Never Ending Story??
The word of the Lord will live forever. - 1 Peter 1:25 NCV ucb notes nov 23rd 2006
Voltaire, the French sceptic, once wrote from his Paris office: "I will go through the forest of Scripture and girdle all the trees so that in one hundred years Christianity will be but a vanishing memory." In a twist of divine irony, the room in which he penned those words was later purchased by the British and Foreign Bible Society and packed with Bibles.
What rivals the durability of the Bible? We applaud the Number One Best Seller. We award the book that remains on the top for weeks at a time. If one claimed the lead for several years, we would bronze each page. But what if a book is Number One for 300 years? Your Bible is the most widely published and translated book in history - available in over 2000 different dialects. Why? Because it works!
Apply its principles to any part of your life and see what happens. (a) Apply it to your finances. Manage your money the way the Bible says: tithe, save, provide for your family, give to the needy. Test God's Word and prosper. (b) Test God's Word on your job. Follow the Bible's code of work conduct. Be honest. Be on time. Be efficient. You may get a promotion. (c) Test the Bible on your relationships. Forgive your enemies. Refuse to gossip. Do all you can to be at peace with all. Be quick to listen and slow to speak. (d) But most of all, apply the Bible to your soul. "There's nothing like the written Word of God for showing you the way to salvation"
Voltaire, the French sceptic, once wrote from his Paris office: "I will go through the forest of Scripture and girdle all the trees so that in one hundred years Christianity will be but a vanishing memory." In a twist of divine irony, the room in which he penned those words was later purchased by the British and Foreign Bible Society and packed with Bibles.
What rivals the durability of the Bible? We applaud the Number One Best Seller. We award the book that remains on the top for weeks at a time. If one claimed the lead for several years, we would bronze each page. But what if a book is Number One for 300 years? Your Bible is the most widely published and translated book in history - available in over 2000 different dialects. Why? Because it works!
Apply its principles to any part of your life and see what happens. (a) Apply it to your finances. Manage your money the way the Bible says: tithe, save, provide for your family, give to the needy. Test God's Word and prosper. (b) Test God's Word on your job. Follow the Bible's code of work conduct. Be honest. Be on time. Be efficient. You may get a promotion. (c) Test the Bible on your relationships. Forgive your enemies. Refuse to gossip. Do all you can to be at peace with all. Be quick to listen and slow to speak. (d) But most of all, apply the Bible to your soul. "There's nothing like the written Word of God for showing you the way to salvation"
(2 Timothy 3:15 TM).
Pray for Colin Groome and the work of Home Evangelism
1. Guide me, O thou great Jehovah,
pilgrim through this barren land.
I am weak, but thou art mighty;
hold me with thy powerful hand.
Bread of heaven, bread of heaven,
feed me till I want no more;
feed me till I want no more.
2. Open now the crystal fountain,
whence the healing stream doth flow;
let the fire and cloudy pillar
lead me all my journey through.
Strong deliverer, strong deliverer,
be thou still my strength and shield;
be thou still my strength and shield.
3. When I tread the verge of Jordan,
bid my anxious fears subside;
death of death and hell's destruction,
land me safe on Canaan's side.
Songs of praises, songs of praises,
I will ever give to thee;
I will ever give to thee.
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