I am an early (real early) morning Bible reader. I have the Bible set up on my computer and read on a program that completes the Bible every six months. I am reading my Spanish New Testament and Psalms also in that six month period. Usually it takes about an hour to read and write my devotions out. I send them to my accountability partner, Austin Gardner and also Tony Howeth and Chris Gardner. Try to get into trouble with those three guys staring into your personal life. Its not easy.
This morning was one of those mornings when I got so wrapped up in reading that i had to go for two days worth. It became a two hour meeting with God but he opened up so many verses to me i could not quit. One thought fuled another, even more exciting thought and the truths of His Word excited me beyond description. I would love to see a Bible reading epidemic start in our church. I would love to see people calling people telling them what they got from their Bible. Imagine how pleased God would be if that would happen.
I have read my Bible through dozens of times and sometimes like to walk around my house or my office (early in the morning) and read it out loud. I have often times thought about reading the entire Bible through out loud. I love hearing it and somehow the truths sound even more powerful when I am reading out loud.
So many parts of the Bible come to life based on what is happening in my life. Other times things I learned in the New Testament on the last reading make something come to life in a book like Numbers (there is good stuff in there) when I read it this time. I cannot describe to you how exciting it is to get a relationship with your Bible. To love it, listen to it, carry it, respect it. It is the one aboslute truth concerning our God and our Savior.
Before Timothy ever told us to study to show ourselves approved, he said to give attendance to reading.
1Ti 4:13 Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.
Catch a bad case of the Bible reading epidemic.
3 responses so far ↓
Alonso // November 6, 2007 at 1:11 pm
Yo pienso que una de las cosas mas importantes en un cristiano es tener un compañero de contabilidad, yo tambien tengo el mio y ha sido una bendición en mi vida.
John Pearson // November 6, 2007 at 11:21 pm
Es verdad hermano. Tenemos que tener un companero de contabilidad que dira’ algo cuando hacemos mal, o cuando olvidamos enviar nuestros oraciones.
dave3009 // November 11, 2007 at 3:03 am
I love this post as it strikes a cord in my heart that it seems few people get any more. There is a joy in God’s word. Yet so many of my brothers and sisters in Christ would rather read a ‘christian book’ or spend time ‘worshipping’ or spend time praying. But how can worship and prayer be seperated from the word of God? It does not make sense to me. How can some elses words and thoughts about Jesus compare to the surpassing riches on conversing directly with HIM? Keep up the good work!