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 will trickle in, which is fine.

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 Thanks.

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 Yeah, so if you didn't get one, there's a handout over there.

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 And you can pick it up as you go out.

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 That would be fine, too.

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 You don't need to be looking at it while I'm talking.

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 Today's class is going to be on Bible intake.

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 This is the first part of Bible intake,

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 and we're going to talk about hearing and reading.

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 So let me just open us in prayer.

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 Heavenly Father, we are so grateful to be here

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 and to be in your house and to be with your people.

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 Lord, on this foggy morning,

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 would you defog our brains and our hearts?

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 Lord, incline our hearts to your testimonies.

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 Open our eyes to see beautiful things in your word.

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 Unite our hearts to fear your name above all things.

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 And satisfy us with your steadfast love.

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 Lord, this is what we long for.

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 Lord, as we talk about some nuts and bolts,

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 we pray that it wouldn't just be

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 a kind of laundry list of stuff to do, Lord,

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 but you would be giving us tools to draw nearer to you.

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 That's our goal.

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 And we pray that you would work that goal out in our lives.

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 In Jesus' name, amen.

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 Amen.

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 So,

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 the Bible is God's word.

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 I once had the pleasure of co-teaching

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 or assisting a woman who taught the two-year-olds

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 in a previous church,

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 and I was a fairly young mom.

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 I had a two-year-old in the class,

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 but she was my oldest and only at the time.

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 So I had a lot to learn,

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 and I had a lot to learn about children,

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 and I hadn't grown up in a Christian home,

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 so I was learning about how you teach these things to children,

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 the truths of scripture.

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 And my teacher, her name was Linda,

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 she had one basic goal for these two-year-olds,

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 that they would come out of her class in a year or so

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 knowing that the Bible is the word of God.

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 And that was her main goal.

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 She taught lots of stories.

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 She engaged them in many different ways.

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 But every day, we sang the B-I-B-L-E song.

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 And she just reinforced in every possible way

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 that the Bible is the word of God.

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 And what they understood at that age,

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 I don't know, you know.

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 But they got a message, right?

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 And it's a message I think most of us have gotten,

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 perhaps from the age of two,

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 perhaps much more recently.

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 But we know that this is where God has revealed himself,

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 where he reveals our own hearts to us,

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 where he unveils his plan for the restoration of humanity to himself.

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 And in it are all we need for life and godliness.

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 Second Peter says,

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 His divine power has granted to us all things

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 that pertain to life and godliness,

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 through the knowledge of him who called us

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 to his own glory and excellence,

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 by which he has granted to us his precious

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 and very great promises,

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 so that through them you may become partakers

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 of the divine nature,

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 having escaped from the corruption

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 that is in the world because of sinful desire.

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 There's a lot in these two verses.

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 I'm not going to, you know,

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 I'm not going to, yeah.

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 But through the knowledge of him who called us

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 and through his precious and great promises,

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 and there are other things that he gives us.

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 These aren't the only things,

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 but this foundational knowledge

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 and knowing and trusting in his promises,

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 we get that to a great extent from his word.

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 So hearing is the first thing I want to talk about.

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 So this is the lowest bar, right,

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 on Bible intake for most of us.

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 We can hear the words of scripture.

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 Romans 10,

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 how then will they call on him

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 in whom they have not believed?

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 And how are they to believe in him

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 of whom they have never heard?

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 And how are they to hear without someone preaching?

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 And then the next thing I have up there

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 in 1 Timothy,

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 until I come,

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 devote yourself to the public reading of scripture,

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 to exhortation and to teachings,

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 as Paul speaking to his mentee, Timothy.

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 We have a practice in our church,

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 as many churches do,

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 not enough churches in my opinion,

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 but that's of the public reading of scripture,

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 even apart from the sermon itself.

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 We always have this first scripture reading,

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 which whoever's preaching chooses that

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 to complement in some way

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 the passage that they'll be preaching on.

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 And we have this early in the service,

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 as you've, you know,

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 in most cases.

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 We sing a couple of songs,

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 and then we have someone who reads the scripture.

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 And,

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 yeah, I just want to,

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 I want to ask,

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 and you can respond,

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 at some times we're going to walk around with the mic.

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 I think right now we probably don't need to.

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 I just want to,

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 maybe a,

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 just a shout out,

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 or just a raising of hands.

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 How many of you find it difficult

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 to concentrate during that

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 first scripture reading?

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 Anybody?

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 Yeah, it can be,

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 it can be challenging, right?

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 Like,

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 it's almost like,

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 well,

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 we've sung these songs,

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 and we have that ringing in our head,

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 and then we sit down,

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 and we're like,

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 you know,

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 if it's like me,

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 you know,

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 I'm trying to rearrange,

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 oh, my Bible's over here,

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 okay, I'm all set.

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 And meanwhile,

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 someone has gotten up

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 and started reading the scriptures,

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 and I'm not always really keyed in.

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 So,

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 so this is something,

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 like,

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 how do we,

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 how do we do that well?

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 And I don't think it's,

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 this isn't really complicated.

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 Some of the things,

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 I think,

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 are how we

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 prepare for church

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 beforehand,

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 how early we get

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 and sit down

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 and do all that

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 arranging of the coat

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 and the Bible

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 or purse

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 or whatever,

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 children,

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 which are

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 almost inevitable

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 distraction.

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 You know,

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 how do,

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 how do we do that?

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 Do we,

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 do we prepare

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 and come in

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 in such a way

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 as we're ready

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 to really hear

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 the scriptures

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 and listen?

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 It's just one thing

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 to hear it,

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 right?

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 It's another thing

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 to listen,

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 right?

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 The scriptures

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 are,

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 are usually

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 on the screen

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 behind the reader

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 and it's also

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 announced

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 before the reader

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 reads.

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 I find it really

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 helpful to follow along.

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 Other people don't

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 and that's fine

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 but that's something

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 that's really helpful

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 for me.

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 It gives me something

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 to,

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 and I usually do it

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 in my Bible

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 because I'm old-fashioned

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 and that's,

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 that's,

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 that's helpful

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 for me

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 to see the page.

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 But,

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 whatever helps

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 you to focus,

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 you want to kind

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 of think about that

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 and I think,

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 I think when we

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 don't listen,

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 sometimes it's,

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 there may be

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 legit distractions

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 around us

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 like children

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 or whatever,

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 how we came

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 into church,

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 how we,

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 there are all

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 kinds of things

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 but we use

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 that time

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 of singing

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 and worshiping

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 God to begin

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 to settle

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 our hearts

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 and be ready

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 then to hear

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 the scripture read.

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 For us,

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 it is,

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 it should be

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 no surprise

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 each,

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 each Sunday service

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 that that's

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 what's coming next.

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 Right?

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 Another thing

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 I'll just throw

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 out there

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 is that the,

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 so in the days

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 when we had

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 paper bulletins,

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 I would take

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 my bulletin,

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 I would go sit

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 down and I would

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 look that scripture

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 up and stick

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 my bulletin in there

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 so I was ready

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 to follow along.

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 We don't have

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 the paper bulletins,

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 we don't necessarily

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 have the warning

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 but the order

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 of service

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 is on the website

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 by Friday afternoon.

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 So if you go

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 to the website,

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 you can,

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 you can look

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 at the order

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 of service

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 and you can see

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 what that scripture

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 is.

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 So if you're,

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 if you're extra

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 motivated,

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 I would encourage

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 that.

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 I usually know

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 it because I put

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 the order of service

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 on the website

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 as part of my job

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 but I find it helpful

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 and I assume

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 others might as well.

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 So it's always there

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 by Friday afternoon

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 unless,

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 unless I forget

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 which case

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 it's not there.

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 But,

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 so those are just some,

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 just some things

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 to,

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 to think about

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 and I think,

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 I don't know,

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 for me it's mostly

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 I just need to think

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 about it.

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 I need to go,

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 oh,

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 this is the public

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 reading of scripture.

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 This is important.

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 This is God's word

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 for us.

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 This matters.

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 So there's other,

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 other ways to listen.

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 Many Bible apps

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 on your phone

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 or your laptop

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 or whatever

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 will read the scripture

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 to you.

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 I know the ESV Bible app

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 does.

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 I think,

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 a number of them do.

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 There's,

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 there's more out there

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 than I'm aware of

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 or have heard

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 or have used.

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 Some of them,

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 you know,

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 you're able to read along

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 while the voice

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 reads to you.

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 There's an app

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 for the iPhone

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 and Android

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 called Dwell.

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 And Dwell,

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 I put the link

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 in your handout.

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 Dwell is a really

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 nicely done website

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 that allows you

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 to listen to scripture

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 but it's more than just

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 like an audio Bible

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 as you might be able

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 to still get on CDs

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 or something.

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 It's more than that

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 because they have

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 different voices

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 you can choose from.

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 They have a number

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 of different translations.

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 They have different ways

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 to assemble a playlist.

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 They have,

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 I'm going to mention it later,

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 62 reading plans

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 or listening plans

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 that you can go through.

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 You can click a button

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 to read along

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 and it will move this,

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 moves its little screen

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 so that you can be reading

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 on your screen

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 as you're listening.

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 and it's just,

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 it's a great little app.

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 It's attractive.

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 It's really handy

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 and they continue

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 to upgrade it.

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 Our church has purchased

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 a number of subscriptions

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 for that.

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 I think last I checked

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 there were 10 left

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 so if you don't have it,

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 it is a paid,

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 you can download it for free

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 and sort of check it out

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 but it is a paid subscription

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 but if you go through

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 the link that I've provided

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 in the handout

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 and it's been,

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 it's been in like

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 weekly emails and things,

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 not every week I don't think

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 but,

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 and if you have any trouble,

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 you know,

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 getting to a link,

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 just let me know

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 or email the church office.

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 We can send that

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 right out to you

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 and then you,

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 then you're covered.

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 You're,

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 you have a,

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 you have a subscription

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 and you can take advantage

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 of all that it has to offer.

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 What are some times,

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 some of you probably

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 listen to scripture already,

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 what are some times

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 that you find that handy?

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 Yep.

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 Driving.

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 Driving.

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 Yep.

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 Yep.

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 Exercising.

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 Exercising.

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 Very good.

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 Anything else?

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 Can you imagine?

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 Down in the studio,

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 working all day long.

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 Yep.

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 Yep.

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 Sure.

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 A lot of us have mindless tasks

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 we need to be doing.

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 We can have the scripture going.

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 My husband

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 downloaded Dwell

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 in the summer

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 and began listening

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 to the entire Bible,

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 straight through in order,

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 I think,

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 and he would,

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 he works sort of

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 late into the,

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 he works until eight

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 because his,

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 his job,

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 it's remote,

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 but it's in California,

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 so their hours are different.

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 He works until eight

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 and then he would come home,

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 he would come home,

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 come down the stairs

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 and fix himself some supper

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 and,

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 and then he would just

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 lie on the couch

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 and plug in the Bible

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 and he would listen to

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 for about an hour

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 and he has completed

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 the entire Bible that way.

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 I have had times

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 when I just,

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 just really wanted to soak

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 in scripture

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 but I wasn't,

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 I didn't want to sit there

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 and read.

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 I remember one time

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 when I,

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 I went to the beach

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 because I just,

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 I was emotionally

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 going through a lot of stuff

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 and I just wanted to sort of,

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 sort of process

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 but not process

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 and it was spring

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 but it was a warm sunny day

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 and I just,

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 so the beach was nearly empty

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 but I lay on the beach,

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 I plugged in

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 the Gospel of John

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 and I just lay there

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 and listen to the whole thing.

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 that brings up a question though.

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 What if I,

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 my attention wanders

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 while I'm listening.

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 My attention does that

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 all the time.

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 Okay,

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 I,

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 unless I'm looking,

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 it's really hard for me

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 to concentrate.

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 Driving I can

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 but even then,

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 you know,

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 I'm sort of in and out.

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 So is it not worth it

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 if we can't really focus

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 all the time

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 or if we don't really focus?

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 I'm going to say

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 it's still worth it.

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 I'm going to say

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 don't stress about it

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 because as long as

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 this isn't your only

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 place of Bible intake,

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 you're getting more

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 than you would

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 not listening,

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 right?

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 And things are going

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 to catch your ear

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 and who knows

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 what goes on

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 in your subconscious.

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 I don't even know.

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 Like,

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 you know,

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 if it gets in

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 when you're not paying attention

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 in some way,

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 you know,

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 we don't want to rely on that.

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 My husband,

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 would frequently

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 doze off

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 while he was reading,

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 while he was listening

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 to the scriptures

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 during that season.

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 But he was reading

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 the Bible other times.

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 He,

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 you know,

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 has read the Bible

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 at number,

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 so he missed things.

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 And when I lay on the beach

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 in the sun

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 listening to the Gospel of John,

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 I dozed off.

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 And it was a blessing

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 in that time

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 to be that relaxed

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 and to just rest.

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 And then,

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 you know,

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 when I came back to,

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 I was listening

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 to the Word of God.

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 And,

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 you know,

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 this isn't the,

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 we don't want to take lightly

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 that it's the Word of God,

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 but at the same time,

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 I don't think we need

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 to beat ourselves up

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 if we're listening

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 and we lose concentration.

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 I think the same goes

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 for reading,

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 and I'm going to talk

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 a little bit about that

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 in a little bit.

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 But for me,

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 listening is far more

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 difficult to hold

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 my attention.

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 And I know for other people

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 it's not,

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 it's,

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 yeah,

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 for some people,

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 listening is really easier

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 than reading.

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 But that's what I would say

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 about listening.

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 So we want to listen

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 with attention

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 during the public reading

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 of Scripture

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 and our worship services.

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 We want to listen

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 in other ways

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 when we have time,

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 when we have space,

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 a little bit of brain space

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 to hear God's Word.

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 And then another way

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 is we can,

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 when we're reading Scripture,

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 we can read it out loud.

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 You know,

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 for centuries

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 that's how reading was done.

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 You just read out loud.

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 And what happens there

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 is you're looking at it,

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 so it's coming in

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 through your eyes,

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 into your brain, right?

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 As you read it,

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 you're hearing it as well.

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 And all,

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 the more gateways we have

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 for information coming in,

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 the better.

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 And if it's the Word of God,

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 how much better,

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 how much, you know,

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 like,

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 and, you know,

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 this is one of the reasons,

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 like, you know,

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 YouTube or TikTok

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 or Instagram,

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 all that stuff

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 has exploded,

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 and we know,

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 movies and television,

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 because of the,

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 it draws us,

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 because it's not just our ears

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 or just our eyes.

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 and so reading aloud

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 can be really great, too.

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 It can be, like,

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 you know,

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 you may feel self-conscious

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 at first,

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 but you're just reading aloud.

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 It's, you know.

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 So,

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 so,

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 so,

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 the more gateways,

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 the more retention,

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 I would suggest.

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 So,

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 any questions about listening,

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 about hearing the Word of God?

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 I know for some people,

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 reading is just plain hard.

