Saturday 19 January 2013

Saturday January 19, 2013

Thank You, Lord, for the Bible, Your word to us.  Give us wisdom as we read and study it.

 

Read Psalm 119:89-96

 

The Dead Sea Scrolls, discovered in the late 1940s, contain the oldest known copies of the Hebrew Bible (the Old Testament).  For decades, the scrolls have been carefully guarded and their use often restricted to a small group of scholars.  In an effort to preserve the ancient fragments while broadening access to them, the Israel Antiquities Authority, in partnership with Google, is making high-resolution images of the 2000-year-old scrolls available to everyone online.

 

That’s good news for scholars and curious students alike.  It’s also a reminder of the great treasure we currently possess in the Bible itself.  Throughout Psalm 119, the writer celebrates the eternal nature and life-changing wisdom of God’s word.  At the heart of today’s passage, the writer declares, “I will never forget Your precepts, for by them You have given me life” (v 93).

 

Many of us have had a Bible almost all our lives, yet how much time do we spend in reading and studying it?  How deeply do we think about the meaning of familiar passages?

 

Why not make Bible reading a priority each day?  Ask God to guide, teach and strengthen you through His written Word.  This amazing resource is accessible to all and available now.

 

Prayer:

¥ Pray that God would

¥ Pray that

 

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