What Do I Do With the Bible?

The Bible: From Information to Transformation

Opening Moments

A narrator invites listeners to move beyond “checking off a box” and see the Bible as the living voice of God that quiets life’s noise and cultivates peace, wisdom, and His presence.

Testimonies

Narrator & Teaching Team

• Key themes: The Bible is “one epic narrative” tracing God’s partnership with humanity, brokenness, and restoration in Jesus.
• Repeated motifs: covenants, a promised deliverer, and coming justice.
• Warning: “Knowledge makes us feel important, but love builds the Church” (1 Cor 8:1-3).
• Missional charge: Jesus’ Great Commission means sharing Scripture with every nation—especially the 3,800 language groups still in “Bible poverty.”
• Call to action: “In a world where anything can go viral, we must share what is most vital.”

Ben

• Life context: Grew up merely “knowing about Jesus,” slipped into hidden pornography addiction from middle school through college.
• Turning point: God led him to Psalm 119:9-11. He heard, “Hey, if you want to get your life in order, take My Word seriously.”
• Obedience plan: Began memorizing Colossians, then Philippians. Romans 12’s “renewal of your mind” reshaped his desires.
• Breakthrough: Confessed sin to the men in his church—“Silence is the worst thing to do if you’re stuck in sin.” Found freedom and discovered many peers battled the same issue.
• Fruit: A “supernatural excitement for the Word” spread to friends—“That’s crazy, you memorized all of Colossians?”—spurring others to memorize Scripture too.
• Heart cry: “We all need Jesus. We all need His Word…every minute of every day.”

Priscilla (Cobone, Africa)

• Testimony: “If He didn’t speak my language, He is the God of other people, not my God.”
• Impact of translation: When Scripture arrived in her mother tongue, “Many people…know Jesus, accept Jesus and we are very, very, very, very, very grateful.”

Holy-Spirit Highlights

• Scripture memorized and “hidden in the heart” breaks chains of hidden sin.
• Confession + community = healing and contagious hunger for God’s Word.
• Love, not mere knowledge, is the true measure of biblical engagement.
• God’s story pursues intimacy with every people group; Bible translation is a tangible expression of His nearness.

Prayer Points & Next Steps

• Thank God for freedom from secret sin and for Ben’s renewed mind.
• Pray for ongoing courage to confess and support one another in purity.
• Ask the Lord to ignite a global passion for memorizing and living Scripture.
• Intercede for the 1 billion people still without the Bible in their heart language; bless illumiNations’ 2033 goal.
• Personal action: Share the Good News online and offline; consider how to “live out God’s Word where you live” and help end Bible poverty.