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You Live Today (The Bible's Not A Manual)

from This Time Tomorrow by Ian Peacock

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It's the best selling book ever and continues to out sell all other literature year after year. It contains various forms of writing, including history, poetry, songs and prophecy, but why is it so popular?

Whilst we might like a manual for living, a step by step guide to 'the good life', the bible doesn't offer that to us. However, more than any other book, it has changed the world and continues to transform the lives of individuals every day - it's 'like a double edged sword'. More importantly, it shows us who God really is, revealed supremely in the person of Jesus Christ. He is 'the word', the scriptures come to life in him.

We need to be careful that we don't use the bible for our own ends, taking verses out of context to help us feel better or to back up an argument. Rather, we should let it speak to us, trying to understand the context in which the first readers would have read it and asking the Holy Spirit to reveal Jesus to us as we read. If we do that, it has the power to break chains, lift hearts and inspire minds.

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You Live Today

V1
The bible's not a manual to help you fix your life
It's more potent than dynamite and sharper than a knife
Each story has a context, an author and a goal
There's proverbs, songs and history contained within its scroll

Chorus
And every word is useful for training and rebuke
Every single chapter is full of precious truth
The word then dwelt among us, the scriptures came to life
The prophecies fulfilled in Jesus Christ

V2
Too often we are tempted to read between the lines
To cherry pick the verses that fit with our designs
But God's word is unchanging, it's earthy and it's real
He didn't take into account the way think or feel

Middle 8
Jesus, you're the word, the word of truth
The image of our God, His living proof
Come Spirit do your work, may we bear fruit
and show the world you live today

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from This Time Tomorrow, released May 3, 2014

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Ian Peacock Manchester, UK

Ian has played in bands for over 20 years, most notably headlining the UK Play stage at Leeds Carling Festival in 2000 with a former band, ‘Coasta’. He has written, produced and self released five albums: 'Life and After' (2009), 'The End of Faith' (2012) and 'This Time Tomorrow' (2014), 'Still Human' (2015), 'Ordinary People' (2016) in addition to several E.P's. ... more

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