HOW TO USE THE BIBLE

When in sorrow ............ read John 14

When men fail you ............ read Psalm 27

When you have sinned ............ read Psalm 51

When you worry ............ read Matthew 6, 19-34

When you are discouraged ............ read Isaiah 40

When doubts come upon you ............ read John 7, 17

When you are lonely or fearful ............ read Psalm 23

When you forget your blessings ............ read Psalm 10

When your faith needs stirring ............ read Hebrews 11

When you feel down and out ............ read Romans 8, 31

When you want courage for your task ............ read Joshua 1

When the world seems bigger than God ............ read Psalm 90

When you want rest and peace ............ read Matthew 11, 25-30

When you want Christian assurance ............ read Romans 8, 1-30

When you leave home ............ read Psalm 121

When you grow bitter or critical ............ read 1 Corinthians 13

When your prayers grow selfish ............ read Psalm 67

When you think of investments ............ read Mark 10, 17-31

If you want to be fruitful ............ read John 15

For Paul’s secret of happiness ............ read Colossians 3, 12-17

For Paul’s idea of Christianity ............ read 2 Corinthians 5, 15-19

For Paul’s rules for daily life ............ read Romans 12

For great invitation and opportunity ............ read Isaiah 55

For Jesus’s idea of a Christian ............ read Matthew 5

Why not follow Psalm 119, 11 and hide some of these in your memory?

From the Fulwood Methodist Magazine

June 1950