God wants to be involved in our lives....

Thinking about God's "gift of learning" ....takes me back to my college undergraduate days studying for a degree in Math Education.  Graduating in Spring 1966, I was going to be a high school mathematics teacher, ....before God helped change my life's direction and started me down a different path of creating media.  And here we are today ....talking through this website.  SMILE, ....God has plans for us to follow Him....

God's "gift of learning"

....I recall in my Teacher Training classes, we studied a learning theory called Bloom's Taxonomy. It describes six levels of student "learning skills" ....to help teachers write learning goals for the courses they teach, ....such as mathematics, education, health sciences, engineering, business, the arts, etc.  It starts with "Remember" facts and builds to "Create" a new whole from what you've learned.  ....To know more, do an online search for "Bloom's Taxonomy".

As an example of how the progression in learning skills works, everyone knows 2+2=4. ....But, to REMEMBER 2+2=4 ....is just basic memory stuff, ....unless you UNDERSTAND and know how to APPLY the math.  ....For example, consider an architectural engineer designing the foundation of the Empire State Building.  

You have to seriously learn how to ANALYZE the engineering math, ....so you can correctly EVALUATE the construction design, ....if you're going to CREATE (build) something you will live and work in ....that is still standing firm after a storm!

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Basics of God's "gift of learning" to know Him

So, how about building your life's Biblical worldview, ....so you are still standing firm after a life's storm?  Jesus tells us how....

"Anyone who listens to MY TEACHING and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house (THEIR LIFE) on solid rock.  Though the rain (TRIALS) comes in torrents and the floodwaters (SORROWS) rise and the winds (SPIRITUAL BATTLES) beat against that house, it won’t collapse because it is BUILT ON BEDROCK (OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS).”
    — Matthew 7:24-25 NLT ....with John 16:33 NLT

....because we live in the peace Jesus gives us in John 14:27
....knowing the daily experience of Jesus living in us from John 14:20

From a lifetime of experience, I have learned, ....you must KNOW JESUS and cultivate your learning, believing mind (UNDERSTAND).  You have to desire a teachable, responding heart (APPLY), if you want to build a worldview (CREATE) that's worth anything to win spiritual battles, ....and grow in knowledge of God.

Stay with me and let's talk about it....

"Knowledge" (being aware) of scripture in the Bible ....is a good start, ....but YOU HAVE GOT TO ASK JESUS to help you UNDERSTAND (believing mind) that scripture and APPLY (responding heart) it in your life.  ....Otherwise, such "knowledge awareness" is just "basic memory stuff".

Life's Core Learning Goal

....is to "EXPERIENCE KNOWING GOD" ....and to GET and KEEP OUR LIVES in loving, intimate RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS CHRIST.

You are living a brand new kind of life that is continually learning
more and more of what is right, and trying constantly to be more
and more like Christ who created this new life within you.
    — Colossians 3:10 TLB

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Learning design for this Bible study

In Scripture, God makes Himself known, telling us TRUTHS, BIBLICAL HISTORY, and HOW TO LIVE WITH HIM which otherwise could never be known.  The Bible was written and preserved, so each new generation of Believers can personally know Jesus Christ. ....And TO KNOW JESUS, WE MUST READ GOD'S WORD.
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‍By design, we reference over 400 scriptures in the context of Menu topics.  ....We ask Jesus to help BUILD OUR BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW ....as we dig into His Word ....to know WHOSE WE ARE IN JESUS,
....SO WE CAN LIVE BY IT!‍

Applying our God given "learning skills", ....we learn to know Him more....

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How Bloom's Taxonomy relates....

‍....to learning God's Word, ....so we can live by it....