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 A lot of people struggle to read,

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 and we make,

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 in our Western world,

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 such a big deal about reading,

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 as, you know,

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 I think I make a big deal of reading,

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 but we need to remember,

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 there were centuries

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 when people did not read,

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 and they were no less godly

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 as long as they had some access

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 to the Word of God, right?

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 And most of it was oral.

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 It was mostly coming in their ears.

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 And we're a more visual society,

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 I think,

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 but,

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 but reading can be challenging.

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 And,

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 that doesn't mean,

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 you know,

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 that you're doomed to be

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 a second-class Christian

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 if you struggle with reading.

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 It's just not the case.

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 It's interesting to be,

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 now,

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 Ambrose of Milan

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 was one of the first

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 that reads silent.

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 Because it was all acoustic.

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 And he became a tourist attraction.

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 Yes!

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 When they would come to the church,

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 they would just stand and watch him,

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 because they could see his eyes

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 moving across,

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 and they couldn't hear anything.

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 It's like,

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 Matthew was really strange

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 that it was a tourist attraction.

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 So,

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 in that sense,

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 it's wonderful

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 because illiteracy,

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 we often look at that,

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 oh,

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 look at how many,

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 look at the high percentage

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 of illiterates

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 in that society.

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 But,

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 it wasn't

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 as much of a barrier

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 for precisely what you said,

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 because the reading

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 was acoustic.

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 Something would be

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 pinned up,

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 somebody would come

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 and read it out loud

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 for a little crowd.

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 So,

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 you still had access

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 because it was acoustic,

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 this is on you.

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 Yeah.

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 Yeah.

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 Tom?

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 I just wanted to,

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 I discovered

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 the Bible Lab Bible Gateway

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 that I listen to,

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 and what I love about it

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 is I use

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 different Bible translations

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 that I don't normally read.

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 Mm-hmm.

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 And I also,

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 I actually really like

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 the original KJV

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 to listen to.

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 And the reason why

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 is because I think

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 in my line of work

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 I'm always studying

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 and it's hard for me

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 to get out of that mindset

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 of like reading.

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 So,

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 I'm trying to think

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 like what's the context

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 to writing this,

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 when,

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 where,

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 why,

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 how,

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 instead of just

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 listening to the eternal words

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 of the timeless nature

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 of the scripture.

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 And when I listen,

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 I get out of that mindset.

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 Yeah.

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 I just listen to it

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 as

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 God's spoken word to us

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 and it's been,

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 it's been immensely helpful for me.

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 And it's ironic

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 because I'm a reader,

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 that's what I do,

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 but listening is,

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 I feel,

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 for me,

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 it's been better.

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 Mm-hmm.

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 In terms of

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 taking God's word.

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 Yeah,

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 and there's total sense.

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 Because,

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 and it is,

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 it's a different experience,

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 right?

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 It's different.

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 Josh.

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 I,

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 I remember

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 when I was teaching

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 poetry to,

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 uh,

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 high school students,

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 we would go through this poem,

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 I forget the name of the poet,

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 but he,

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 it was a poem about teaching poetry

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 and at the end of it is,

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 uh,

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 he,

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 it's,

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 he's explaining how he feels

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 when,

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 when students ask him questions

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 about poetry,

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 they,

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 they want to tie it to a chair

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 and interrogate it.

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 They want to strangle a meaning out of it.

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 And I feel like,

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 I feel that way sometimes.

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 When I come

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 to my Bible reading times,

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 um,

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 I'm,

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 I feel pressured

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 to be a real student,

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 a real,

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 very studious,

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 you know,

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 um,

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 interpreter of the Bible.

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 And it's like,

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 well,

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 or you could listen to what God,

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 like,

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 like you were saying,

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 the,

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 the word of God

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 is just beautiful.

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 Yeah.

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 You know,

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 in and of itself.

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 Yeah.

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 And we should study.

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 We need to,

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 we need to do that.

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 but when it becomes a burden,

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 sometimes it's helpful to get rid of that burden.

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 Yeah.

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 No,

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 absolutely.

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 I think we need to take advantage

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 of all the different ways that we have.

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 And,

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 you know,

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 we,

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 we live in a society

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 where we have so many different ways,

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 um,

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 you know,

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 to take in the scriptures.

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 Um,

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 I think we should take advantage of that

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 and,

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 um,

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 and not just,

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 not just do one thing.

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 Um,

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 so,

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 uh,

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 what does the next slide say?

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 Oh,

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 did that.

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 Okay.

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 So we're going to turn to reading now.

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 Um,

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 and reading is,

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 is how we're mostly accustomed,

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 uh,

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 to approaching the scriptures,

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 um,

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 aside from in public worship.

00:22:29.920 --> 00:22:30.400
 Um,

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 I want to think a little bit about how we approach our Bible reading.

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 Um,

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 I learned this some years ago in a book by John Piper,

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 and I've heard him speak of it,

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 you know,

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 on recorded sermons.

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 And,

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 um,

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 and it's a,

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 it's a little mnemonic,

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 um,

00:22:48.140 --> 00:22:51.860
 I O U S that I have found really helpful,

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 um,

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 to use when approaching scripture.

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 And what it is,

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 is it just a,

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 they're just prayers from the Bible to ask the Lord,

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 to,

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 um,

00:23:07.259 --> 00:23:07.539
 ask,

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 ask the Lord to be with us,

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 to help us,

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 to open our eyes,

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 these kinds of things.

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 Um,

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 I went through them as I prayed to open the class this morning.

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 So the first one,

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 the I is for incline my heart to your testimonies and not to selfish gain.

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 From Psalm 119,

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 36,

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 the next verse is turn my eyes from looking at worthless things and give me life in your ways.

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 And I find them together to be really,

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 really helpful.

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 How many worthless things are before my eyes,

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 uh,

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 all day long.

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 Um,

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 but as I come to the scriptures,

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 I want the Lord to incline,

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 you know,

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 lean,

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 lean my heart into it,

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 um,

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 to help me.

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 Because I need help.

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 I get up in the morning and like,

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 I don't necessarily,

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 I'm not leaning into scripture from the time my eyeballs,

00:24:01.160 --> 00:24:02.800
 you know,

00:24:02.840 --> 00:24:03.400
 see the light.

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 That's not happening.

00:24:05.380 --> 00:24:05.759
 Um,

00:24:05.759 --> 00:24:06.779
 and without the Lord,

00:24:07.220 --> 00:24:07.680
 we really,

00:24:07.800 --> 00:24:08.440
 we need his help.

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 It's his book.

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 We have his Holy Spirit dwelling within us who has promised to help us as we read.

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 And,

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 um,

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 I just think it just makes total sense to pray before we approach the scriptures,

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 um,

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 rather than just flip right to the,

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 right to the passage or whatever it is.

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 So incline my heart to your testimonies.

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 The O is for open my eyes that I may behold wondrous things out of your law.

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 Also from Psalm 119.

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 Um,

00:24:40.339 --> 00:24:42.879
 I've heard John Piper talk about this and say,

00:24:43.199 --> 00:24:44.179
 he sometimes prays,

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 open my eyes that I may see Jesus in your word,

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 right?

00:24:48.059 --> 00:24:52.119
 That's the most wondrous thing we could see in the scriptures.

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 Um,

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 and we need,

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 we need our eyes open.

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 The eyes of our heart need to be open as we come to the scriptures.

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 Um,

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 not just our physical eyes.

00:25:02.460 --> 00:25:03.059
 Um,

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 so the eyes as a,

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 as a gateway,

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 uh,

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 to our heart.

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 The U is for unite my heart to fear your name from Psalm 86.

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 So we come to our time of Bible reading.

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 Um,

00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:26.200
 even if we do it first thing in the morning,

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 we're coming out of dreams and,

00:25:29.140 --> 00:25:30.340
 you know,

00:25:30.420 --> 00:25:33.360
 maybe an accident with the coffee maker or,

00:25:33.560 --> 00:25:34.279
 you know,

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 a little interchange with a,

00:25:35.759 --> 00:25:37.519
 someone who lives in our house with us.

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 Um,

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 and if we read later in the day,

00:25:40.559 --> 00:25:41.000
 um,

00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:46.000
 there's a whole day's worth of distractions building up and different things.

00:25:46.039 --> 00:25:46.519
 And our hearts,

00:25:46.619 --> 00:25:49.559
 our minds are like scattered all over.

00:25:49.900 --> 00:25:50.220
 Um,

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 and we ask the Lord to unite,

00:25:53.620 --> 00:25:54.200
 unite our,

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 you know,

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 to,

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 I think of it as,

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 as focus,

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 focus my heart,

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 uh,

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 that I might do what's really,

00:26:00.620 --> 00:26:01.079
 really important,

00:26:01.200 --> 00:26:03.319
 which is to fear the name of God.

00:26:04.319 --> 00:26:04.680
 Um,

00:26:04.680 --> 00:26:07.140
 the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.

00:26:07.380 --> 00:26:12.180
 So we want to come to the scriptures with that fear of the Lord in our hearts.

00:26:12.220 --> 00:26:13.060
 And we need help.

00:26:13.180 --> 00:26:14.000
 We need help.

00:26:14.220 --> 00:26:15.019
 So we pray,

00:26:15.660 --> 00:26:16.720
 unite my heart,

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 uh,

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 to fear your name.

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 And as we come in fear,

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 this respect and awe and honoring God,

00:26:25.519 --> 00:26:26.120
 uh,

00:26:26.120 --> 00:26:26.900
 in our hearts,

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 we're more able than to hear his word when it rebukes us or corrects us.

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 We need to come with an attitude of submission.

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 This is God's word.

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 And I sit under it.

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 This is,

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 this is,

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 this is the God of the universe who created me,

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 who made me.

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 And this isn't just,

00:26:47.200 --> 00:26:48.059
 you know,

00:26:48.120 --> 00:26:49.559
 a self-help book off the,

00:26:49.640 --> 00:26:51.680
 off the shelf at Barnes and Noble.

00:26:51.900 --> 00:26:53.240
 This is the word of God.

00:26:53.400 --> 00:26:53.720
 So to,

00:26:53.839 --> 00:26:56.160
 to be aware of that,

00:26:56.259 --> 00:26:57.360
 to make ourselves aware,

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 to ask the Lord to make us aware.

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 And finally,

00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:02.759
 the S I've just,

00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:04.700
 the brackets are just because in the,

00:27:04.779 --> 00:27:05.680
 in the Bible,

00:27:05.779 --> 00:27:06.819
 you'll find it in the plural,

00:27:07.180 --> 00:27:07.700
 which is,

00:27:07.940 --> 00:27:08.259
 um,

00:27:09.220 --> 00:27:09.940
 which is great.

00:27:10.379 --> 00:27:11.619
 But when I pray it,

00:27:11.740 --> 00:27:11.920
 I,

00:27:12.160 --> 00:27:12.379
 uh,

00:27:12.420 --> 00:27:12.640
 you know,

00:27:12.640 --> 00:27:13.700
 on my own like this,

00:27:13.819 --> 00:27:17.240
 satisfy me in the morning with your steadfast love,

00:27:17.879 --> 00:27:20.400
 that I may rejoice and be glad.

00:27:22.400 --> 00:27:22.879
 Uh,

00:27:23.279 --> 00:27:25.640
 my heart is frequently,

00:27:25.640 --> 00:27:26.819
 uh,

00:27:26.900 --> 00:27:28.980
 running after things to satisfy it.

00:27:28.980 --> 00:27:31.259
 And they are not always God.

00:27:31.460 --> 00:27:34.940
 They are not always where true satisfaction lies.

00:27:35.440 --> 00:27:39.880
 And I want to come to scriptures and be satisfied,

00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:41.759
 to be filled that I,

00:27:42.180 --> 00:27:44.920
 so that then I don't run all over the place,

00:27:45.000 --> 00:27:47.700
 trying to fill it with other things,

00:27:47.960 --> 00:27:48.180
 with,

00:27:48.319 --> 00:27:49.059
 you know,

00:27:49.420 --> 00:27:50.319
 good reputation,

00:27:50.660 --> 00:27:50.980
 with success,

00:27:51.799 --> 00:27:52.019
 with,

00:27:52.019 --> 00:27:52.519
 uh,

00:27:52.519 --> 00:27:53.700
 yeah,

00:27:54.240 --> 00:27:54.480
 yeah,

00:27:54.559 --> 00:27:56.839
 being known or being well liked or,

00:27:57.079 --> 00:28:03.220
 or buying stuff or watching YouTube videos or whatever.

00:28:03.519 --> 00:28:03.759
 Right.

00:28:03.940 --> 00:28:04.299
 Um,

00:28:04.639 --> 00:28:07.139
 we're always trying to satisfy our hearts,

00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:10.240
 but it's God in him is our satisfaction.

00:28:10.920 --> 00:28:11.599
 And,

00:28:11.839 --> 00:28:15.039
 and why not ask,

00:28:15.200 --> 00:28:15.460
 Lord,

00:28:15.700 --> 00:28:16.599
 satisfy me,

00:28:16.920 --> 00:28:17.379
 uh,

00:28:17.380 --> 00:28:19.800
 satisfy me with your steadfast love.

00:28:21.940 --> 00:28:23.320
 So that's a,

00:28:23.640 --> 00:28:25.800
 that's just a little mnemonic.

00:28:25.940 --> 00:28:26.300
 You can,

00:28:26.480 --> 00:28:26.800
 um,

00:28:27.400 --> 00:28:29.040
 you can memorize it.

00:28:29.160 --> 00:28:29.540
 You can,

00:28:30.120 --> 00:28:30.640
 uh,

00:28:30.680 --> 00:28:31.460
 I have a,

00:28:31.780 --> 00:28:33.660
 I have a little ring of verses.

00:28:34.020 --> 00:28:35.240
 Now this is way more than,

00:28:35.360 --> 00:28:36.640
 than those four.

00:28:36.640 --> 00:28:37.040
 Uh,

00:28:37.040 --> 00:28:38.800
 but it started with those four.

00:28:39.600 --> 00:28:39.980
 Um,

00:28:40.460 --> 00:28:41.480
 and,

00:28:41.680 --> 00:28:42.900
 um,

00:28:43.040 --> 00:28:43.560
 I just,

00:28:43.820 --> 00:28:45.140
 I did this in Photoshop,

00:28:45.380 --> 00:28:46.140
 so it's a little fancy,

00:28:46.140 --> 00:28:47.920
 but you can just use three by five cards,

00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:48.259
 you know?

00:28:48.800 --> 00:28:49.160
 Um,

00:28:50.100 --> 00:28:54.940
 and I have this right near the table where I usually read the word and I pick it up and,

00:28:55.140 --> 00:28:55.340
 uh,

00:28:55.840 --> 00:28:56.240
 you know,

00:28:56.720 --> 00:28:57.160
 I,

00:28:57.320 --> 00:28:57.460
 you know,

00:28:57.460 --> 00:28:59.080
 I might go through these.

00:28:59.220 --> 00:28:59.600
 I might,

00:28:59.680 --> 00:29:00.620
 I have some other ones.

