I had a Pastor once tell me that his most cherished funeral services were ones when he had the opportunity to preach out of the worn out, dog-eared, and marked up Bible of a dearly departed saint. He said it was like a treasure trove of inspiration, encouragement, and insight into that person’s walk with the Lord…with his memorial sermon many times coming directly from those tattered pages. Charles Spurgeon once penned this…”The Bible that’s falling apart usually belongs to someone who isn’t.” And this is so true. If your Bible has a place of honor on the coffee table, but the only time you touch it is to dust, know that God’s Word will not flow into you by osmosis. Or when you try everything on your own first before going to God’s Word, know that you could save yourself much heartache by digging into the Bible first, not as a last ditch effort. We need to hide God’s Word in our heart and allow it to dwell there… and that means regular & daily Bible reading/study. For we’ll find that just like God, His Word is true, upright, faithful, righteous, just, and steadfast…and exactly what we need for the day.
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