REMEMBER scripture you've thought about and learned ....Psalm 119:11

UNDERSTAND the benefits of what you've learned ....Psalm 119:105

APPLY "knowledge of God" learned into your life ....2 Peter 1:3,5-8

ANALYZE outcomes of your worldview choices in life ....Romans 12:2

EVALUATE "God's TRUTH" in your worldview choices ....Philippians 4:8-9

CREATE the reality of God's Word into your life's story ....Col 3:10 NCV

....as a witness to WHOSE YOU ARE IN JESUS, ....because....

You are living a brand new kind of life that is continually learning more and more of what is right, and trying constantly to be more and more like Christ who created this new life within you.
    — Colossians 3:10 TLB

It started here with God....

"For I know the plans I have for you," says the LORD. "They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a FUTURE and a HOPE.  In those days WHEN YOU PRAY, I WILL LISTEN.  IF YOU LOOK FOR ME WHOLEHEARTEDLY, YOU WILL FIND ME.  I will be found by you,” says the LORD...."
    — Jeremiah 29:11-14 NLT

....and continues here with you....

"3Rs + Prayer" Bible study approach

Life changing Bible study is more than simply reading the Bible.  It is seeing, believing, and APPLYING GOD'S WORD in our lives, ....asking in prayer for God's help to change our lives and become more like Jesus.

Our Prayer for the "3Rs + Prayer" Bible study we build in chapters 18–21 >>>

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LORD, ....Give us minds ready to receive wisdom and revelation so we will truly know You.  Open the eyes of our hearts, and let the light of Your TRUTH flood in.  Shine Your light on the hope You are calling us to embrace.  ....Let us see the FULL EXTENT of YOUR POWER that is AT WORK IN THOSE OF US WHO BELIEVE, and may it be done according to Your might and power.
    — Ephesians 1:17-19 The Voice  

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Writing this Book is personal for me....

.......At age 13, my granddaughter tried to commit suicide. She had written a final goodbye email to "internet friends", as though they understood.  ....Thankfully, family found her before it was too late, and today she is doing well.  ....Many parents understand what I'm sharing.  It's not easy to talk about, but I need to ....and DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!

So, I'm writing this OPEN BOOK study for EVERYONE
....who wants a "Disciple" relationship with Jesus,
....so they can live it all day, ....every day.  

KnowYourWorldview.org is for ANYONE young or older ....who wants to experience peace and hope ....only Jesus can give.  "Let's Talk..." Journals help start conversations about Jesus ....with friends, parents, teachers and pastors.

Because....

To know God, ....ask God....

Get your worldview knowledge about God ....from Him....

Don't let your worldview of God be learned only from hearsay evidence, filtered through someone else's worldview.  And use caution asking Artificial Intelligence (AI) questions only Jesus can answer.

‍....‍Get your knowledge of God straight from HIS WORD.

....and....

....be aware of the "Google Effect"

The "Google Effect" — also known as "digital amnesia" — is the tendency to forget information that is easily accessible online because people do not commit it to memory, believing they can look it up later. This phenomenon highlights how OVER RELIANCE on "Artificial" Intelligence online searches can impair our ability to remember important details.

THIS IS WHY ....a Quest to know God more ....IS MORE THAN ONLINE SEARCHES ....for quick information hits. Nothing replaces you digging into God's Word yourself ....to KNOW FOR YOURSELF ....your Biblical worldview, ....SO YOU CAN LIVE BY IT.

READ YOUR BIBLE.  Listen to the Holy Spirit.  Talk with Jesus often.  ....And whatever you learn from AI searches, VERIFY EVERYTHING by "STUDYING THE SCRIPTURES every day to find out if these things were true", ....as in Acts 17:11 NCV

"Trust, but Verify" with God's Truth....

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Which brings us to the next question....

‍What does it mean to be Jesus' Disciple?
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Let's talk about it....

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‍^{* Credits: open Bible title image from wallpaperacess com / Bloom's Taxonomy image by Jessica Shabatura from tips.uark edu / New York City image anonymous / Bible and phone scriptures image anonymous / Settle quote from Fresh Start Bible, page 1676, Gateway Press}