Bible Reading: Forty Secondth Time

Bible reading is a part of my life and has become one of my daily enjoyments. This year, I planned to read at least three times. But due to my frequent travel schedules I could not read as much as I thought I could. Nevertheless, I did my best. Yesterday, as I had about five hours of transit at Raipur airport waiting for a connecting flight to Jagdalpur, I could catch up with my lag. So I spend the entire waiting time just to read and read and read with a few minutes gaps now and then. And finally today afternoon at my hotel room in Koraput when I had about two hours after morning fellowship, I could complete the remaining portions to complete the Old Testament and New Testament with the footnotes in the Holy Bible Recovery Version. To me, this was a great day and I could experience the Lord’s grace again in my personal reading of the Holy Bible. So, to encourage the saint in my locality, I posted a testimony for all.

Testimony: Bible Reading 2023

“Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds out through the mouth of God.”(Matthew 4:4, RecVer)

It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words which I have spoken to you are spirit and are life._ (John 6:63, RecVer)

Hope, every saint has been reading the Bible daily. The Lord has been gracing me to read the Bible daily, and today, the 3rf of November, I have completed reading through the Bible for my 2nd time for this year 2023. This time, it was with the footnotes of every verse. This is my 42nd time reading through the Holy Bible, and a good number of times with the footnotes since I got my first Recovery Version in 2002.

This is to encourage all the saints to love the word of God and read the Bible daily. The Bible is the best book. It is worth reading it over and over again.

And many times, the Lord spoke to me through the verses I read, leading me all the time when in the midst of taking decisions personally, officially, or for family or church matters in fellowship with the saints involved.

Here, I am posting this not to boast but to declare the fact with the burden to encourage all to read the Bible and set a pattern to let all know that it is very possible to read through the Bible at least once in a year.

Saints, be encouraged. Ready your Bible daily. Even if you could not follow the schedule, at least read 2 chapters of the Old Testament and 1 chapter of the New Testament. 

The secret to Bible reading is, whenever you have time, don't do anything else, simply open your Bible and read wherever you are, at home, office, train, flight, or wherever.

“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” (Psalms 119:105, RecVer)