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The Peace of God for Anxious Hearts

There is a lot of anxiety and worry in the world around us. Many people are worried about the quality of their future, the security of their investments, or the threat of sickness or war.

Anxiety and worry isn’t just something that happens around us, but it’s something that happens within us. A lot of people struggle with anxiety over their future, their finances, their career, or their personal health.

Scripture tells us that while there are some things that are within our control, most things in life are outside of our control. So more often than not, we spend time worrying about things that we have no control over.

Scripture tells us that trust in God should fill the gap between reality and what we desire. We should not be anxious about the things we cannot control, but rather we should submit everything to God in prayer. He alone has control over the unknown.

That is why the writer of Psalm 4 says that he will lay down at night in peace, free from anxiety and worry. Even though the writer is surrounded by danger, he places his trust in God. That leads him to sleep peacefully and safely.

The quality of our sleep is a symptom of our trust in God. If we are anxious and restless at night, it means there are things that we’re not trusting God with.

Spend some time considering your own heart. Are you anxious or filled with worry? Meditate on God’s power and sovereignty. Ask Him to fill you with His peace and assurance that He is in control of your future. Continually remind yourself of the promises that God has given you in Scripture.

We don’t normally think of study as something fun. But here at Olive Tree we’re committed to providing you with an awesome experience of studying the Bible. With the best resources available and a user-friendly customizable app, Bible study is fun (along with edifying, transformative, encouraging, etc.). Here’s a look at some features and products of our app that make studying the Bible fun.

App Features

There are a number of ways to personalize the Olive Tree Bible App. We’ve located these features in the settings menu, which you can access by tapping the gear symbol at the top of your screen. Adjust the font size, lighting theme, and default font.

Advanced settings will give you a number of options to customize the appearance of the app, which resources are visible, and the color scheme of your choice. The color scheme is particularly fun as you can pick the color of the background, text, footnotes, words of Jesus, and a lot more.

NOTES AND HIGHLIGHTS

Once you’ve customized the appearance of the app, you can personalize it even more by highlighting verses with different colors and adding your own notes.

Furthermore, you can tag your notes and add an icon that depicts the type of note that it is.

Bible Study Products

Now that you have the Olive Tree Bible App customized to suit your preferences, let’s look at some tools you can use to make Bible study fun.

STUDY BIBLES

Study Bibles have been around for a long time, ever since the Geneva Bible. But there’s nothing quite like using a study Bible in the Olive Tree Bible App. We’ve even recently updated our in-app study Bible experience to better simulate a print study Bible.

Now, as you scroll or select a passage in the verse chooser, the study Bible you’ve opened will automatically stay synced in the Parallel Tab in the Study Center. The study Bible will stay open and synced in the Parallel tab. Now you can still look through your resources and topics in the Resource Guide. You can easily navigate to maps, articles, outlines, introductions, and commentary notes. The notes and highlighting features demonstrated above work for the resources opened in the Study Center too!

CROSS-REFERENCES AND TOPICAL GUIDES

Two of our favorite resources for studying the Bible are Olive Tree Bible Topic Threads and Olive Tree Cross References: Expanded Set. When opened in the Resource Guide under the commentaries heading, Olive Tree Bible Topic Threads will show you topics and verse references for the passage opened in the main window.

Just tap on a topic and you’ll see all the verses associated with that topic plus other related topics. Here’s what happened when I tapped on Genesis 15:6 and the topic of faith. Notice that the verses are in canonical order.

The Olive Tree Cross Reference Expanded resource provides similar information, highlighting the most significant cross references in bold.

COMMENTARIES

The use of a Bible commentary can help fill in some of the gaps in your understanding of Scripture. Here’s a look at the two-volume Bible Knowledge Commentary. Commentaries are easily accessed in the Resource Guide of the Study Center. They can be synced with the main window to more easily follow along with the Bible passage!

The customizable appearance or our app, along with its features and resources can definitely make your study of God’s Word a fun experience. Join the Olive Tree community by downloading our Bible App for free. Then customize it to your preferences, and start studying God’s Word today!

Enhance Your Studies

We hope you learned something new about our app! We desire to make your Bible study more enjoyable and insightful with helpful app features and resources.

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CSB Life Connections Study Bible Notes
Olive Tree Bible Topic Threads
Olive Tree Cross References: Expanded Set
Bible Knowledge Commentary
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