Happy Leap Year! Nicky Gumbel, the pioneer of the Alpha Course, encourages us all to stay in the Word - the Bible - to keep going.  Rick Warren has written that 'reading the Bible generates life, it produces change, it heals hurts, it builds character, it transforms circumstances, it imparts joy, it overcomes adversity, it defeats temptation, it infuses hope, it releases power, it cleanses the mind'.  1.  Keep delighting and meditating on God's words Psalm 1:1-3 'Blessed is the one    who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take    or sit in the company of mockers, but whose delight is in the law of the Lord,    and who meditates on his law day and night. That person is like a tree planted by streams of water,    which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither –    whatever they do prospers' (Psalm 1:1–3) 2.  Keep focused on Jesus as you read John 5:39 'You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life.  These are the very Scriptures that testify about me' (John 5:39). 3. Keep putting God's word into practice Deuteronomy 4:1-2 'Now, Israel, hear the decrees and laws I am about to teach you.  Follow them so that you may live and may go in and take possession of the land the Lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving you.  Do not add to what I command you and do not subtract from it, but keep the commands of the Lord your God that I give you' (Deuteronomy 4:1–2).