00:29:00.700 --> 00:29:01.680
 I have a verse here,

00:29:01.680 --> 00:29:02.420
 um,

00:29:04.259 --> 00:29:05.500
 from Psalm 10,

00:29:06.140 --> 00:29:11.140
 which is a promise of satisfaction for he satisfies the longing soul and the hungry soul.

00:29:11.259 --> 00:29:12.600
 He fills with good things.

00:29:12.860 --> 00:29:13.620
 So I'm,

00:29:13.620 --> 00:29:15.780
 I'm grabbing hold of that promise.

00:29:15.779 --> 00:29:15.980
 Um,

00:29:15.980 --> 00:29:17.759
 and asking the Lord to fulfill it in me,

00:29:17.859 --> 00:29:19.139
 to keep his promise to me,

00:29:19.259 --> 00:29:20.200
 to satisfy me,

00:29:20.359 --> 00:29:21.920
 to fill me with good things.

00:29:22.579 --> 00:29:23.019
 Um,

00:29:23.019 --> 00:29:23.339
 and these,

00:29:23.500 --> 00:29:26.559
 these verses aren't all like necessarily prayers,

00:29:26.740 --> 00:29:26.920
 but,

00:29:27.079 --> 00:29:27.399
 um,

00:29:28.099 --> 00:29:31.859
 another that I use is send out your light and your truth.

00:29:32.200 --> 00:29:33.420
 Let them lead me.

00:29:33.519 --> 00:29:36.680
 Let them bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling.

00:29:37.099 --> 00:29:38.519
 That's from Psalm 43.

00:29:39.740 --> 00:29:41.299
 Send out your light and your truth.

00:29:41.299 --> 00:29:42.639
 I'm about to open the book.

00:29:43.220 --> 00:29:44.700
 Here is light and truth.

00:29:45.220 --> 00:29:46.019
 Send it out.

00:29:46.399 --> 00:29:48.960
 And let it lead me to you,

00:29:49.200 --> 00:29:49.379
 right?

00:29:49.460 --> 00:29:50.759
 To your dwelling place,

00:29:50.859 --> 00:29:51.819
 your holy hill.

00:29:52.180 --> 00:29:53.259
 Let the word lead me.

00:29:53.339 --> 00:29:53.559
 Not,

00:29:53.819 --> 00:29:54.680
 not just,

00:29:55.359 --> 00:29:58.099
 don't let me stop here on the words on the page,

00:29:58.279 --> 00:30:01.240
 but let it lead me into the presence of God.

00:30:01.559 --> 00:30:02.200
 That's what,

00:30:02.359 --> 00:30:03.779
 that's what's going to satisfy.

00:30:04.200 --> 00:30:04.480
 Right?

00:30:04.480 --> 00:30:08.299
 It's a very special one here is that's where Yale got its motto from Psalm 43.

00:30:08.740 --> 00:30:09.200
 All right.

00:30:09.200 --> 00:30:10.519
 It's a very fast line and truth.

00:30:10.980 --> 00:30:12.120
 That was their prayer.

00:30:12.259 --> 00:30:12.539
 Thank you.

00:30:13.660 --> 00:30:14.099
 Excellent.

00:30:15.380 --> 00:30:15.819
 Yeah.

00:30:16.160 --> 00:30:16.960
 So anyway,

00:30:16.960 --> 00:30:19.099
 I've done this with different verses that have,

00:30:19.380 --> 00:30:20.660
 that have grabbed hold of me.

00:30:20.819 --> 00:30:21.120
 Um,

00:30:21.680 --> 00:30:23.900
 and that I thought I need to pray that regularly.

00:30:24.079 --> 00:30:24.880
 And so I,

00:30:25.000 --> 00:30:25.920
 I have done this.

00:30:26.120 --> 00:30:26.360
 Um,

00:30:26.900 --> 00:30:28.259
 you can do something like that again,

00:30:28.360 --> 00:30:30.759
 three by five cards or whatever that helps you to remember.

00:30:30.759 --> 00:30:31.200
 Um,

00:30:31.200 --> 00:30:31.640
 um,

00:30:32.240 --> 00:30:34.759
 yeah.

00:30:34.980 --> 00:30:36.019
 So that's just the beginning,

00:30:36.180 --> 00:30:36.299
 right?

00:30:36.319 --> 00:30:36.640
 That's,

00:30:36.720 --> 00:30:37.380
 that's how we come.

00:30:37.440 --> 00:30:38.600
 We come with prayer,

00:30:38.700 --> 00:30:40.680
 asking for help because we need that help,

00:30:40.920 --> 00:30:41.140
 right?

00:30:41.160 --> 00:30:41.960
 We need it to focus.

00:30:42.059 --> 00:30:42.700
 We need it to,

00:30:42.700 --> 00:30:43.960
 to understand.

00:30:44.380 --> 00:30:48.740
 We need it to be led into the presence of God by his word.

00:30:52.660 --> 00:30:53.100
 Okay.

00:30:53.160 --> 00:30:54.059
 Reading now,

00:30:54.140 --> 00:30:54.559
 the reading,

00:30:55.240 --> 00:30:56.740
 um,

00:30:57.340 --> 00:30:58.759
 so we're going to talk a little bit about,

00:30:58.840 --> 00:30:59.779
 so I'm going to go through,

00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:00.480
 uh,

00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:04.059
 we're going to talk about some advantages and disadvantages to using a plan.

00:31:04.279 --> 00:31:05.740
 Then we're going to talk about a bunch of plans.

00:31:06.620 --> 00:31:07.000
 Um,

00:31:07.400 --> 00:31:10.900
 and then I'm going to talk about reading fast and reading slow.

00:31:11.099 --> 00:31:13.640
 So that's where we're going for the rest of this.

00:31:13.980 --> 00:31:14.299
 Um,

00:31:15.319 --> 00:31:18.160
 so reading plans,

00:31:18.940 --> 00:31:21.319
 reading plans have been very helpful for me.

00:31:21.539 --> 00:31:22.980
 I haven't always used one.

00:31:23.259 --> 00:31:23.660
 Uh,

00:31:23.660 --> 00:31:24.240
 and I don't,

00:31:24.360 --> 00:31:27.920
 I don't always use one right now in my Bible reading.

00:31:28.000 --> 00:31:28.940
 I'm not using a plan.

00:31:28.940 --> 00:31:30.840
 So it's not like I do it all the time.

00:31:31.600 --> 00:31:31.920
 Um,

00:31:32.320 --> 00:31:33.840
 but it has been really helpful to kind of,

00:31:33.940 --> 00:31:35.600
 then I just know what the next thing is.

00:31:35.940 --> 00:31:36.640
 And I might,

00:31:36.759 --> 00:31:39.660
 other times I might just choose a book of the Bible and say,

00:31:39.720 --> 00:31:39.820
 okay,

00:31:39.820 --> 00:31:41.059
 this is what I'm going to be reading,

00:31:41.059 --> 00:31:42.100
 you know,

00:31:42.100 --> 00:31:42.860
 until I'm done.

00:31:43.640 --> 00:31:44.039
 Um,

00:31:44.039 --> 00:31:47.159
 and just go through it at whatever pace the Lord leads me.

00:31:47.220 --> 00:31:48.579
 We're going to talk about pace in a little bit.

00:31:49.359 --> 00:31:49.720
 Um,

00:31:50.259 --> 00:31:54.399
 if you've never read the whole Bible all the way through,

00:31:54.399 --> 00:31:57.379
 not necessarily Genesis to Revelation straight,

00:31:57.759 --> 00:31:59.319
 but the whole Bible,

00:31:59.319 --> 00:32:01.319
 uh,

00:32:01.399 --> 00:32:02.439
 I think that's a great goal.

00:32:02.639 --> 00:32:04.039
 I would challenge you to do that.

00:32:04.039 --> 00:32:04.299
 Um,

00:32:04.740 --> 00:32:07.279
 it is accessible for most of us.

00:32:07.659 --> 00:32:08.079
 Um,

00:32:08.519 --> 00:32:10.240
 I think Whitney in his book,

00:32:10.460 --> 00:32:10.639
 uh,

00:32:10.639 --> 00:32:12.679
 spiritual disciplines of the Christian life says,

00:32:12.879 --> 00:32:13.759
 and I haven't,

00:32:13.819 --> 00:32:14.879
 I haven't verified this,

00:32:14.960 --> 00:32:15.500
 but most,

00:32:15.619 --> 00:32:15.859
 um,

00:32:16.220 --> 00:32:16.500
 like,

00:32:17.339 --> 00:32:17.799
 uh,

00:32:18.339 --> 00:32:20.119
 recordings of the Bible.

00:32:20.480 --> 00:32:21.319
 It's about,

00:32:21.480 --> 00:32:23.179
 it's something like 70 hours.

00:32:23.759 --> 00:32:25.359
 So when you think about that,

00:32:25.359 --> 00:32:28.699
 70 hours in a year,

00:32:29.479 --> 00:32:31.740
 how many hours do you actually have in a year?

00:32:32.419 --> 00:32:32.899
 Um,

00:32:33.599 --> 00:32:36.359
 it's not really a lot of time.

00:32:37.039 --> 00:32:37.439
 So,

00:32:37.439 --> 00:32:37.939
 uh,

00:32:38.599 --> 00:32:40.199
 so yeah,

00:32:40.299 --> 00:32:42.199
 unless you have a real challenge with reading,

00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:43.279
 which I totally get,

00:32:43.839 --> 00:32:44.179
 um,

00:32:44.939 --> 00:32:46.039
 I think it's a worthy goal.

00:32:46.459 --> 00:32:46.859
 Uh,

00:32:46.919 --> 00:32:48.319
 but I don't do it every year.

00:32:48.500 --> 00:32:49.099
 And as I said,

00:32:49.159 --> 00:32:50.599
 some years I've done it very fast.

00:32:50.740 --> 00:32:52.079
 Some years I've done it more slowly.

00:32:52.179 --> 00:32:54.599
 In some years I haven't actually done it at all.

00:32:54.599 --> 00:32:55.599
 Um,

00:32:56.139 --> 00:32:56.500
 so there,

00:32:56.619 --> 00:32:57.099
 you know,

00:32:57.139 --> 00:32:57.639
 there's no,

00:32:57.799 --> 00:32:58.139
 um,

00:32:58.319 --> 00:33:00.279
 there's no right way to do it.

00:33:01.359 --> 00:33:01.799
 Um,

00:33:02.219 --> 00:33:04.000
 disadvantages to a plan.

00:33:04.819 --> 00:33:05.419
 You know,

00:33:05.459 --> 00:33:09.659
 there are going to be times when you don't have time on a given day.

00:33:09.719 --> 00:33:13.299
 That's certainly going to be the case at some point.

00:33:13.459 --> 00:33:19.980
 You don't take the time or you're sick or you're traveling and it just doesn't work in or whatever.

00:33:20.759 --> 00:33:23.679
 And then you feel yourself falling behind.

00:33:23.680 --> 00:33:24.680
 Um,

00:33:24.680 --> 00:33:27.019
 as a homeschooler,

00:33:27.340 --> 00:33:27.660
 uh,

00:33:28.500 --> 00:33:29.240
 I often,

00:33:29.240 --> 00:33:29.840
 uh,

00:33:30.380 --> 00:33:31.080
 coached,

00:33:31.080 --> 00:33:31.500
 uh,

00:33:31.600 --> 00:33:33.320
 younger moms who are homeschooling.

00:33:33.400 --> 00:33:33.900
 And they would say,

00:33:33.980 --> 00:33:35.580
 but what I'm falling behind.

00:33:35.660 --> 00:33:36.080
 And I would say,

00:33:36.120 --> 00:33:36.680
 behind who?

00:33:36.840 --> 00:33:37.740
 It's not a race.

00:33:38.080 --> 00:33:39.140
 It's not a race.

00:33:39.140 --> 00:33:41.280
 And it's the same thing for your Bible reading.

00:33:41.340 --> 00:33:42.420
 You're not racing anyone.

00:33:42.700 --> 00:33:43.500
 You're not behind.

00:33:44.560 --> 00:33:44.860
 Um,

00:33:45.100 --> 00:33:47.880
 one of the disadvantages for a Bible plan,

00:33:47.940 --> 00:33:50.759
 some Bible plans are dated and some are not.

00:33:50.840 --> 00:33:53.759
 So some are designed to start January 1st and they,

00:33:53.820 --> 00:33:54.940
 they tell you each day.

00:33:54.940 --> 00:33:56.420
 So then you really feel it,

00:33:56.519 --> 00:33:56.759
 right?

00:33:57.059 --> 00:34:00.360
 If you start on January 1st and by the 10th,

00:34:00.360 --> 00:34:02.140
 you're on the day eight reading,

00:34:02.660 --> 00:34:02.940
 you know,

00:34:03.000 --> 00:34:03.220
 you're,

00:34:03.279 --> 00:34:04.860
 you're very aware of it and it,

00:34:05.000 --> 00:34:06.480
 and it can stress you out.

00:34:06.700 --> 00:34:07.039
 Um,

00:34:07.039 --> 00:34:08.740
 I'd encourage you to try to ignore that.

00:34:08.739 --> 00:34:10.079
 But if that's a problem,

00:34:10.439 --> 00:34:11.659
 find an undated one,

00:34:12.219 --> 00:34:12.559
 um,

00:34:12.979 --> 00:34:14.019
 with an undated one,

00:34:14.159 --> 00:34:14.500
 you know,

00:34:14.779 --> 00:34:15.699
 start whenever.

00:34:16.439 --> 00:34:17.899
 And you can do that with a dated one too.

00:34:18.000 --> 00:34:19.019
 If you just ignore the dates,

00:34:19.119 --> 00:34:19.479
 um,

00:34:19.479 --> 00:34:20.679
 which I often do.

00:34:21.319 --> 00:34:21.619
 Um,

00:34:22.239 --> 00:34:22.799
 so,

00:34:23.439 --> 00:34:27.859
 so plans can have that effect or they can get you reading,

00:34:27.959 --> 00:34:31.159
 but not really paying attention because you have to do your reading today.

00:34:31.659 --> 00:34:32.099
 Um,

00:34:32.259 --> 00:34:32.699
 again,

00:34:32.699 --> 00:34:35.119
 I'll say that's not the worst thing in the world,

00:34:35.459 --> 00:34:35.799
 right?

00:34:36.019 --> 00:34:37.479
 You're going to read the whole Bible.

00:34:37.480 --> 00:34:38.900
 You're going to do it again someday.

00:34:39.280 --> 00:34:39.659
 You know,

00:34:39.699 --> 00:34:40.599
 you're going to do it again.

00:34:40.780 --> 00:34:42.000
 It's going to come by again.

00:34:42.300 --> 00:34:43.219
 And if you miss something,

00:34:43.599 --> 00:34:44.619
 you miss something,

00:34:44.780 --> 00:34:47.000
 but we're all going to miss something.

00:34:48.360 --> 00:34:49.599
 Anytime we're,

00:34:49.659 --> 00:34:50.780
 we're reading anything.

00:34:51.900 --> 00:34:58.380
 So I have a daughter who reads the Bible straight through Genesis to Revelation.

00:34:58.659 --> 00:34:59.599
 It works for her.

