit in line with Christ through prayer, continue to do so, that is where the battle is. Once you win that battle whatever you face in the day will be already won.
Extra time in the Word 2 Timothy 1
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Monday, February 8th
Written by Kyle Shultz
Matthew 7:2b
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Have you ever struggled with wanting to know God better but found that you had a hard time matching up with that desire? It’s not that you intentionally decided to put God to the side, it’s just that you don’t know how to get closer to Him? Let me ask you this, what is it that you enjoy the most? What do you find yourself thinking about when you are bored at school in some lecture? Where is it you wish to be when you’re at work and the day is tough? Most likely it’s doing your favorite hobby, hanging out with a best friend, boyfriend or girlfriend. Why does your mind gravitate to thinking about that? It’s because that is where you have placed your value.
You have put your time, energy, and desires into those things so you that is where your heart is. A friend of mine on facebook posted the thought that he found himself making decisions based on the music he listened to and the movies he watched. If you’re a guy who watches a lot of Arnold movies or Stallone movies you’ll probably want to workout. If you watch Amy Adams movies you’ll more than likely want to find prince charming. If you want to get to know God better, you have to make time and invest yourself in obedience to Him and searching for Him through His Word. More than likely it will mean putting other things to the side for a time in order to make a new hunger for God. But that is the price that has to be paid and that is the choice every believer must make.
Extra time in the Word Matthew 7
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Sunday, February 7th
Written by Bill Scott
Revelation 3:15-16
I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth.
I would be crushed if God said this of me. The last thing I want to do is make God sick to his stomach. Some of you today or not hot or cold for God, you are living some place in the middle. God is very clear that really makes him sick. You see if you are cold, God knows what to do to get you red hot for him, if you are hot he is ready to use you in a huge way but if you are in the middle you are not usable to him. Satan knows a lot of you do not want to be cold in your relationship with God so he simply gets you to luke warm state where you are no longer effective for the Kingdom. Today, make your prayer to be RED HOT for God. Tell the Lord you are sorry for being luke warm and ask him to make you red hot for Him. Get ready because God wants to use you in an awesome way!
Extra time in the Word Revelation 3
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Saturday, February 6th
Written by Kyle Shultz
Psalm 40:8
I delight to do your will, O my God, and Your law is within my heart.
It’s not an easy thing to make your goal in life to please the Lord. It goes against the pattern that everything else in this world appears to run. I had a hard time with this in the past as do many students. I felt that you had to try hard in your own strength to please Him. Not to say that following the Lord doesn’t take determination of the heart because it does. But there is a difference trying to follow the Lord from your own steam or responding to His leading. When I did this I had a lot of fear if I was right or not, and I knew that I could very easily run out of gas and often did. Then I would read verses like this and just get frustrated. It’s not that I didn’t like the verse. I very much wanted that to be said of me, but my motivation for serving Him was not love. What you will find if this is the case with you is that you are holding onto something that you are not willing to let go and trust in His hands. You have to make up in your own mind that you don’t know how to handle this and you need His wisdom. As you let go of those areas He sheds His light brighter in your heart and refines it according to His plan. You will find your heart in line with the desires of God and want nothing more than for Him to work as He wants.
Extra time in the Word Psalm 40
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Friday, February 5th
Written by Bill Scott
2 Corinthians 6:17
Therefore come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.
The Bible is very clear we are to protect ourselves. We are not to hook up with those who cause us to do wrong. Our inner circle of friends should be Christians. Those who will encourage us to do the right thing, to go the extra mile, not to compromise our beliefs. If your inner circle of friends are those who don’t believe in Christ and are pushing you to do the wrong things, then you need to walk away. Choosing the right friends is something that can change your life for the good or for the bad. You might say, “Bill that leaves me with no friends to hang with.” Are you willing to obey what God has said and walk away from the wrong relationships believing that God will provide the right friend or friends for you? God will honor you by doing the right thing. Make the choice today to be with the right friends!
Extra time in the Word 2 Corinthians 6
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Thursday, February 4th
Written by Kyle Shultz
1 Timothy 4:15
Meditate on these things; give yourself entirely to them, that your progress may be evident to all.
