Ask Pastor John Five Escapes from Dry Devotions
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Mar 5, 2026 Practical habits for moving beyond surface Bible reading into vivid spiritual reality. Ways to cultivate desire to taste the goodness behind Scripture. Prayers to open the eyes of the heart. Careful study practices including grammar and context, plus embracing the gift of seeing that leads to treasuring and enjoying Christ.
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Reality Behind Biblical Words
- Knowledge of God is not the same as experiencing God through the words of Scripture.
- John Piper calls this the reality factor: push beyond grammar to taste the person and love that the words point to.
Cultivate Desire To Taste Scripture
- Desire the fullest kind of knowledge and aim to taste and sense spiritual realities, not just acknowledge facts.
- Piper likens knowing to tasting honey: move from head-knowledge to eyes-of-the-heart perception described in Ephesians 1.18.
Pray For Eyes Of The Heart
- Pray for intensified desire and for God to open the eyes of your heart before reading.
- Piper points to Psalm requests to 'open my eyes' and calls this a necessary supernatural transaction for tasting truth.
