Marathon Bible Reading

Tuesday, the 20th October, being a holiday, we felt good for the saints in the church to come together for a time of prayer, hymn singing, fellowship, and mostly Bible reading. As the church, we have been reading the Bible and encouraging all the saints to read the Bible daily with the goal of feeding on the spiritual milk and solid food of the word, to receive the Lord’s speaking, to be constituted with the truth, and of course, to read through the Bible at least once a year. To this extent, we have made a yearly schedule for daily Bible reading portions to complete reading the entire Bible in a year.

Though the burden has been trumpeted now and then, not many have been scheduled to read the Bible daily as planned. Therefore, to help the saints, we have arranged a day of Marathon Bible Reading with the following announcement. 

Announcements: Tuesday, 20 Oct Schedule

Venue: Meeting Hall, DLF-1 

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Marathon Bible Reading

Burden: Reading Bible, Prayer, and Fellowship

To catchup with the daily Bible reading schedule, especially for those who are lagging behind in the daily Bible reading portions with the goal of reading through the entire Bible at least once in a year, by 31 Dec 2026.

Please bring your Bible.

Time: 10:30 AM onwards

(Whole day with tea&snacks and lunch breaks)

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As the saints turned up for the day, we had four sessions of simply reading the Bible for about an hour each, and took half an hour break between each session. After the whole day of Bible reading, some saints shared about their experiences and all were encouraged to read the Bible regularly. 

As we gathered for Bible reading, some sisters volunteered to cook lunch and dinner for all who attended the Bible reading. We all enjoyed a time of blending over lovefeast too.

Besides, the day being Tuesday, we had our weekly group meeting after the Bible reading sessions. The message was on "Occupation" which was also in line with the burden on "not loving money" which was shared last Lord’s Day. Thank the Lord, week by week, the Lord has been speaking to the church what was on His heart. Though we are few in numbers in the local church, the Lord has been pleased to speak to us regularly. Every Lord’s Day has become a blessed day of the Lord’s fresh supply of life through the word.

Thus, the day that began for the Bible reading at 11:30 AM ended at 9:30 PM, a ten hours of meeting! Despite the busy schedule, the saints enjoyed a wonderful time of blending and reading.

The underlying burden behind all these is the building up of the local church. These were not mere activities carried out, but for shepherding the saints with the word of God.

Lord, build and bless Your church!