00:34:59.820 --> 00:35:00.579
 That's what she does.

00:35:00.880 --> 00:35:03.740
 I don't know if she keeps it strict to a year or anything.

00:35:03.840 --> 00:35:06.500
 I think she just goes and goes back to Revelation,

00:35:06.500 --> 00:35:07.480
 which hits the end of,

00:35:07.699 --> 00:35:10.440
 goes back to Genesis when she hits the end of Revelation.

00:35:10.920 --> 00:35:11.679
 Works for her.

00:35:12.579 --> 00:35:12.940
 Uh,

00:35:13.639 --> 00:35:14.360
 for others,

00:35:15.000 --> 00:35:15.460
 uh,

00:35:15.500 --> 00:35:17.320
 it's really challenging when you get in.

00:35:17.639 --> 00:35:17.960
 First,

00:35:18.079 --> 00:35:20.880
 one challenging thing is you don't really get to the New Testament until,

00:35:21.099 --> 00:35:21.800
 you know,

00:35:22.079 --> 00:35:23.059
 pretty late in the year.

00:35:23.800 --> 00:35:24.280
 Um,

00:35:24.280 --> 00:35:29.220
 and some of us want a little more New Testament in our,

00:35:29.340 --> 00:35:30.000
 in our,

00:35:30.000 --> 00:35:30.660
 uh,

00:35:31.100 --> 00:35:31.600
 regular,

00:35:31.980 --> 00:35:33.080
 regular reading.

00:35:33.800 --> 00:35:34.240
 Um,

00:35:34.920 --> 00:35:36.000
 uh,

00:35:36.300 --> 00:35:37.420
 yeah,

00:35:37.420 --> 00:35:39.500
 another disadvantage is,

00:35:39.660 --> 00:35:40.200
 um,

00:35:40.300 --> 00:35:40.620
 you can,

00:35:40.760 --> 00:35:42.980
 it's not hard to get bogged down in,

00:35:43.060 --> 00:35:46.700
 in areas which are just less accessible or less,

00:35:46.820 --> 00:35:47.260
 you know,

00:35:47.300 --> 00:35:48.900
 immediately interesting.

00:35:48.900 --> 00:35:49.840
 Um,

00:35:49.840 --> 00:35:52.280
 and those areas will vary for different ones of us,

00:35:52.320 --> 00:35:52.500
 right?

00:35:52.559 --> 00:35:53.099
 My husband,

00:35:53.320 --> 00:35:53.720
 um,

00:35:54.300 --> 00:35:56.380
 really struggles with all the poetry.

00:35:56.920 --> 00:35:57.320
 Um,

00:35:57.800 --> 00:36:00.519
 whereas I am a word person and I love that part,

00:36:00.579 --> 00:36:00.800
 right?

00:36:00.840 --> 00:36:02.099
 But I struggle with the laws,

00:36:02.260 --> 00:36:02.519
 you know,

00:36:02.519 --> 00:36:03.700
 so we have different,

00:36:03.880 --> 00:36:04.079
 you know,

00:36:04.099 --> 00:36:06.059
 we all have different places where we struggle.

00:36:06.420 --> 00:36:07.940
 Or apocalyptic literature,

00:36:07.940 --> 00:36:08.740
 you know,

00:36:08.740 --> 00:36:12.660
 and you get into the prophets and there's these wild scenes and,

00:36:12.820 --> 00:36:14.039
 and it just,

00:36:14.039 --> 00:36:15.099
 you just kind of go,

00:36:15.179 --> 00:36:16.500
 I have no idea what's going on here.

00:36:16.860 --> 00:36:16.940
 Um,

00:36:18.300 --> 00:36:18.960
 so,

00:36:19.440 --> 00:36:19.679
 so,

00:36:19.900 --> 00:36:22.639
 so those are pluses and minuses to that kind of plan,

00:36:22.739 --> 00:36:24.880
 but there are a lot of different plans.

00:36:25.139 --> 00:36:25.420
 Um,

00:36:25.639 --> 00:36:26.500
 so some of them,

00:36:26.900 --> 00:36:27.360
 uh,

00:36:27.820 --> 00:36:32.639
 read from a number of different books at one time so that on any given day,

00:36:32.639 --> 00:36:37.420
 you might be reading from four different places in scripture or three different places,

00:36:37.579 --> 00:36:41.639
 or there's one plan out there that has you reading from 10 different places in scripture.

00:36:42.460 --> 00:36:42.860
 Um,

00:36:42.860 --> 00:36:44.680
 and it takes you through,

00:36:46.120 --> 00:36:46.360
 it,

00:36:46.480 --> 00:36:49.800
 it's a fascinating plan because as you go,

00:36:50.300 --> 00:36:50.519
 some,

00:36:50.700 --> 00:36:52.700
 their books are repeated at different,

00:36:52.700 --> 00:36:53.640
 um,

00:36:54.019 --> 00:36:55.140
 at different paces.

00:36:55.140 --> 00:36:55.480
 Like,

00:36:55.599 --> 00:36:55.820
 so,

00:36:56.420 --> 00:37:02.519
 so some plans you're always going to read Genesis one and Matthew one on the same day.

00:37:02.800 --> 00:37:04.079
 If you're following the plan,

00:37:04.260 --> 00:37:04.460
 right?

00:37:04.640 --> 00:37:06.800
 And then you'll read Genesis two and Matthew two,

00:37:06.880 --> 00:37:07.039
 right?

00:37:07.519 --> 00:37:07.960
 And,

00:37:08.079 --> 00:37:12.420
 and other plans will mix that up.

00:37:12.420 --> 00:37:22.420
 So you might be reading Genesis one and Psalm one and Daniel four and acts 14 or so.

00:37:22.420 --> 00:37:27.320
 And that's the fun of that is the different kind of intersections you notice.

00:37:27.320 --> 00:37:28.480
 And it's amazing.

00:37:28.480 --> 00:37:35.720
 The Bible is amazing in the ways that all the different parts speak to one another.

00:37:35.719 --> 00:37:38.339
 And you're not going to find that like every single day.

00:37:38.419 --> 00:37:39.019
 You're not going to go,

00:37:39.099 --> 00:37:39.199
 go,

00:37:39.399 --> 00:37:39.699
 wow,

00:37:39.779 --> 00:37:41.000
 this is just like that.

00:37:41.500 --> 00:37:42.219
 But you are going to,

00:37:42.279 --> 00:37:43.239
 you're going to see it.

00:37:43.239 --> 00:37:43.519
 And,

00:37:43.519 --> 00:37:44.959
 and it's a wonderful thing.

00:37:45.659 --> 00:37:46.000
 Um,

00:37:46.839 --> 00:37:47.719
 you can just read,

00:37:47.939 --> 00:37:48.239
 you know,

00:37:48.279 --> 00:37:50.379
 book by book as the Lord leads.

00:37:50.380 --> 00:37:51.559
 Um,

00:37:51.640 --> 00:37:51.840
 I'm,

00:37:51.840 --> 00:37:51.960
 I'm,

00:37:51.960 --> 00:37:53.320
 that's kind of what I've been doing,

00:37:53.320 --> 00:37:53.780
 uh,

00:37:53.780 --> 00:37:54.900
 in recent months.

00:37:55.140 --> 00:37:55.480
 Um,

00:37:55.519 --> 00:37:58.000
 I started the Pentateuch,

00:37:58.140 --> 00:37:59.340
 not as part of,

00:37:59.420 --> 00:38:00.300
 I'm going to read the whole,

00:38:00.300 --> 00:38:01.619
 whole Bible in a year,

00:38:01.619 --> 00:38:02.200
 but just,

00:38:02.320 --> 00:38:03.660
 this is what I'm going to do.

00:38:03.700 --> 00:38:04.460
 And I have a book,

00:38:04.460 --> 00:38:05.360
 uh,

00:38:06.059 --> 00:38:08.500
 that I came across that has been really helpful.

00:38:08.500 --> 00:38:09.000
 It's a,

00:38:09.079 --> 00:38:09.400
 it's a,

00:38:09.880 --> 00:38:12.260
 basically a commentary or introduction to the Pentateuch.

00:38:12.260 --> 00:38:13.079
 And it's been really,

00:38:13.220 --> 00:38:13.619
 really helpful.

00:38:13.859 --> 00:38:18.400
 So I read basically a chapter and I see what's in the,

00:38:18.679 --> 00:38:20.480
 it's in the commentary and,

00:38:20.619 --> 00:38:20.819
 um,

00:38:21.099 --> 00:38:21.559
 it's not,

00:38:21.679 --> 00:38:22.440
 it doesn't have like,

00:38:22.579 --> 00:38:23.519
 it's not super lengthy,

00:38:23.519 --> 00:38:24.319
 but,

00:38:24.440 --> 00:38:24.579
 um,

00:38:25.000 --> 00:38:26.739
 I found that really helpful.

00:38:26.739 --> 00:38:29.380
 And when I reached the end of the Pentateuch,

00:38:29.420 --> 00:38:30.219
 which is coming up,

00:38:30.400 --> 00:38:31.380
 I may do something different.

00:38:31.480 --> 00:38:32.619
 I may just keep going,

00:38:32.619 --> 00:38:33.079
 uh,

00:38:33.079 --> 00:38:33.599
 in Joshua,

00:38:33.980 --> 00:38:34.500
 but,

00:38:34.699 --> 00:38:34.980
 um,

00:38:36.420 --> 00:38:37.920
 but you can just choose some,

00:38:38.159 --> 00:38:39.299
 sometimes I've just read,

00:38:39.420 --> 00:38:40.019
 you know,

00:38:40.179 --> 00:38:41.880
 I've read Ephesians and I thought,

00:38:41.960 --> 00:38:42.039
 no,

00:38:42.059 --> 00:38:42.980
 I need Matthew now.

00:38:43.079 --> 00:38:43.239
 And no,

00:38:43.319 --> 00:38:43.460
 I need,

00:38:43.539 --> 00:38:43.599
 you know,

00:38:43.619 --> 00:38:44.299
 so,

00:38:44.940 --> 00:38:49.839
 but you can also get a chart where you can just check off what you've read and it's not in order.

00:38:50.079 --> 00:38:53.159
 You're just checking off and it'll lay out all the chapters,

00:38:53.159 --> 00:38:53.880
 um,

00:38:53.880 --> 00:38:55.299
 just as a way to keep track.

00:38:55.299 --> 00:38:56.679
 And then to,

00:38:56.799 --> 00:38:57.279
 and to,

00:38:57.719 --> 00:38:58.139
 you know,

00:38:58.259 --> 00:38:59.460
 you can look at it,

00:38:59.519 --> 00:39:00.259
 you finish a book,

00:39:00.299 --> 00:39:01.199
 you look at it and you go,

00:39:01.380 --> 00:39:01.739
 well,

00:39:02.079 --> 00:39:02.239
 I,

00:39:03.000 --> 00:39:03.139
 gee,

00:39:03.199 --> 00:39:05.119
 I haven't read any Old Testament in a while.

00:39:05.179 --> 00:39:07.199
 I better do some of that or not.

00:39:07.299 --> 00:39:07.599
 I'd better,

00:39:07.779 --> 00:39:09.199
 but that sounds like a good,

00:39:09.299 --> 00:39:10.339
 a good idea.

00:39:11.179 --> 00:39:11.500
 Um,

00:39:12.119 --> 00:39:12.519
 so,

00:39:12.679 --> 00:39:12.920
 I mean,

00:39:12.940 --> 00:39:13.599
 I'm a person,

00:39:13.599 --> 00:39:15.480
 who likes check boxes and,

00:39:15.480 --> 00:39:15.779
 um,

00:39:15.779 --> 00:39:18.900
 and I benefit from that.

00:39:18.980 --> 00:39:20.079
 And not everyone does.

00:39:20.199 --> 00:39:20.900
 Like it's just,

00:39:21.039 --> 00:39:21.380
 for some,

00:39:21.420 --> 00:39:23.779
 it just becomes a chore,

00:39:23.779 --> 00:39:24.819
 um,

00:39:24.819 --> 00:39:26.799
 and a task to be completed.

00:39:26.800 --> 00:39:29.480
 and the heart kind of,

00:39:29.480 --> 00:39:30.780
 kind of goes out of it.

00:39:31.320 --> 00:39:31.800
 Um,

00:39:31.800 --> 00:39:36.200
 I will say that the first time I read through the Bible in a year,

00:39:36.820 --> 00:39:37.460
 um,

00:39:37.620 --> 00:39:40.820
 I used a plan and it was a task.

00:39:41.680 --> 00:39:42.200
 Um,

00:39:42.519 --> 00:39:43.019
 it was,

00:39:44.400 --> 00:39:44.780
 I don't know,

00:39:44.860 --> 00:39:46.220
 sometimes it was definitely a chore.

00:39:46.400 --> 00:39:46.820
 I always said,

00:39:46.860 --> 00:39:46.960
 no,

00:39:46.960 --> 00:39:47.780
 certainly not all the time,

00:39:47.780 --> 00:39:48.380
 uh,

00:39:48.380 --> 00:39:49.480
 but sometimes it was a chore.

00:39:49.480 --> 00:39:50.599
 Um,

00:39:50.599 --> 00:39:54.280
 but what I found as I continued to do that,

00:39:54.280 --> 00:39:55.159
 and,

00:39:55.860 --> 00:39:56.119
 in fact,

00:39:56.119 --> 00:39:57.539
 as I mentioned before,

00:39:57.539 --> 00:39:58.619
 I picked up the pace.

00:39:59.099 --> 00:39:59.619
 Um,

00:39:59.699 --> 00:40:03.559
 I found it got easier and easier and easier and less of a chore,

00:40:04.079 --> 00:40:04.460
 uh,

00:40:04.460 --> 00:40:07.559
 less of a task to be done and more of a delight.

00:40:07.559 --> 00:40:08.699
 And I would,

00:40:08.840 --> 00:40:09.440
 I would just,

00:40:09.619 --> 00:40:09.840
 you know,

00:40:09.880 --> 00:40:10.099
 that,

00:40:10.739 --> 00:40:13.679
 I didn't discover that until I was in my forties or fifties.

00:40:13.860 --> 00:40:14.000
 You know,

00:40:14.079 --> 00:40:14.239
 I,

00:40:14.380 --> 00:40:14.840
 I,

00:40:14.960 --> 00:40:16.320
 I just thought,

00:40:16.360 --> 00:40:16.519
 ah,

00:40:16.519 --> 00:40:17.199
 this isn't for me.

00:40:17.239 --> 00:40:18.039
 I can't do this.

00:40:18.039 --> 00:40:18.360
 Um,

00:40:19.360 --> 00:40:19.920
 which is,

00:40:20.219 --> 00:40:21.599
 which is the temptation,

00:40:21.840 --> 00:40:21.960
 right?

00:40:22.000 --> 00:40:24.699
 You start doing something like that and you realize you,

00:40:24.779 --> 00:40:25.860
 you fall behind,

00:40:25.940 --> 00:40:26.199
 right?

00:40:26.279 --> 00:40:30.480
 And you just weighed down and you feel like you're just reading to check the box.

