The Best Gift

A Gift of the Word to Myself 

With the new opportunities and new burdens for this new year 2021, I have decided to buy a new Bible for myself. I termed it as a "gift to myself" for this new year. Though I have a good number of Bibles already, I have been using the Recovery Version of the Holy Bible daily and regularly. Other Bible versions, I use for reference and comparison in  term o f translation.  Every year I have been reading the Bible, day by day. And I have been reading I also used color marking to mark certain Bible verses for my reference. Therefore, my Bible has been "used."  So, I decided to read from a brand new Bible. To approach the word of God in a fresh and new way. Though I have read many times, I do not like to be mentally blocked by what I have already known in terms of truth and revelation. I prefer to have a fresh new revelation. I am approaching it as a new beginner with a clean slate to receive a fresh speaking from the Lord.

A Gif to My Children

In the same principle applied to myself on dealing with the word of God, I did to my children as well. Last year, my gift to my eldest daughter and son was the Holy Bible, Recovery Version, bonded leather.  And to my youngest daughter, the New Testament, Recovery Version. I was burdened to impress into their being from their young age, the importance of the word of God. As I have my new beginning in reading and studying the word of God, I do the same with my children. May the Lord bless us to be a people of His word, a family of the word of God.

A Gift to a Newly Married Couple

Again in the same principle, I proposed that the Holy Bible, Recovery Version be gifted to a newly wedded brother. This is the best wedding gift I could think of. In fact, after the wedding the brother openly testified that he and his wife appreciated the gift of Bible so much. Though they are Christians and have their Bibles already, the wedding gift was very special to them and they decided to make it their "family Bible."

A Gift to New Ones Who Got Baptized

Again, in the same principle, all the newly baptized believers were and are and will be given the Bible. From day one of their Christian life, they are being led to to the word of God directly. That they may learn to read and study the Lord's word and that the Lord may speak to them directly. After all, it is only the word of God that can make them grow and build them up.

And now I commit you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who have been sanctified. Acts 20:32