"But what poor reading some of you give to your Bibles. I do not want to say anything which is too severe because it is not strictly true—let your own consciences speak, but still, I make bold to enquire,—Do not many of you read the Bible in a very hurried way—just a little bit, and off you go? Do you not soon forget what you have read, and lose what little effect it seemed to have? How few of you are resolved to get at its soul, its juice, its life, its essence, and to drink in its meaning. Well, if you do not do that, I tell you again your reading is miserable reading, dead reading, unprofitable reading; it is not reading at all, the name would be misapplied. May the blessed Spirit give you repentance touching this thing."
WOW, My toes are being stepped on
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HUGS,
memaw
Wow, my toes are really hurting after reading this. What a great reminder to take the time to spend in God's Word and not be in such a rush. I printed it out and will place it in my Bible as a daily reminder. It's so easy to think we have really done good because we spent 5 minutes in God's Word today
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Thanks, Trish.