00:40:30.480 --> 00:40:31.980
 And we don't want to do that,

00:40:32.039 --> 00:40:32.199
 right?

00:40:32.219 --> 00:40:33.299
 We don't want to do that.

00:40:34.320 --> 00:40:37.539
 But sometimes just gutting through,

00:40:37.559 --> 00:40:39.199
 that kind of discipline,

00:40:39.519 --> 00:40:42.420
 disciplining ourselves and continuing to pray,

00:40:42.820 --> 00:40:44.699
 ask the Lord to illuminate his word,

00:40:45.079 --> 00:40:46.279
 ask the Lord to help you,

00:40:46.480 --> 00:40:47.980
 ask the Lord to make it less of a chore,

00:40:48.420 --> 00:40:49.860
 ask the Lord to reveal yourself.

00:40:49.980 --> 00:40:51.639
 These are prayers he loves to answer.

00:40:52.460 --> 00:40:52.799
 Um,

00:40:52.880 --> 00:40:54.579
 and as we continue to do that,

00:40:55.219 --> 00:40:55.719
 we find,

00:40:56.179 --> 00:40:56.900
 I found,

00:40:57.420 --> 00:40:57.920
 uh,

00:40:58.219 --> 00:41:01.139
 it got easier and easier and easier.

00:41:01.579 --> 00:41:03.820
 And I found that with particular books.

00:41:04.199 --> 00:41:04.519
 Um,

00:41:04.619 --> 00:41:06.079
 I think I mentioned last week,

00:41:06.239 --> 00:41:06.340
 I,

00:41:06.340 --> 00:41:10.160
 Ezekiel was the last book to actually conquer,

00:41:10.620 --> 00:41:12.079
 which is what it felt like.

00:41:12.079 --> 00:41:13.200
 It felt like this is a mountain.

00:41:13.380 --> 00:41:14.460
 I'm going to conquer it.

00:41:14.700 --> 00:41:14.840
 Um,

00:41:14.840 --> 00:41:17.220
 and there was a lot I didn't understand,

00:41:17.220 --> 00:41:17.980
 uh,

00:41:17.980 --> 00:41:18.920
 that first time through,

00:41:19.019 --> 00:41:21.059
 but the more I read it,

00:41:21.059 --> 00:41:23.880
 the more I understood.

00:41:23.880 --> 00:41:27.340
 and the more I liked it and enjoyed it.

00:41:27.340 --> 00:41:30.240
 And now it's like not on the bottom of the list at all.

00:41:30.240 --> 00:41:30.940
 Like it's,

00:41:31.039 --> 00:41:32.039
 it's right up there.

00:41:32.039 --> 00:41:34.800
 And many of those books that I slogged through,

00:41:35.360 --> 00:41:35.760
 you know,

00:41:35.800 --> 00:41:36.539
 have gotten easier.

00:41:36.640 --> 00:41:41.900
 They've made much more sense and they've become much more friendly to me.

00:41:41.900 --> 00:41:42.460
 Um,

00:41:42.660 --> 00:41:46.180
 so your experience may vary,

00:41:46.179 --> 00:41:46.699
 you know,

00:41:46.779 --> 00:41:49.259
 mostly I'm really just sharing my experiences,

00:41:49.579 --> 00:41:49.919
 but I,

00:41:50.699 --> 00:41:52.719
 these were things I hadn't been told.

00:41:53.139 --> 00:41:54.159
 No one told me,

00:41:54.379 --> 00:41:54.539
 you know,

00:41:54.579 --> 00:41:56.219
 if you start and it's hard,

00:41:57.279 --> 00:41:58.399
 it might just get better.

00:41:58.400 --> 00:42:01.440
 And it might not be for another year that it gets better,

00:42:01.720 --> 00:42:02.539
 like really better,

00:42:03.200 --> 00:42:05.119
 but it really might.

00:42:05.820 --> 00:42:06.900
 And that's exciting.

00:42:07.079 --> 00:42:10.880
 And it was just like such a thrill to me as I realized that the more I read,

00:42:11.260 --> 00:42:12.160
 the more I was getting,

00:42:12.720 --> 00:42:13.680
 the more I understood,

00:42:14.099 --> 00:42:15.740
 the more I came to places and thought,

00:42:15.820 --> 00:42:15.980
 Oh yeah,

00:42:16.000 --> 00:42:17.059
 I remember this part.

00:42:17.660 --> 00:42:18.059
 And,

00:42:18.139 --> 00:42:21.619
 and understood a little more than I did the time before.

00:42:23.200 --> 00:42:26.660
 So I have in your handout,

00:42:26.659 --> 00:42:29.039
 I have some sample plans linked.

00:42:29.940 --> 00:42:30.279
 Um,

00:42:30.279 --> 00:42:33.799
 I have some of those printed out just so you can look at them.

00:42:33.940 --> 00:42:34.359
 I wouldn't,

00:42:34.779 --> 00:42:36.619
 these are just printed on regular copy paper.

00:42:37.219 --> 00:42:37.539
 Um,

00:42:37.980 --> 00:42:39.359
 and I would personally,

00:42:39.359 --> 00:42:41.359
 I print them out on a cardstock.

00:42:41.859 --> 00:42:42.139
 Uh,

00:42:42.139 --> 00:42:43.079
 these are front and back.

00:42:43.259 --> 00:42:45.500
 Many of them are designed to be printed like that.

00:42:45.500 --> 00:42:46.139
 So you can then,

00:42:46.199 --> 00:42:47.059
 then you have a booklet,

00:42:47.059 --> 00:42:48.059
 um,

00:42:48.679 --> 00:42:49.359
 and you go one,

00:42:49.480 --> 00:42:49.940
 two,

00:42:50.119 --> 00:42:50.259
 three,

00:42:50.319 --> 00:42:50.579
 anyway.

00:42:51.019 --> 00:42:53.039
 So I have some samples.

00:42:53.119 --> 00:42:55.359
 If you just want to look at a couple that I've really enjoyed,

00:42:55.940 --> 00:42:56.359
 um,

00:42:56.659 --> 00:42:58.379
 the navigators,

00:42:58.579 --> 00:42:58.960
 uh,

00:42:58.960 --> 00:42:59.679
 have put out,

00:42:59.679 --> 00:43:00.339
 uh,

00:43:00.440 --> 00:43:01.759
 three different kinds of,

00:43:01.759 --> 00:43:02.039
 uh,

00:43:02.039 --> 00:43:04.039
 Bible reading plans for a number of years.

00:43:04.219 --> 00:43:05.659
 And this is where I started.

00:43:05.960 --> 00:43:06.139
 And,

00:43:06.259 --> 00:43:06.460
 um,

00:43:07.460 --> 00:43:07.960
 they have,

00:43:08.199 --> 00:43:08.539
 uh,

00:43:09.399 --> 00:43:09.679
 yeah,

00:43:09.699 --> 00:43:10.420
 they have different,

00:43:10.500 --> 00:43:12.239
 different approaches to each one.

00:43:12.940 --> 00:43:13.379
 Um,

00:43:13.779 --> 00:43:15.639
 so,

00:43:15.859 --> 00:43:16.259
 you know,

00:43:16.259 --> 00:43:16.639
 you're felt,

00:43:16.739 --> 00:43:17.779
 you're free to look at these,

00:43:18.079 --> 00:43:18.460
 um,

00:43:18.699 --> 00:43:21.299
 after people have had a chance to look at them,

00:43:21.319 --> 00:43:22.420
 you're free to take one with you.

00:43:22.659 --> 00:43:22.799
 Um,

00:43:23.219 --> 00:43:24.599
 but there's just one copy each.

00:43:24.599 --> 00:43:25.519
 Um,

00:43:25.519 --> 00:43:26.179
 some of them,

00:43:26.440 --> 00:43:26.779
 um,

00:43:27.259 --> 00:43:29.960
 some of them call for five days of reading in a week.

00:43:30.659 --> 00:43:33.179
 So that's kind of nice because it gives you a little leeway.

00:43:33.519 --> 00:43:33.920
 Right?

00:43:34.299 --> 00:43:34.719
 So,

00:43:35.339 --> 00:43:35.619
 you know,

00:43:35.619 --> 00:43:37.559
 and maybe your practice is not to,

00:43:37.639 --> 00:43:42.179
 not to spend a lot of time in private Bible reading before church on a Sunday.

00:43:42.179 --> 00:43:42.539
 Maybe,

00:43:42.599 --> 00:43:43.339
 maybe that's your,

00:43:43.759 --> 00:43:44.059
 you know,

00:43:44.059 --> 00:43:45.980
 and I did that for a long time.

00:43:45.980 --> 00:43:46.159
 And,

00:43:46.239 --> 00:43:47.920
 and this gives you that breathing space.

00:43:48.179 --> 00:43:48.440
 Right?

00:43:49.179 --> 00:43:49.559
 Um,

00:43:50.340 --> 00:43:50.960
 so anyway,

00:43:51.079 --> 00:43:53.500
 there's tons and tons and tons of different plans.

00:43:53.500 --> 00:43:54.119
 And I mean,

00:43:54.119 --> 00:43:56.639
 just Google Bible reading plans and you'll be overwhelmed.

00:43:56.639 --> 00:43:58.259
 So some of those,

00:43:58.420 --> 00:43:58.860
 uh,

00:43:58.860 --> 00:44:03.179
 some of those sites are there and you'll find people talking about which ones they like better.

00:44:03.440 --> 00:44:04.139
 It's a whole,

00:44:04.360 --> 00:44:05.320
 it's a whole world.

00:44:06.239 --> 00:44:06.639
 Um,

00:44:06.639 --> 00:44:12.039
 so let me just talk a little bit about pace.

00:44:12.900 --> 00:44:13.900
 Reading fast,

00:44:14.259 --> 00:44:14.960
 reading slow,

00:44:15.599 --> 00:44:17.219
 really reading slowly.

00:44:17.960 --> 00:44:18.480
 Uh,

00:44:18.480 --> 00:44:19.819
 many of us have a bent,

00:44:19.819 --> 00:44:20.859
 uh,

00:44:21.379 --> 00:44:21.639
 toward,

00:44:22.059 --> 00:44:23.299
 toward a certain pace.

00:44:24.000 --> 00:44:24.420
 Um,

00:44:24.659 --> 00:44:25.759
 many of us,

00:44:27.119 --> 00:44:27.639
 yeah,

00:44:27.719 --> 00:44:28.059
 I think,

00:44:28.239 --> 00:44:32.619
 I think often we might have a bent or we might feel like we should read at a certain pace.

00:44:33.259 --> 00:44:36.619
 Or we just struggle to get,

00:44:36.639 --> 00:44:37.139
 it passed,

00:44:37.500 --> 00:44:37.799
 you know,

00:44:37.879 --> 00:44:41.339
 you're in a verse and Kim Newgast was talking to me.

00:44:41.400 --> 00:44:41.819
 She's just like,

00:44:41.879 --> 00:44:48.599
 there's all these rabbit trails and you could follow all these rabbit trails and you find cool things and it's exciting and it's fun.

00:44:49.179 --> 00:44:49.659
 And,

00:44:49.659 --> 00:44:52.920
 and that's great.

00:44:53.219 --> 00:44:53.359
 Right?

00:44:53.859 --> 00:44:54.259
 Um,

00:44:54.400 --> 00:44:55.179
 on the other hand,

00:44:55.219 --> 00:44:57.159
 you're going to struggle with a plan for instance,

00:44:57.239 --> 00:44:59.440
 or struggle with reading a certain amount in a year,

00:44:59.539 --> 00:45:00.139
 things like that,

00:45:00.159 --> 00:45:00.699
 which is not,

00:45:00.779 --> 00:45:04.980
 it's not God's law that we follow that or we read a certain time.

00:45:05.480 --> 00:45:06.159
 Pace is not,

00:45:06.339 --> 00:45:06.619
 you know,

00:45:06.639 --> 00:45:07.500
 part of the picture,

00:45:07.500 --> 00:45:09.940
 as far as I can see in scripture.

00:45:12.579 --> 00:45:13.019
 Oh,

00:45:13.119 --> 00:45:13.460
 plans.

00:45:15.900 --> 00:45:16.299
 Um,

00:45:16.519 --> 00:45:18.599
 so I did mention last week,

00:45:18.679 --> 00:45:25.900
 there was a time in my life when I read through the Bible and I read through the entire Bible three times.

00:45:25.900 --> 00:45:27.039
 And that made,

00:45:27.039 --> 00:45:33.619
 that meant six times through the New Testament and six times through Psalms,

00:45:33.700 --> 00:45:34.019
 I think,

00:45:34.079 --> 00:45:35.500
 because the plan did that.

00:45:35.680 --> 00:45:37.579
 Some of the plans will repeat the New Testament,

00:45:37.820 --> 00:45:38.519
 um,

00:45:38.519 --> 00:45:39.519
 or the Psalms or other,

00:45:39.519 --> 00:45:39.539
 or the Psalms or other,

00:45:39.539 --> 00:45:40.219
 other books.

00:45:40.219 --> 00:45:40.860
 Um,

00:45:40.860 --> 00:45:43.320
 so that was a lot of reading every day.

00:45:43.579 --> 00:45:44.380
 I read morning,

00:45:44.460 --> 00:45:45.019
 I read evening,

00:45:45.019 --> 00:45:46.199
 so I didn't do it all at once.

00:45:46.679 --> 00:45:47.079
 Um,

00:45:47.079 --> 00:45:50.619
 and what I found,

00:45:50.619 --> 00:45:51.679
 and it's not for everyone.

00:45:51.819 --> 00:45:52.000
 I'm not,

00:45:52.059 --> 00:45:52.380
 you know,

00:45:52.460 --> 00:45:52.599
 I,

00:45:53.340 --> 00:45:54.519
 but it was great.

00:45:54.699 --> 00:46:02.519
 It was so good for me because first I had to decide no rabbit trails.

00:46:02.519 --> 00:46:06.420
 None of that,

00:46:06.840 --> 00:46:07.159
 right?

00:46:07.259 --> 00:46:08.400
 I had to decide.

00:46:09.019 --> 00:46:10.840
 I get something I don't understand.

00:46:11.280 --> 00:46:11.860
 You know what?

00:46:12.000 --> 00:46:13.579
 I'm just going on by.

00:46:14.480 --> 00:46:17.900
 Doesn't mean I can't stop and think about it at all and see if I can make sense of it.

00:46:17.940 --> 00:46:18.639
 But basically,

00:46:19.079 --> 00:46:20.460
 I just read.

00:46:21.079 --> 00:46:24.639
 It's kind of like what Tom was saying about his experience listening to scripture.

00:46:25.099 --> 00:46:26.300
 He's not analyzing.

00:46:26.460 --> 00:46:27.599
 He's not dissecting it.

00:46:27.719 --> 00:46:28.019
 He's not.

00:46:28.539 --> 00:46:30.320
 And reading that way,

00:46:30.860 --> 00:46:31.219
 um,

00:46:31.219 --> 00:46:32.579
 I found really,

00:46:32.759 --> 00:46:33.379
 really profitable.

