A Famine of Hearing God's Word

Monday, June 22, 2015
Amos 8:11-14 KJV 

11 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD: 12 And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find [it]. 13 In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst. 14 They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.

OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) What type of famine will the Lord allow to take place among His people? (v.11)
2) What will become of His people, as a result? (v.12-14)

APPLICATION QUESTIONS
3) How do you feel spiritually when you have not studied, meditated upon, or read God's word (the Bible)?
4) What will you do if you are no longer able to read, or hear, God's word?

LIFE LESSONS
5) The word of God (the Bible) is nourishment for the believer's spirit. 
6) Our spirit is weakened when we do not spend time daily reading, meditating upon, and/or studying God's word (the Bible)
7) The Bible is "food" for the Christian's soul. 
8) Just as the natural body will faint without food, so too will the believers spirit grow weak without reading or hearing the word of Truth (the Bible).