Monday, 1 August 2016 and we are still here waiting for the Lord to come for us in the clouds. I hope you are true to yourself by reading your Bible to know God. In our One Year Bible we are reading about the best years of King Hezekiah's reign, a very powerful and encouraging Romans 15, yet being challenged at Psalm 25 while remembering truth and knowledge comes from God.

I've tried to challenge you to discipline yourself by reading your Bible to know God. If you have just a habit of reading, instead of a discipline of reading, you will miss and be uncommitted to live by faith. Many people will then try to read, miss a few days, and then go on a binge read to "catch up". When a person is not consistent in pursuing God, there will be a tendency to read out of guilt. Some will be confronted with thoughts (not from God)  that if I don't read, perhaps God will not love me. God's love for you is constant and not dependent upon your obedience in reading.  The reason we read is to know God.

Learn from 2nd Chronicles 30 how to admit sin, how to get right, be right, know right, do right and don't quit. Take a stand and allow God to use you to influence those in your sphere of influence so that they may know God and enjoy His blessings.

After reading Romans 15, pause and read again verses 13-14 and spend tine being grateful that you know The God of Hope. If you want success, prosperity,  peace, joy hope and a bright future, believe what you read in the Bible.

Take time and go back and read again Psalms 22-23-24 as one continuous story. Jesus is the theme.
Hope you have a good day.  If you do not have a One Year Bible, use the reading plan given at the beginning of the blog to follow the format. Reading in this format causes us to read Old Testament, New Testament, Psalm and Proverb every day. The intent is to read through the Bible every year.