Read Your Bible

So many Bibles.....By 1992, the estimated number printed rose to nearly six billion and by 2007 to 7.5 billion. This means there is roughly one copy of God's word for each person on earth! Clearly, the Bible is the best selling book of all time! These figures do not include the COUNTLESS digital versions of the Scriptures being accessed today by computers, smart phones, iPads, etc. etc. 




We have been blessed with the gift of technology to use...or not use. 

Ecclesiasters 3:1
 

1To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

A lad of seven years took the Bible one day from the library table in his home and asked, "Is this God's Book, Mother?" "Certainly It is," was her reply. "Well," continued the lad, "don't you think we might as well send It back to God? We don't use It here, do we?"

The Bible is the Book of the heart. It shows us how we may possess and enjoy real life. A worthwhile life, and satisfaction in life, are found by reading and receiving the Word of Life into our hearts. "The Words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life" (John 6:63). Woodrow Wilson said, "I am sorry for the men who do not read the Bible every day. I wonder why they deprive themselves of the strength and of the pleasure." On another occasion he wrote, "The Bible is the Word of Life. I beg that you will read It and find this out for yourself-read, not only little snatches here and there, but long passages that will really be the road to the heart of It." And he continued, "When you have read the Bible, you will know that It is the Word of God because you will have found It the key to your own heart, your own happiness and your own duty."
the above words are an excerpt from an article by Why Read the Bible by Franklin G. Huling.

 Endless opportunities to read the Word of God.  New versions and translations, downloaded, uploaded, on your phone, the IPad or lap top computer.  God's Word always available with the tap of a screen or our word spoken directly into the device brings God's Word to us wherever we are.  Truly amazing.

Currently the  YouVersion app is available in 113 translations and 41 languages and can be downloaded for free. If you are paying for a SmartPhone the Bible is free, and we all love Free!

This is the time to embrace change. So many people have been touched with the "Bible on demand" in this modern technology.  People will have smart phones with them all the time and that gives them access, whenever they want.   Don't jump to conclusions when you see SmartPhones coming to church and assume texting is the reason. Pastors are saying, "Open your Bibles or Smart Phones..." with tremendous results. It's efficient and accurate and can be read in any version presented by the speaker

Here's a new game to play on your SmartPhone or IPad,  (probably not during the church service)

I just love it! and I'm 63 soon to be 64.  I carry my Bible with me all the time, right on my SmartPhone!

Bible Trivia