Livin' the life...

Firstly, Happy New Year! I wish you the best for 2008.

To start this year, I would like to share with you a Daily Bread reading taking from RBC Ministries 'Our Daily Bread' Dec07-Feb08: December 31 2007. It reads..

"Which of the following quotes are in the Bible?
1. Cleanliness is next to godliness.
2. God helps those who help themselves.
3. Confession is good for the soul.
4. Man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
5. Money is the root of all evil.
6. Honesty is the best policy.

Believe it not, only one of those quotes is found in the Bible. The fourth one is from Job 5:7.

George Muller, a pastor and orphanage director in the 1800s, wouldn't have had trouble knowing which of those quotes ere from the Bible. Why? Because he read through it more than 100 times! He said: "I look upon it as a lost when I have not had a good time over the Word of God. . . . I have always made it a rule never to begin work until I have had a good season with God and His Word. The blessing I have received has been wonderful."

We don't need to feel guilty if we don't read the Bible as much as Muller did. But consider with me reading it through at least once this coming year-not so that we can answer some tricky questions about it, but because it was given to us by God and is profitable for our spiritual growth (2 Tim. 3:16-17). - Anne Cetas

Read the Bible to be wise, believe it to be safe, practice it to be holy."

I hope you enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed sharing it with you. Ta!