It is really a beautiful thing when you realize all that Christ has done for you and is doing in you once you believe into and receive Him. Before Christ we had no purpose in this life. We were separated from God, headed for judgment for our sin, and simply existing. But Christ transformed us to be children of light and made His life our life. We are now alive in Him and His purpose is our purpose. He will be changing us into His image until He returns but He leaves the responsibility of us following Him and how much He works in us in our hands. Today’s passage is one of the absolute big keys to following Him. His Word was given by His authority, and He even says is God-breathed. We have to develop a hunger for His Word and choose to receive it as He says it is. Now when we accepted Him as Savior, He placed His Word in our hearts. When we think on and let His Word become part of our lives He transforms us to be like Him and equips us to lift Him up with our lives. Make it your priority today that you will be receptive to His Word. Ask Him to speak to you and decide in your heart that you will be obedient to His Truth now.
Extra time in the Word 1 Timothy 5
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Wednesday, February 3rd
Written by Kyle Shultz
1 Timothy 4:12
Let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
If you attend youth group regularly then you will most likely hear this verse regularly. Now Timothy wasn’t as young as we would probably think. He was in his early 30’s when this was written and he was a leader among believers in their 40’s, 50’s, and older. The reason Paul encouraged him this way was because age is not the gauge for maturity in following Christ. What makes a believer an example to other believers is submitting to the Lord and His plan by faith and walking in obedience to Him. In my life I’ve seen some older believers who were very godly and some who I wouldn’t dare follow as a pattern of faith. I’ve also seen believers younger than me walking in a passion for Christ and obedience that many older believers don’t have and I’ve seen some very immature young believers. My point is it has nothing to do with age. If you choose to bring your life in line and obedience to Christ and live to lift Him up, He will use you in great ways no matter how young you are.
Extra time in the Word http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20timothy%204&version=NKJV
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Tuesday, February 2nd
Written by Kyle Shultz
James 1:17
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there s no variation of shadow of turning.
We have a tendency, and I am extremely guilty of this, of taking everything that we have for granted. We could have everything we need and more given to us and when you are not thankful, you focus on the one thing that you want but you don’t have. This is why it’s so important that we learn that being more like God and being content with what we have is more than enough to make us thankful. There is a danger in not choosing to be thankful or remembering that all that we have comes from God. Israel was guilty of this. Ezekiel 16:15 says that after God gave them everything and made them great and beautiful that they trusted in their own beauty. They forgot that God made them all that they were and took Him for granted. They then began to think they made themselves the way they were and began to live however they wanted, because if you forget the Lord who made you the way you are you live controlled by your desires. This brought them to a great low and eventually into captivity. If you don’t practice remembering that the Lord has made you and blessed you, your desires will be your master and they will take you prisoner. I say this to tell you that you must be thankful for all God has given you. Remind yourself of all He has done for you, and let Him bring more things to mind as you choose to be thankful.
Extra time in the Word James 1
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Monday, February 1st
Written by Bill Scott
Romans 12:2
“Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.” (NLT)
Compromise is easy. It’s one decision at a time. God calls each and every one of us not to copy the behavior of the world. That is easier said then done. We see the behavior of the world on TV, games, movies, billboards, magazines, school etc… We are bombarded on how the world acts and yet God has said do not copy what we see. This is the reason it’s important to balance all of that with the Word of God. God wants to transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. You change the way you think by spending time with him on a regular basis. As you begin to do this you’ll learn what God has for you and that will blow your mind. Today your challenge is to dare to be different!
Extra time in the Word Romans 12
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Sunday, January 31st
Written by Kyle Shultz
Ezekiel 14:1-3
Now some of the elders of Israel came to me and sat before me. And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their hearts, and put before them that which causes them to stumble into iniquity. Should I let Myself be inquired of at all by them?”
This is a powerful rebuke that you must examine yourself with constantly. These elders that came to Ezekiel had close to nothing. They were in captivity and anything they most likely had the bare essentials to survive. But the trouble was not in what they had or didn’t have; it was where they were placing what they valued. The enemies had taken everything they owned from them but their hearts were still fixed on things they made idols.
The one thing that God calls all believers to hold the most important in their lives is their relationship with Him. Everything we are and that we have has been bought by Him. He asks for our devotion and our hearts, so if we put anything in the way and make anything but Him what we love and pour our devotion towards, that is an idol. It’s a dangerous thing to have idols in our hearts. We are prone to falling and there is no limit to how far we can fall. The worst of it is it comes between us and the Lord and it dirties our minds and we lose our focus on Him. He will put things in our lives and work in ways to draw us back to Him. But it is up to us to examine ourselves and put away those things that we so willingly place between us and Him.
Extra time in the Word Ezekiel 14
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