NKJV, Spirit-Filled Life Bible, Third Edition {Bible Review}

Title: NKJV, Spirit-Filled Life Bible, Third Edition

Author: Jack W. Hayford 

Genres: Bible

Publication Date: September 4, 2018

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Source: Leathersoft

Purchase: Leathersoft | Hardcover | Kindle | ChristianBook 

Synopsis: 

Encounter the power of the word. Walk in the freedom God intends. Experience the Holy Spirit. For the NKJV Spirit-Filled Life Bible, Jack Hayford, founding pastor of The Church on the Way and chancellor of The King’s University, assembled a team of respected, Spirit-led scholars to produce this resource of solid biblical truth. Now in a full-color third edition with new contributors, it is even more dynamic. With over 2 million copies sold, the NKJV Spirit-Filled Life Bible continues to equip God’s people to live in his kingdom, exercise gifts of the spirit, and lay hold of God’s promises. 

Features include:

• Word Wealth - More than 650 word studies (including over 100 new ones) shed light on key terms, drawing important meaning from the original Greek and Hebrew.
• Kingdom Dynamics - Dozens of biblical themes are addressed in notes by Spirit-filled preachers, teachers, and writers, including many new contributors for this edition
• Truth-In-Action – Handy, helpful thematic charts provide practical application from every book of the Bible
• Praying the Word - 192 guided prayers based on significant passages throughout Scripture
• Detailed book introductions and outlines help you to learn each book’s historical background and appreciate its teachings
• Verse-by-verse study notes explain each passage and illuminate your understanding
• Includes a new full-color design with updated maps and charts, a detailed NKJV concordance, and in-depth articles about the Spirit-filled life
• Designed with the exclusive Thomas Nelson NKJV Comfort Print® typeface
• 10-point print size

My Rating: 

This Bible is absolutely stunning! I took about 2 hours to browse through the Bible and soak in all it's resources inside. This Bible is edited by Jack W. Hayford who is someone I've never heard so I did some research on him and found that he is a Pentecostal minister and Chancellor Emeritus of The King's University. He is also the former pastor of The Church on the Way in San Fernando Valley, CA. I didn't do too much research into him, but enough to get an understanding of his views.

The Spirit-Filled Life Bible is a stunning one and it's in the NKJV translation, which happens to be my favorite translation to use and study the Word. I got the burgundy leathersoft and it's absolutely beautiful. It's a beautiful burgundy and a dark brown. There cover has a small dove on it that gives it a simple and refined look. The Bible comes in a gift box that's pretty standard and gives helpful information about the Bible and it's features. The Bible comes with two ribbon bookmarks in burgundy and brown to match the Bible cover. Gold gilded edges which are beautiful.

Now lets talk about the inside of this Bible. This Bible is red-letter text which I'm a huge fan of. I just love seeing the Words of Christ in red. This is a study Bible that's packed with some amazing resources. There are the normal resources like study notes, cross references, in-text maps, charts, articles, concordance and full color maps. There are resources such as Kingdom Dynamics, Word Wealth, Praying the Word and Truth in Action.

Kingdom Dynamics consists of thirty-three themes and seven in-depth articles which are considered to be key elements of the life of a growing, devoted disciple in God's kingdom. I enjoyed glancing through these sections which are put into nine groups. Some of the topics are:

• Holy Spirit fullness
• The power of unity among believers
• Winning the spiritual war
• Ministry of divine healing
• Divine principles of money management
• Lifestyle stewardship

Word Wealth has more than 650 important terms that are key words to help us better understand the Word of God. They give the original Hebrew or Greek definition along with helpful insight into the derivation and the Strong's numerical listing. In short it gives the English term treated, original transliteration and the scripture reference where the Word Wealth definition is located. Any Word Wealth word will be written in bold font within the scripture for easy access.

Praying the Word are simply prayers adapted from specific verses or passages. These are great to use as prayer prompts or to just quickly pray a scripture over your life. Such an amazing aspect as many people find it hard to pray -- even myself at times, so this is always a plus. I wish more Bibles included this feature in them.

The final resource I want to talk about is the Truth in Action chart. This is a chart that gives practical ways to apply the truths of the Bible. It summarizes the foundations and teachings of each book and then gives ways to act upon and apply that truth. Throughout each book there will be numbers listed to help make it easier to find that truth and action at the end of each book. I think this is another phenomenal feature within this Bible as it gives ways to live out the truths.

Overall, this is a phenomenal Bible from first glance and a few hours of use. I absolutely love this resources in this Bible and can't wait to study with it. Highly recommend this beauty.

Go grab a copy!

Blessings,