In the parable of the sower, Jesus said, \u2018Some people are like seed along the path, where the Word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the Word that was sown in them.\u2019<\/i> Ever notice how you can sit at home and watch a two-hour, advert-packed film without feeling restless or bored, yet when the sermon exceeds thirty or forty minutes, you keep glancing at your watch and can\u2019t wait to get out of church? And if someone asked you the next day what the preaching topic was, most times you couldn\u2019t tell them. Jesus said, \u2018Satan comes and takes away the Word.\u2019<\/i> So how can you retain it? <\/p>\n
(1) Write it down<\/i> (see Exodus 17:14). When you make notes on what you read and hear, you\u2019ll retain more, be more impacted, and get much more out of it. <\/p>\n
(2) Pray it through.<\/i> Unless you pray over the Word you\u2019re hearing, you\u2019ll keep coming home from church moved but unchanged. Many of the great saints of old read through the Bible on their knees. You should try that too! <\/p>\n
(3) Discuss it with others.<\/i> God\u2019s Word is like a seed that multiplies and grows when it\u2019s watered by conversation with others who share your faith. The Bible says, \u2018Those who feared the Lord talked with each other, and the Lord listened and heard.\u2019<\/i> (Malachi 3:16 NIV)<\/p>\n
(4) Practise it daily.<\/i> John tells us, \u2018The Word was made flesh.\u2019<\/i> (John 1:14 KJV) The best way to retain God\u2019s Word is to practise its principles, or \u2018flesh it out\u2019!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In the parable of the sower, Jesus said, \u2018Some people are like seed along the path, where the Word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the Word that was sown in them.\u2019 Ever notice how you can sit at home and watch a two-hour, advert-packed film without feeling […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}