Pastor Steven Furtick

I want to know the Word of God very well as I lead my church and my family.
The men who God has used to shape my life the most are men who really know the Word.  They speak the Scriptures as naturally as they breathe.
They’ve been to the well, and the Word flows freely to them and through them.

They’ve invested early mornings and late nights into becoming acquainted with God’s Word.  You can tell by the way they effortlessly access it.  And they don’t quote Bible verses like they’re using them to get a point across.  Rather, the verses they quote shape the very thoughts they convey.  Their thought patterns seem to be cut to the continuity of the Scriptures.

Then when they speak about certain passages of Scripture, it becomes obvious that they know them because they’ve lived them.
At some major junctures in their lives, the Scripture guided them well, and they respect the wisdom of the Word.
In painful crucibles and furnaces they’ve held on to the promises of God.  They’ve proved those promises, and they esteem them as very precious.

I hope that I can teach our church and my two sons to love and respect the Word of God.  And it starts with me loving the Word and knowing the Word myself.