00:46:33.719 --> 00:46:34.500
 For one thing,

00:46:34.559 --> 00:46:37.980
 it gets you through the hard books,

00:46:38.179 --> 00:46:39.299
 whatever they are for you.

00:46:39.659 --> 00:46:40.059
 Um,

00:46:40.779 --> 00:46:42.539
 the books you tend to get bogged down in.

00:46:42.799 --> 00:46:44.659
 It gets you through those much more quickly.

00:46:45.279 --> 00:46:45.939
 If you're,

00:46:45.980 --> 00:46:48.279
 you're reading them faster and you're reading,

00:46:49.039 --> 00:46:49.339
 you know,

00:46:49.419 --> 00:46:49.579
 you're,

00:46:49.679 --> 00:46:51.659
 you get them through before you know it.

00:46:51.719 --> 00:46:51.980
 You know,

00:46:51.980 --> 00:46:54.219
 it's the end of Leviticus and it's only been four days,

00:46:54.279 --> 00:46:54.539
 you know.

00:46:54.879 --> 00:46:55.359
 Um,

00:46:56.119 --> 00:46:57.719
 and that kind of pace,

00:46:58.319 --> 00:46:59.779
 it seems like,

00:46:59.859 --> 00:46:59.919
 well,

00:46:59.939 --> 00:47:01.139
 you're not getting anything out of it.

00:47:01.139 --> 00:47:05.659
 But what I found is I got a much broader sense of,

00:47:05.739 --> 00:47:08.099
 of the scope of scripture.

00:47:08.779 --> 00:47:10.779
 And as plans I was following,

00:47:10.940 --> 00:47:11.900
 the plan I followed,

00:47:12.219 --> 00:47:12.420
 uh,

00:47:12.420 --> 00:47:14.879
 I think it was the book at a time one that Navigators does,

00:47:15.119 --> 00:47:15.920
 um,

00:47:16.579 --> 00:47:16.819
 you know,

00:47:16.819 --> 00:47:18.400
 had me reading from different places.

00:47:18.400 --> 00:47:20.920
 And you see those intersections more.

00:47:20.920 --> 00:47:21.480
 Um,

00:47:21.480 --> 00:47:26.079
 and just the quantity I was reading,

00:47:26.720 --> 00:47:28.440
 the hard books got easier.

00:47:28.660 --> 00:47:31.619
 They just got easier because I was more familiar with them.

00:47:31.619 --> 00:47:33.339
 I knew where Ezekiel was going.

00:47:33.839 --> 00:47:34.380
 I knew,

00:47:34.619 --> 00:47:34.920
 you know,

00:47:34.960 --> 00:47:38.619
 I had a sense of familiarity and,

00:47:38.779 --> 00:47:39.579
 you know,

00:47:39.579 --> 00:47:41.339
 when you approach something that's familiar,

00:47:42.299 --> 00:47:45.859
 you're better able to get a,

00:47:45.940 --> 00:47:47.199
 get a handle on it,

00:47:47.199 --> 00:47:47.500
 right?

00:47:47.539 --> 00:47:48.539
 To get a hold of it,

00:47:48.619 --> 00:47:50.099
 to have it make sense.

00:47:50.099 --> 00:47:51.519
 And every time,

00:47:51.699 --> 00:47:52.920
 even if you're not,

00:47:53.420 --> 00:47:54.699
 you're not reading a commentary,

00:47:54.880 --> 00:47:55.259
 you're not,

00:47:56.000 --> 00:47:56.659
 you may not,

00:47:57.079 --> 00:47:57.380
 you know,

00:47:57.400 --> 00:47:59.039
 be reading the notes in your study Bible,

00:47:59.159 --> 00:48:00.559
 you may not be using a study Bible,

00:48:00.679 --> 00:48:01.159
 or you may,

00:48:01.659 --> 00:48:01.980
 you know,

00:48:02.079 --> 00:48:02.599
 whatever,

00:48:03.819 --> 00:48:04.739
 you're going to learn.

00:48:05.159 --> 00:48:06.039
 You're going to learn.

00:48:06.739 --> 00:48:07.400
 And again,

00:48:07.559 --> 00:48:07.820
 it's,

00:48:08.159 --> 00:48:08.440
 you know,

00:48:08.500 --> 00:48:10.759
 I'm not going to say like everyone must do this.

00:48:11.059 --> 00:48:11.219
 Um,

00:48:11.480 --> 00:48:13.960
 but it was just so profitable for me.

00:48:14.019 --> 00:48:14.320
 And again,

00:48:14.320 --> 00:48:15.960
 I don't do it all the time now.

00:48:16.519 --> 00:48:17.000
 Um,

00:48:17.820 --> 00:48:19.420
 but I did it,

00:48:19.519 --> 00:48:19.900
 you know,

00:48:19.920 --> 00:48:21.139
 for several years,

00:48:21.139 --> 00:48:26.320
 I read the whole Bible plus some repeated stuff several times a year.

00:48:26.320 --> 00:48:28.079
 I think only did it three times once,

00:48:28.199 --> 00:48:28.360
 but,

00:48:28.960 --> 00:48:29.360
 um,

00:48:29.800 --> 00:48:30.159
 and the,

00:48:30.239 --> 00:48:30.480
 and the,

00:48:30.559 --> 00:48:31.420
 and I used a plan,

00:48:31.519 --> 00:48:32.179
 but I just,

00:48:32.659 --> 00:48:32.940
 you know,

00:48:32.960 --> 00:48:35.179
 I just did two days at a time or something.

00:48:35.259 --> 00:48:35.980
 I forget how I,

00:48:36.039 --> 00:48:37.139
 how exactly I did it,

00:48:37.179 --> 00:48:37.719
 but I just,

00:48:38.320 --> 00:48:38.599
 um,

00:48:39.019 --> 00:48:39.199
 yeah,

00:48:39.239 --> 00:48:39.880
 to do it twice,

00:48:39.920 --> 00:48:41.659
 you just do two days every day.

00:48:42.279 --> 00:48:42.639
 Um,

00:48:43.320 --> 00:48:43.980
 so,

00:48:44.619 --> 00:48:47.800
 so I just want to throw that out as an option that people often say,

00:48:48.099 --> 00:48:48.880
 no,

00:48:48.960 --> 00:48:50.699
 you should slow down when you're reading the Bible.

00:48:51.019 --> 00:48:51.420
 And,

00:48:51.539 --> 00:48:53.659
 and I'm not going to say you shouldn't like,

00:48:53.779 --> 00:48:55.719
 that's the next thing reading slowly,

00:48:55.719 --> 00:48:56.480
 but,

00:48:57.159 --> 00:48:59.059
 but people don't usually say,

00:48:59.279 --> 00:48:59.420
 oh,

00:48:59.420 --> 00:49:00.219
 just speed up,

00:49:00.400 --> 00:49:01.239
 just read it,

00:49:01.739 --> 00:49:02.840
 get a handle on it.

00:49:02.840 --> 00:49:03.159
 Right.

00:49:03.840 --> 00:49:04.159
 Uh,

00:49:04.159 --> 00:49:06.019
 I know that in the academic world,

00:49:06.039 --> 00:49:13.079
 I know people often will skim through a whole book before they go back and start at the beginning.

00:49:13.579 --> 00:49:13.860
 Right.

00:49:14.000 --> 00:49:14.920
 They'll get through,

00:49:15.039 --> 00:49:16.179
 get a sense of where it's going,

00:49:16.320 --> 00:49:17.579
 read the table of contents,

00:49:17.719 --> 00:49:19.480
 get a feel for the whole flow.

00:49:19.679 --> 00:49:22.179
 If you're really reading a book that you want to retain,

00:49:22.440 --> 00:49:23.679
 that's a great thing to do.

00:49:24.139 --> 00:49:24.400
 Well,

00:49:24.420 --> 00:49:25.659
 it's great for the Bible to,

00:49:26.320 --> 00:49:26.679
 um,

00:49:27.019 --> 00:49:27.259
 to,

00:49:27.440 --> 00:49:29.440
 to just whip through it,

00:49:29.440 --> 00:49:30.179
 honestly.

00:49:30.179 --> 00:49:31.399
 And again,

00:49:31.399 --> 00:49:32.919
 you have to be okay with,

00:49:33.039 --> 00:49:33.960
 I don't get that.

00:49:34.579 --> 00:49:34.960
 Okay.

00:49:35.099 --> 00:49:35.659
 Moving on.

00:49:35.839 --> 00:49:36.259
 You have to,

00:49:36.259 --> 00:49:37.399
 you have to train yourself,

00:49:37.399 --> 00:49:39.000
 especially if you're,

00:49:39.099 --> 00:49:41.219
 you're prone to following all those rabbit trails.

00:49:41.719 --> 00:49:42.199
 Um,

00:49:42.199 --> 00:49:44.319
 and you have to be okay with,

00:49:45.319 --> 00:49:46.259
 wow.

00:49:46.799 --> 00:49:50.419
 I just like ran my eyes over the pages and I didn't get anything.

00:49:50.739 --> 00:49:51.480
 Like I just,

00:49:51.599 --> 00:49:53.079
 I just learned to be okay with that.

00:49:53.500 --> 00:49:57.639
 It's just like listening to be okay with mind wandering or dozing off.

00:49:58.059 --> 00:50:00.799
 It's for a season and it's not the only thing you're doing.

00:50:00.799 --> 00:50:01.119
 Right.

00:50:01.839 --> 00:50:03.119
 And it's not for always.

00:50:03.279 --> 00:50:04.699
 You don't always want to read the scripture,

00:50:04.699 --> 00:50:06.519
 just running our eyes over the words.

00:50:06.639 --> 00:50:07.339
 And I'm not,

00:50:07.420 --> 00:50:08.759
 that's not what I'm encouraging here.

00:50:08.759 --> 00:50:10.119
 I'm encouraging actually reading it,

00:50:10.319 --> 00:50:10.339
 but,

00:50:10.460 --> 00:50:12.799
 but there are going to be days when that's what you do.

00:50:12.940 --> 00:50:14.639
 That's certainly days when that's what I do,

00:50:15.159 --> 00:50:15.559
 um,

00:50:15.699 --> 00:50:16.379
 or have done.

00:50:16.719 --> 00:50:19.379
 And I just said to myself,

00:50:19.679 --> 00:50:21.119
 okay,

00:50:21.400 --> 00:50:23.059
 tomorrow I'll try to pay better attention.

00:50:23.739 --> 00:50:24.179
 And,

00:50:24.279 --> 00:50:25.119
 you know,

00:50:25.119 --> 00:50:26.019
 the next time through,

00:50:26.019 --> 00:50:29.320
 I may have been really paying attention.

00:50:29.480 --> 00:50:31.119
 And when I was doing it more than once a year,

00:50:31.480 --> 00:50:31.840
 that was,

00:50:31.920 --> 00:50:32.820
 it was six months later,

00:50:32.840 --> 00:50:34.179
 I was reading the same thing and,

00:50:34.360 --> 00:50:34.619
 uh,

00:50:34.619 --> 00:50:35.420
 it was a better day,

00:50:35.519 --> 00:50:35.800
 you know,

00:50:35.800 --> 00:50:36.559
 and I was reading it.

00:50:37.059 --> 00:50:37.400
 Um,

00:50:37.800 --> 00:50:40.460
 so it's a little radical,

00:50:40.460 --> 00:50:41.199
 I think,

00:50:41.360 --> 00:50:41.699
 but,

00:50:42.000 --> 00:50:42.360
 uh,

00:50:43.019 --> 00:50:44.780
 but I found it really helpful.

00:50:44.780 --> 00:50:46.340
 So I just want to put that out there.

00:50:46.840 --> 00:50:47.280
 Uh,

00:50:47.280 --> 00:50:48.579
 many of us know how to,

00:50:48.579 --> 00:50:49.000
 uh,

00:50:49.000 --> 00:50:50.519
 read more slowly,

00:50:50.960 --> 00:50:51.440
 uh,

00:50:52.219 --> 00:50:54.000
 for quality I have there.

00:50:54.139 --> 00:50:56.000
 I think there's quality also in the,

00:50:56.000 --> 00:50:58.239
 quantity approach of reading fast,

00:50:58.340 --> 00:50:58.760
 as I,

00:50:58.920 --> 00:50:59.820
 I think I've made clear.

00:51:00.559 --> 00:51:01.000
 Um,

00:51:01.519 --> 00:51:03.219
 but there's a certainly a time for that.

00:51:03.300 --> 00:51:08.500
 There's a time for really slowing down and seeking what the Lord would have for me today.

00:51:08.500 --> 00:51:10.619
 And this verse,

00:51:10.739 --> 00:51:10.980
 you know,

00:51:11.000 --> 00:51:12.579
 it might be just verse by verse.

00:51:13.239 --> 00:51:13.679
 Um,

00:51:14.360 --> 00:51:15.639
 there's a time for reading,

00:51:15.639 --> 00:51:17.699
 like I'm reading right now with this commentary,

00:51:17.699 --> 00:51:18.139
 uh,

00:51:18.139 --> 00:51:18.539
 through pen,

00:51:18.719 --> 00:51:19.380
 the Pentateuch.

00:51:20.119 --> 00:51:21.099
 It's really helpful,

00:51:21.619 --> 00:51:21.820
 you know,

00:51:21.880 --> 00:51:22.780
 so I'll read a chapter.

00:51:22.960 --> 00:51:24.480
 I'll look and see what it has to say.

00:51:24.480 --> 00:51:25.500
 I'll think about that.

00:51:26.219 --> 00:51:26.500
 Um,

00:51:26.500 --> 00:51:29.380
 I'll do other things as we'll get to in other classes.

00:51:29.539 --> 00:51:31.119
 I write stuff down as another,

00:51:31.119 --> 00:51:31.659
 uh,

00:51:31.659 --> 00:51:32.619
 really helpful thing,

00:51:32.840 --> 00:51:34.300
 especially if I'm reading slowly.

00:51:34.559 --> 00:51:35.000
 Um,

00:51:35.099 --> 00:51:37.780
 I write a lot down that the Lord shows me.

00:51:38.000 --> 00:51:38.360
 Um,

00:51:38.420 --> 00:51:40.719
 I'll copy out verses that really strike me.

00:51:41.760 --> 00:51:42.199
 Um,

00:51:42.400 --> 00:51:43.780
 so I have a,

00:51:43.840 --> 00:51:44.280
 I always,

00:51:44.440 --> 00:51:44.719
 uh,

00:51:44.719 --> 00:51:45.559
 have a journal there,

00:51:45.920 --> 00:51:46.320
 uh,

00:51:46.619 --> 00:51:47.219
 right there.

00:51:47.960 --> 00:51:48.460
 Um,

00:51:48.699 --> 00:51:50.000
 you can do as,

00:51:50.440 --> 00:51:50.719
 uh,

00:51:50.719 --> 00:51:51.879
 as Kim was talking about,

00:51:51.959 --> 00:51:56.619
 follow those rabbit trails and see where the Lord leads and see where the scriptures lead.

