A Short Series on Reading the Bible
If GOD has been trying to tell me anything lately (lately meaning the last 3 years or so), it's that I need to be spending time with HIM. I really want to, but I'm always so tired that it's really hard to read the Bible or pray. That's my excuse anyway. If I really wanted to spend time with GOD - wanted it from the depths of my soul - I would find a way.
A month or so ago, I signed up to have Baseball Chapel email their daily devotoinal to me (I had just been checking it out on their website whenever I felt like it). It's not the Bible, but I figured it would be something that might help me get started. However, I'm not the best at reading things on the computer, so those often just got skimmed. Now I've started printing them out so I can really think about them, and then from there read the suggested Bible reading that they give. Only problem is, I've been spending all my time downloading and printing off all the ones I hadn't printed off in the last month.
Today, though, finally, I read one. The one that I knew I needed to start with. The one that convicted me when I read it last year. The one on reading the Bible.
And it was really good. It forced me to dig into a few passages, and from those passages see how amazing it is that GOD has given us HIS Word - everything we need for a life of godliness. HE is so good and loving.
And so now I'm going to share the devotional, but break it up because it's too good to rush through (even though I'm so excited about it I want to share it all at once. :) ). Thank you, Stacy Ortiz, for blessing me with your words about the Word. May GOD bless you as well.
A month or so ago, I signed up to have Baseball Chapel email their daily devotoinal to me (I had just been checking it out on their website whenever I felt like it). It's not the Bible, but I figured it would be something that might help me get started. However, I'm not the best at reading things on the computer, so those often just got skimmed. Now I've started printing them out so I can really think about them, and then from there read the suggested Bible reading that they give. Only problem is, I've been spending all my time downloading and printing off all the ones I hadn't printed off in the last month.
Today, though, finally, I read one. The one that I knew I needed to start with. The one that convicted me when I read it last year. The one on reading the Bible.
And it was really good. It forced me to dig into a few passages, and from those passages see how amazing it is that GOD has given us HIS Word - everything we need for a life of godliness. HE is so good and loving.
And so now I'm going to share the devotional, but break it up because it's too good to rush through (even though I'm so excited about it I want to share it all at once. :) ). Thank you, Stacy Ortiz, for blessing me with your words about the Word. May GOD bless you as well.

4 Comments:
wow - that ended up being long
:) that's ok -- i was wondering if that means you skim blog posts too ;)
i just love how God blesses us when we come to Him, even if it's been forever since we have :D
i do read long blog posts :P
:)
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