Today, the 7th of November 2024, the Lord enabled me to complete reading the Holy Bible for the 46th time! Then, I prepared myself to start the next round for the 47th time. This has been my burden to read and read the Bible; the best and the only Book that is worth reading, over and over again.
By God's grace, I pray and hope that this grace of reading the Bible be my lifestyle. And that this habit may continue as long as the Lord graces me with the time and the strength to do so. Though the will is present with me, the working out of the will is all up to the Lord. Therefore, I look to Him for His mercy day by day.
For over a month, five of our brothers have been imprisoned. At times, when I imagine to have been in their stead, the thing I would miss the most would be my Bible reading. I wish and pray that there be never a time when I will be kept away from my Bible. It will be very hard for me to live without my Bible. Since I have been reading my Bible every day for about an hour, not a day I can pass now without reading my Bible. I have been addicted to reading he Bible already. It will be a torture to me not to read my Bible as usual, daily. Prayer can be done without any Bible, as it is a matter of the spirit. But Bible reading has to be objective; reading the physical Bible and seeing the Lord in every line. The is the best way to see visions from God. This reminds me of my childhood hymn, More About Jesus Would I Know (Hymn: More about Jesus would I know)
1 More about Jesus would I know,More of His grace to others show;More of His saving fulness see,More of His love who died for me.
More, more about Jesus,More, more about Jesus;More of His saving fulness see,More of His love who died for me.
2 More about Jesus let me learn,More of His holy will discern;Spirit of God my teacher be,Showing the things of Christ to me.
3 More about Jesus; in His Word,Holding communion with my Lord;Hearing His voice in every line,Making each faithful saying mine.
4 More about Jesus; on His throne,Riches in glory all His own;More of His kingdom’s sure increase;More of His coming, Prince of Peace.
As I stated in my forty-fifth reading of the Bible, I still state the same now. My desire is much more than reading the Bible 46 times. Now, I pray that I can read the Bible a hundred times in my lifetime. I don't know how many more years the Lord will give me in this earthly tabernacle. If His will be so, I pray for His grace that within the many years still remaining or until He returns, I may be especially graced to hit the century of reading the Holy Bible a hundred times. I can only trust the Lord and do my best to faithfully read and read His word day by day. It's up to the Lord to fulfill this dream of reading the Bible a hundred times.
Praise the Lord for this grace of reading His word! Praise the Lord that I can still read and read the word of God!
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