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do all that the bible says that I can do. I will read it, I will listen to it, the incorruptible seed, and the word of God will change my life for ever, Amen\u2019. Of course, the opinion of lay people about the bible does not mean that they fully comprehend the bible and its teachings. Their knowledge of the bible mainly depends on the education from the pastors and family groups. In general, the Neo-Pentecostals give little time for the personal bible study and the space for theological reflection is somewhat limited.\u000Aa. Relationship between spiritual and material\u000ASome lay people showed that \u2018the bible has to do with the spiritual and material aspects\u2019. \u2018It relates to all of life\u2019 (L2IFM). They should not be separated. The bible \u2018has ethical, moral, administrative, financial, social and familiar issues information\u2019 (L3ICV). They believe that \u2018life cannot be lived without the light of the \u2018Word\u2019 and the bible teaches us how to relate to one another, how to make good governance, create policies. It has to do with everything\u2019 (L3IVF). The \u2018Word of God\u2019 is for the individual and society. Other lay people consider that there is no separation between the \u2018Word of God\u2019 and \u2018reality\u2019. From their perspective, \u2018the bible is integrative in character and restores the relationships of the human being with God, their fellows, themselves and nature. Christ restored all these relations\u2019 (L3ESH).\u000AOn a similar theme a lady journalist affirmed that bible integrates all of reality \u2018because from creation man began society. The bible is related to all human endeavours\u2019 (L3FCG). Some examples show the way they begin to link their beliefs to the challenges of the present world. These perceptions reflect a worldview that seeks to integrate the things of the spirit with the things of the present world from the stand point of the Christian faith. The opinion of these lay people shows a relationship between the spiritual and mundane things. The results of the Pew Forum Religion and the public Life\u2019 in ten countries on Pentecostalism underlines that over 50 per cent of the Guatemalans said that they experimented that God promises material abundance in this world.\u000A247\u000A