00:51:57.179 --> 00:51:57.539
 Um,

00:51:57.679 --> 00:51:59.599
 yeah.

00:51:59.739 --> 00:52:00.399
 And then the,

00:52:00.399 --> 00:52:03.039
 the last thing I put there as different,

00:52:03.039 --> 00:52:04.219
 um,

00:52:04.219 --> 00:52:05.980
 but similar is studying.

00:52:06.079 --> 00:52:07.099
 And I think studying is,

00:52:07.279 --> 00:52:07.619
 you know,

00:52:07.619 --> 00:52:07.959
 for me,

00:52:07.959 --> 00:52:08.279
 that's,

00:52:08.279 --> 00:52:09.579
 it's more methodical,

00:52:10.519 --> 00:52:11.000
 um,

00:52:11.000 --> 00:52:18.279
 than just following a rabbit trail or just reading the footnotes or even what I'm doing in the Pentateuch where I'm just,

00:52:18.280 --> 00:52:18.780
 you know,

00:52:18.820 --> 00:52:21.800
 every few days I open the commentary and read through and see what,

00:52:22.140 --> 00:52:22.360
 you know,

00:52:22.940 --> 00:52:23.400
 um,

00:52:23.800 --> 00:52:24.420
 but I'm not really,

00:52:24.840 --> 00:52:25.140
 uh,

00:52:25.140 --> 00:52:26.000
 kind of studying,

00:52:26.080 --> 00:52:26.860
 but not really studying.

00:52:27.360 --> 00:52:27.680
 Um,

00:52:28.420 --> 00:52:31.040
 so there's study and I'm not going to talk about study.

00:52:31.180 --> 00:52:31.900
 That's a whole,

00:52:32.300 --> 00:52:33.340
 that's a whole thing.

00:52:33.780 --> 00:52:34.180
 Right.

00:52:34.400 --> 00:52:34.820
 Um,

00:52:35.220 --> 00:52:36.260
 and there are,

00:52:36.560 --> 00:52:39.640
 there are a lot of,

00:52:40.120 --> 00:52:40.660
 um,

00:52:41.040 --> 00:52:42.800
 there are a lot of resources out there.

00:52:43.140 --> 00:52:43.500
 I,

00:52:43.660 --> 00:52:45.700
 I don't think I put them on the handout.

00:52:45.820 --> 00:52:46.600
 I think I meant to,

00:52:46.599 --> 00:52:49.639
 I meant to come up with someone for the handout and I did not,

00:52:49.759 --> 00:52:52.119
 but we have a book in the book stall called,

00:52:52.199 --> 00:52:52.460
 um,

00:52:53.179 --> 00:52:54.139
 women of the word.

00:52:54.299 --> 00:52:55.440
 It's addressed to women,

00:52:55.619 --> 00:52:57.920
 obviously written by a woman,

00:52:58.039 --> 00:52:58.699
 Jen Wilkin,

00:52:58.699 --> 00:53:00.079
 but she is a,

00:53:00.759 --> 00:53:03.079
 she knows her stuff and men.

00:53:03.539 --> 00:53:04.619
 You can do it too.

00:53:04.799 --> 00:53:05.259
 It's not,

00:53:05.599 --> 00:53:08.599
 I think it's addressed to women because marketing,

00:53:08.839 --> 00:53:10.059
 I really think that's it.

00:53:10.579 --> 00:53:10.860
 Um,

00:53:10.860 --> 00:53:16.440
 there's nothing in that book that I noticed that doesn't address men and isn't just a really good,

00:53:16.440 --> 00:53:19.099
 way to approach the scripture in study.

00:53:19.780 --> 00:53:20.179
 Um,

00:53:20.800 --> 00:53:22.760
 so that's called women of the word.

00:53:23.320 --> 00:53:24.460
 And there are,

00:53:24.599 --> 00:53:26.220
 there are many other resources.

00:53:26.220 --> 00:53:26.800
 And if you,

00:53:27.079 --> 00:53:27.400
 you know,

00:53:27.400 --> 00:53:29.340
 really trying to try and hard to find something,

00:53:29.420 --> 00:53:30.780
 I'd be glad to talk to you about it,

00:53:30.820 --> 00:53:32.260
 but I'm not really an expert in that,

00:53:32.340 --> 00:53:33.800
 in that kind of thing.

00:53:34.159 --> 00:53:34.639
 Um,

00:53:35.300 --> 00:53:38.519
 because I'm really more of a reader.

00:53:38.679 --> 00:53:40.079
 I'm going to study when I need to,

00:53:40.220 --> 00:53:40.599
 but I,

00:53:40.800 --> 00:53:42.420
 I'm more of a just reader.

00:53:42.420 --> 00:53:43.019
 Um,

00:53:45.019 --> 00:53:52.180
 does anyone have questions or anything we have?

00:53:52.320 --> 00:53:52.480
 Yeah,

00:53:52.519 --> 00:53:53.019
 we have time,

00:53:53.380 --> 00:53:53.840
 plenty of time.

00:53:54.619 --> 00:53:56.500
 I will be coming around with a microphone.

00:53:57.400 --> 00:53:58.260
 This is what this is.

00:53:59.000 --> 00:54:01.280
 So you can be heard for those who are listening online.

00:54:04.760 --> 00:54:05.200
 Ralph.

00:54:05.700 --> 00:54:09.500
 Do you have tips for particular books of the Bible?

00:54:09.500 --> 00:54:11.699
 In other words,

00:54:12.159 --> 00:54:13.019
 you mentioned,

00:54:13.159 --> 00:54:13.719
 uh,

00:54:13.719 --> 00:54:14.360
 Ezekiel.

00:54:14.699 --> 00:54:15.679
 How about Zach,

00:54:15.820 --> 00:54:16.059
 uh,

00:54:16.059 --> 00:54:16.420
 Jeremiah?

00:54:16.920 --> 00:54:18.059
 How do you get through Jeremiah?

00:54:18.480 --> 00:54:18.800
 Oh,

00:54:18.880 --> 00:54:19.280
 gosh.

00:54:19.519 --> 00:54:19.800
 Uh,

00:54:19.800 --> 00:54:20.079
 so,

00:54:20.920 --> 00:54:22.840
 um,

00:54:23.219 --> 00:54:24.619
 okay.

00:54:24.719 --> 00:54:26.420
 So here's a book that I would recommend.

00:54:26.719 --> 00:54:27.139
 Okay.

00:54:27.300 --> 00:54:29.559
 I'm actually reading it right now for a class,

00:54:29.800 --> 00:54:31.719
 but it's called 40 questions.

00:54:33.260 --> 00:54:33.820
 On.

00:54:34.920 --> 00:54:36.199
 Interpreting the Bible.

00:54:36.900 --> 00:54:38.059
 Pretty sure that's what's called.

00:54:38.059 --> 00:54:40.079
 The author is Rob Plummer.

00:54:41.980 --> 00:54:44.880
 He's a wonderful professor at,

00:54:44.880 --> 00:54:45.920
 uh,

00:54:46.119 --> 00:54:47.079
 Southern seminary.

00:54:47.380 --> 00:54:48.259
 And I had him for,

00:54:48.340 --> 00:54:49.039
 I had him for Greek.

00:54:49.159 --> 00:54:49.440
 So I,

00:54:49.820 --> 00:54:50.099
 you know,

00:54:50.119 --> 00:54:50.360
 I got,

00:54:50.460 --> 00:54:51.779
 I was able to get acquainted with him.

00:54:51.799 --> 00:54:52.579
 He's a great guy.

00:54:52.699 --> 00:54:52.960
 Anyway,

00:54:53.099 --> 00:54:53.380
 it's,

00:54:53.579 --> 00:54:54.259
 it's this,

00:54:54.460 --> 00:54:54.799
 it's,

00:54:54.799 --> 00:54:56.279
 it's set up in questions.

00:54:56.519 --> 00:54:58.460
 There's a whole series of 40 questions books,

00:54:58.679 --> 00:55:01.500
 but this is Rob Plummer on interpreting the Bible.

00:55:01.719 --> 00:55:02.320
 And it,

00:55:02.400 --> 00:55:03.659
 it addresses,

00:55:04.659 --> 00:55:06.460
 it addresses some of the big questions that are,

00:55:06.460 --> 00:55:08.720
 then it addresses genre by genre.

00:55:08.720 --> 00:55:10.659
 So how do we approach prophecy?

00:55:11.619 --> 00:55:11.980
 Um,

00:55:11.980 --> 00:55:14.780
 and it gives some guidelines and it helps you see how,

00:55:14.940 --> 00:55:15.039
 what,

00:55:15.139 --> 00:55:16.220
 what were the prophets about?

00:55:16.460 --> 00:55:17.940
 What were they trying to do?

00:55:18.519 --> 00:55:19.599
 How do we read them?

00:55:19.599 --> 00:55:20.000
 Well,

00:55:20.320 --> 00:55:21.099
 and I think we,

00:55:21.280 --> 00:55:22.400
 I think we all recognize,

00:55:22.400 --> 00:55:22.860
 like,

00:55:22.900 --> 00:55:27.460
 we don't read revelation exactly the same way we read Matthew,

00:55:27.460 --> 00:55:28.480
 right?

00:55:28.480 --> 00:55:30.380
 They're not the same thing.

00:55:30.880 --> 00:55:31.940
 Matthew is a narrative.

00:55:32.579 --> 00:55:37.099
 It's telling a story sort of front to back.

00:55:37.260 --> 00:55:37.760
 It's sort of,

00:55:37.900 --> 00:55:38.119
 you know,

00:55:38.199 --> 00:55:40.539
 and as a particular focus,

00:55:40.599 --> 00:55:41.740
 obviously on the life,

00:55:41.740 --> 00:55:42.320
 uh,

00:55:42.519 --> 00:55:44.659
 of Jesus and his death and resurrection,

00:55:45.460 --> 00:55:47.440
 revelation is a whole different genre,

00:55:47.440 --> 00:55:47.960
 right?

00:55:47.980 --> 00:55:50.960
 And it's filled with apocalyptic literature,

00:55:50.960 --> 00:55:57.500
 which is that sort of crazy imagery that we get in many of the prophets,

00:55:57.860 --> 00:56:00.260
 old Testament and also revelation.

00:56:00.840 --> 00:56:02.619
 And so how do we read that?

00:56:03.000 --> 00:56:03.940
 So that book,

00:56:03.940 --> 00:56:04.599
 um,

00:56:04.900 --> 00:56:06.539
 touches on each of those,

00:56:06.720 --> 00:56:07.280
 um,

00:56:07.460 --> 00:56:09.400
 each of those genres.

00:56:09.699 --> 00:56:11.360
 So that would be an overview book.

00:56:11.360 --> 00:56:14.039
 The other book I just read for my class,

00:56:14.139 --> 00:56:14.320
 again,

00:56:14.420 --> 00:56:15.860
 it's a class in interpreting the Bible,

00:56:15.860 --> 00:56:16.760
 um,

00:56:17.500 --> 00:56:19.140
 is by,

00:56:21.079 --> 00:56:23.140
 his last name is Gentry,

00:56:23.240 --> 00:56:24.860
 but I'm missing his first.

00:56:24.860 --> 00:56:25.240
 Um,

00:56:26.140 --> 00:56:26.960
 Paul,

00:56:27.380 --> 00:56:27.800
 uh,

00:56:27.980 --> 00:56:28.340
 Gentry.

00:56:28.840 --> 00:56:29.220
 Um,

00:56:29.400 --> 00:56:31.200
 and it's called how to read and understand,

00:56:31.200 --> 00:56:32.300
 um,

00:56:32.519 --> 00:56:33.140
 the prophets.

00:56:34.099 --> 00:56:35.019
 So that would,

00:56:35.180 --> 00:56:37.400
 that gives you even more.

00:56:37.460 --> 00:56:38.960
 And what he does in that book is he,

00:56:39.099 --> 00:56:40.920
 he actually takes chunks of,

00:56:41.099 --> 00:56:41.740
 you know,

00:56:41.760 --> 00:56:43.760
 some prophecy and walks through it.

00:56:43.760 --> 00:56:46.880
 And what he helps you do is then relate it,

00:56:47.880 --> 00:56:49.900
 read it as a Christian,

00:56:50.220 --> 00:56:51.120
 which is to say,

00:56:52.680 --> 00:56:59.900
 most of these prophecies have been fulfilled or have been fulfilled and are being fulfilled in Christ.

00:57:00.180 --> 00:57:02.080
 So we read it with that in mind.

00:57:02.740 --> 00:57:05.580
 So that's just sort of a general kind of,

00:57:06.060 --> 00:57:06.980
 how do we read,

00:57:07.440 --> 00:57:07.680
 uh,

00:57:07.680 --> 00:57:08.680
 something like Jeremiah?

00:57:09.560 --> 00:57:09.920
 Um,

00:57:10.400 --> 00:57:12.740
 yeah.

00:57:12.739 --> 00:57:13.239
 Uh,

00:57:13.239 --> 00:57:14.179
 I haven't,

00:57:14.299 --> 00:57:16.819
 I personally absolutely love the prophets.

00:57:17.139 --> 00:57:17.279
 So,

00:57:17.500 --> 00:57:18.459
 so,

00:57:18.659 --> 00:57:19.179
 um,

00:57:20.000 --> 00:57:22.919
 I delight to get through Jeremiah and I'm sorry when it's over,

00:57:22.919 --> 00:57:23.279
 but,

00:57:23.919 --> 00:57:24.379
 um,

00:57:24.459 --> 00:57:26.059
 but I'm just nerdy that way.

00:57:26.059 --> 00:57:26.419
 Uh,

00:57:27.459 --> 00:57:27.919
 um,

00:57:28.319 --> 00:57:28.599
 yeah.

00:57:28.739 --> 00:57:29.059
 So,

00:57:29.319 --> 00:57:33.039
 so it's a good question in that we don't read all the different parts the same,

00:57:33.259 --> 00:57:33.519
 right?

00:57:33.819 --> 00:57:34.539
 Reading a Psalm,

00:57:34.639 --> 00:57:34.879
 you know,

00:57:34.879 --> 00:57:37.419
 you're reading different literature from Leviticus,

00:57:37.539 --> 00:57:37.799
 right?

00:57:39.419 --> 00:57:39.899
 Matt.

00:57:39.900 --> 00:57:41.460
 Um,

00:57:41.460 --> 00:57:41.500
 uh,

00:57:41.500 --> 00:57:43.539
 uh,

00:57:43.539 --> 00:57:50.740
 I often think of some of the prophets like the editorial page of the newspaper,

00:57:50.740 --> 00:57:52.360
 as opposed to,

00:57:52.360 --> 00:57:52.740
 you know,

00:57:52.760 --> 00:57:53.980
 the historical books,

00:57:53.980 --> 00:57:55.619
 like being the news section.

00:57:55.820 --> 00:57:55.980
 Yeah.

00:57:55.980 --> 00:57:58.119
 And if you were to approach,

00:57:58.119 --> 00:57:58.980
 um,

00:57:59.059 --> 00:58:03.380
 an editorial page with no idea what the current news is,

00:58:03.380 --> 00:58:04.039
 uh,

00:58:04.039 --> 00:58:05.300
 it might be pretty,

00:58:05.300 --> 00:58:06.400
 uh,

00:58:06.659 --> 00:58:07.119
 meaningless.

00:58:07.599 --> 00:58:07.760
 Yeah.

00:58:08.039 --> 00:58:08.539
 So,

00:58:08.940 --> 00:58:09.460
 um,

00:58:09.699 --> 00:58:10.960
 uh,

00:58:10.960 --> 00:58:13.019
 I always found it helpful to,

00:58:13.139 --> 00:58:15.380
 to know what the history was that,

00:58:15.699 --> 00:58:16.159
 uh,

00:58:16.860 --> 00:58:17.039
 yeah,

00:58:17.119 --> 00:58:17.360
 absolutely.

00:58:17.360 --> 00:58:17.820
 However,

00:58:18.119 --> 00:58:18.559
 um,

00:58:18.900 --> 00:58:19.980
 now that I think of it,

00:58:19.980 --> 00:58:23.300
 I don't think of a good resource for that other than,

00:58:23.480 --> 00:58:23.760
 you know,

00:58:23.760 --> 00:58:24.840
 just a commentary,

00:58:25.140 --> 00:58:25.300
 but,

00:58:25.380 --> 00:58:25.640
 uh,

00:58:25.700 --> 00:58:25.940
 well,

00:58:26.120 --> 00:58:30.080
 the other resource is the Bible.

00:58:30.980 --> 00:58:31.640
 I mean,

00:58:31.740 --> 00:58:32.260
 that's the,

00:58:32.400 --> 00:58:37.880
 and this is part of what I found as I read a lot of scripture is I found,

00:58:38.000 --> 00:58:42.140
 I knew the history or I knew enough that I knew,

00:58:42.400 --> 00:58:43.620
 Oh wait,

00:58:43.720 --> 00:58:44.940
 what was going on then?

00:58:44.940 --> 00:58:48.360
 And I could go back and find it because I knew sort of where it was because I'd read

00:58:48.360 --> 00:58:49.080
 and read and read.

00:58:49.720 --> 00:58:50.000
 So,

00:58:50.200 --> 00:58:50.560
 um,

00:58:51.100 --> 00:58:51.640
 so yeah.

00:58:51.639 --> 00:58:53.539
 And there are resources for that kind of thing.

00:58:54.139 --> 00:58:54.500
 Um,

00:58:55.139 --> 00:58:55.719
 there are,

00:58:55.859 --> 00:58:59.099
 there are books that will give you sort of a basic timeline and then you can figure

00:58:59.099 --> 00:58:59.519
 out,

00:58:59.519 --> 00:59:00.559
 you know,

00:59:00.599 --> 00:59:02.219
 who's this prophet talking to?

00:59:02.279 --> 00:59:02.739
 And these are,

00:59:03.359 --> 00:59:04.400
 you do need to do this.

00:59:04.420 --> 00:59:06.019
 If you're going to really understand what's going on,

00:59:06.119 --> 00:59:10.739
 you need to look at who this prophet was talking to and what time and what was going

00:59:10.739 --> 00:59:11.079
 on.

00:59:11.619 --> 00:59:13.359
 And my professor just said,

00:59:13.579 --> 00:59:14.539
 you know,

00:59:14.960 --> 00:59:16.839
 recently in lecture,

00:59:16.840 --> 00:59:17.579
 uh,

00:59:18.380 --> 00:59:18.820
 um,

00:59:20.200 --> 00:59:20.940
 what did he say?

00:59:21.059 --> 00:59:21.660
 I'm sorry.

00:59:21.740 --> 00:59:22.519
 I just blanked on it.

00:59:23.019 --> 00:59:23.360
 Um,

00:59:23.800 --> 00:59:25.900
 yeah.

00:59:26.039 --> 00:59:26.420
 Anyway,

00:59:26.539 --> 00:59:29.660
 so you read it where that profit is and,

00:59:29.760 --> 00:59:30.680
 Oh,

00:59:30.780 --> 00:59:33.640
 this is it that the profits are,

00:59:33.840 --> 00:59:35.780
 he called them like the enforcers.

00:59:36.559 --> 00:59:37.860
 They're enforcing.

00:59:37.860 --> 00:59:40.039
 The law.

00:59:40.200 --> 00:59:43.019
 That is mostly it from the book of Deuteronomy,

00:59:43.400 --> 00:59:44.000
 there are promises,

00:59:44.180 --> 00:59:44.740
 there are curses.

00:59:44.880 --> 00:59:47.920
 And then the prophets take those promises and curses and say,

00:59:48.280 --> 00:59:50.539
 this is the,

00:59:50.640 --> 00:59:51.840
 this is what you were told to do.

00:59:51.920 --> 00:59:52.539
 Do it.

00:59:53.059 --> 00:59:53.320
 You know,

00:59:53.340 --> 00:59:55.519
 and this is why these bad things are happening to you.

00:59:55.579 --> 01:00:01.320
 And judgment is coming because you're not doing what Moses taught in,

01:00:01.320 --> 01:00:02.920
 in the law,

01:00:03.019 --> 01:00:04.280
 in the books of the law in,

01:00:04.280 --> 01:00:06.420
 and in particular in Deuteronomy,

01:00:06.480 --> 01:00:07.780
 which sort of summarizes,

01:00:07.780 --> 01:00:08.700
 um,

01:00:08.760 --> 01:00:11.320
 much of what is in the other books,

01:00:11.500 --> 01:00:11.800
 um,

01:00:11.940 --> 01:00:13.500
 without not so much the history,

01:00:13.600 --> 01:00:13.740
 but,

01:00:14.380 --> 01:00:14.760
 um,

01:00:15.180 --> 01:00:17.340
 so if you think of them that way,

01:00:17.400 --> 01:00:17.700
 you know,

01:00:17.720 --> 01:00:18.059
 they're,

01:00:18.320 --> 01:00:21.120
 they're trying to recall to Israel's mind,

01:00:21.120 --> 01:00:25.620
 what they're supposed to be doing and show them that they're not doing it for the most part.

01:00:25.920 --> 01:00:26.940
 And then they're giving promises.

01:00:27.620 --> 01:00:29.740
 They're giving promises like this is what happens.

01:00:29.739 --> 01:00:31.799
 If you obey the Lord,

01:00:32.479 --> 01:00:34.679
 these glorious things are going to happen.

01:00:35.419 --> 01:00:36.979
 And some of those promises are,

01:00:37.799 --> 01:00:40.859
 you guys are just messing up,

01:00:41.379 --> 01:00:43.739
 but God is going to save you anyway.

01:00:44.299 --> 01:00:45.839
 And that's the gospel,

01:00:46.199 --> 01:00:46.379
 right?

01:00:46.500 --> 01:00:47.359
 That's the gospel.

01:00:48.099 --> 01:00:48.479
 Um,

01:00:49.199 --> 01:00:49.959
 yeah.

01:00:50.119 --> 01:00:52.879
 So those are just kind of like some overall things.

01:00:53.459 --> 01:00:53.819
 Um,

01:00:54.559 --> 01:00:55.859
 but yeah,

01:00:55.899 --> 01:00:56.039
 it's,

01:00:56.099 --> 01:00:56.219
 I mean,

01:00:56.219 --> 01:00:58.979
 it's a great question and you don't have time to,

01:00:58.980 --> 01:00:59.980
 uh,

01:00:59.980 --> 01:01:02.480
 go into all the different genres and stuff like that.

01:01:02.519 --> 01:01:02.900
 That's a,

01:01:03.320 --> 01:01:03.900
 that's another,

01:01:04.039 --> 01:01:04.840
 another topic,

01:01:05.019 --> 01:01:05.179
 but,

01:01:05.340 --> 01:01:05.519
 um,

01:01:06.659 --> 01:01:07.159
 but yeah.

01:01:07.300 --> 01:01:10.679
 And there are ways to approach like all that stuff that's hard for you.

01:01:10.960 --> 01:01:11.360
 Um,

01:01:12.139 --> 01:01:12.500
 you know,

01:01:13.019 --> 01:01:14.079
 even the laws,

01:01:14.579 --> 01:01:16.420
 even Leviticus or numbers.

01:01:16.420 --> 01:01:18.740
 Yeah.

01:01:19.740 --> 01:01:22.300
 Any other questions or comments?

01:01:27.760 --> 01:01:28.159
 Thanks.

01:01:28.880 --> 01:01:29.240
 Thanks.

01:01:29.240 --> 01:01:29.280
 Thanks,

01:01:29.340 --> 01:01:29.519
 Iver.

01:01:30.800 --> 01:01:31.159
 Yeah.

01:01:31.940 --> 01:01:32.300
 Callie.

01:01:34.960 --> 01:01:37.460
 I had a Bible reading plan that was chronological one time,

01:01:37.579 --> 01:01:38.659
 and I've gone through it a couple of times,

01:01:38.720 --> 01:01:40.639
 but it breaks up the history with the prophecy.

01:01:41.299 --> 01:01:45.400
 And that's super helpful because you get the Bible's history and then you get to go see the prophets about it.

01:01:45.500 --> 01:01:46.480
 And I found that,

01:01:46.539 --> 01:01:47.279
 and even the Psalms,

01:01:47.319 --> 01:01:49.319
 it would sprinkle the Psalms into David's life when the,

01:01:49.699 --> 01:01:50.359
 and Moses,

01:01:50.500 --> 01:01:51.179
 like the Psalm of Moses,

01:01:51.339 --> 01:01:53.420
 that was really helpful for getting to the old Testament.

01:01:53.739 --> 01:01:54.079
 That's,

01:01:54.079 --> 01:01:55.000
 that was a really good plan.

01:01:55.279 --> 01:01:57.799
 And the ESV study Bible has great notes.

01:01:57.819 --> 01:02:00.059
 And so if you want to get through something in a reasonable amount of time,

01:02:00.139 --> 01:02:01.339
 you can on the same page,

01:02:01.679 --> 01:02:03.279
 get a lot of that history just to help you.

01:02:03.359 --> 01:02:03.599
 Okay.

01:02:04.239 --> 01:02:05.099
 Reorient time.

01:02:05.420 --> 01:02:10.400
 So those two things helped me a lot when I was trying to get through the old Testament and understand what I was going through.

01:02:10.639 --> 01:02:11.039
 Yeah.

01:02:11.299 --> 01:02:12.859
 And not get bogged down for five years in it too,

01:02:12.920 --> 01:02:14.259
 but to actually make some progress.

01:02:14.500 --> 01:02:14.719
 Right.

01:02:14.920 --> 01:02:15.199
 So.

01:02:15.879 --> 01:02:16.139
 Yeah.

01:02:16.480 --> 01:02:17.079
 And you can,

01:02:17.139 --> 01:02:17.259
 I mean,

01:02:17.279 --> 01:02:20.219
 you can get a Bible that's set up.

01:02:21.339 --> 01:02:25.199
 There's a one year chronological Bible and it's set up,

01:02:25.460 --> 01:02:27.339
 as Callie was saying,

01:02:27.480 --> 01:02:29.500
 in chronological order.

01:02:29.819 --> 01:02:30.619
 And then you,

01:02:30.699 --> 01:02:31.019
 all you,

01:02:31.099 --> 01:02:34.079
 you don't even have to like keep bookmarks in different parts of your Bible.

01:02:34.199 --> 01:02:35.259
 You can just read through,

01:02:35.900 --> 01:02:37.139
 you know,

01:02:37.139 --> 01:02:39.699
 just open in the next page and read what's in front of you.

01:02:39.779 --> 01:02:40.279
 So that's a,

01:02:40.440 --> 01:02:40.980
 that's a,

01:02:41.599 --> 01:02:41.920
 yeah.

01:02:42.619 --> 01:02:42.819
 Yeah.

01:02:43.119 --> 01:02:43.920
 For Paul's letters,

01:02:44.019 --> 01:02:44.599
 it's great too.

01:02:44.699 --> 01:02:46.259
 It's an accent with Paul's letters.

01:02:46.420 --> 01:02:48.019
 That's a really fun way to read those things.

01:02:48.119 --> 01:02:48.420
 Yeah.

01:02:48.659 --> 01:02:48.920
 Yeah.

01:02:49.539 --> 01:02:49.859
 Yep.

01:02:51.239 --> 01:02:51.599
 Yeah.

01:02:51.599 --> 01:02:52.420
 I'm telling you,

01:02:52.440 --> 01:02:55.380
 there are all kinds of plans.

01:02:56.159 --> 01:02:58.019
 They will do all kinds of things for you.

01:02:58.119 --> 01:02:58.679
 And some of them,

01:02:58.759 --> 01:02:58.940
 I mean,

01:02:58.980 --> 01:02:59.219
 you can,

01:02:59.519 --> 01:03:00.039
 you know,

01:03:00.039 --> 01:03:01.639
 I mentioned there's listening plans on,

01:03:01.759 --> 01:03:02.819
 on the dwell app.

01:03:03.299 --> 01:03:03.839
 You know,

01:03:03.860 --> 01:03:04.880
 some of them are just like,

01:03:04.920 --> 01:03:05.199
 you know,

01:03:05.279 --> 01:03:08.179
 read through the Psalms in three months or something like that.

01:03:08.739 --> 01:03:11.319
 So they're not necessarily one year plans or,

01:03:11.420 --> 01:03:12.599
 or things like that.

01:03:13.639 --> 01:03:14.659
 They're just different,

01:03:15.039 --> 01:03:15.960
 different things,

01:03:16.179 --> 01:03:19.380
 different ways to read through or listen through.

01:03:19.380 --> 01:03:20.300
 Um,

01:03:20.780 --> 01:03:21.660
 and you can find them.

01:03:21.780 --> 01:03:22.460
 I'm telling you,

01:03:22.780 --> 01:03:23.559
 I did it.

01:03:23.599 --> 01:03:26.079
 I Googled reading plans and it was just like,

01:03:26.460 --> 01:03:26.680
 wow,

01:03:26.800 --> 01:03:27.519
 there's a lot out here.

01:03:29.780 --> 01:03:30.660
 For briefly,

01:03:30.820 --> 01:03:30.980
 I,

01:03:30.980 --> 01:03:31.340
 I,

01:03:31.340 --> 01:03:32.640
 I had a web,

01:03:32.920 --> 01:03:35.579
 I had a website for homeschooling and I had,

01:03:35.700 --> 01:03:39.619
 but I also had a Bible reading thing and I kept track of some plans,

01:03:39.619 --> 01:03:41.640
 but I think they've really just exploded.

01:03:41.860 --> 01:03:43.119
 The internet is just like,

01:03:43.680 --> 01:03:43.940
 yeah.

01:03:44.400 --> 01:03:44.780
 And many,

01:03:44.880 --> 01:03:45.840
 many churches have them.

01:03:45.840 --> 01:03:47.800
 One of the most famous ones is the,

01:03:47.900 --> 01:03:48.240
 uh,

01:03:48.240 --> 01:03:48.840
 one by,

01:03:48.920 --> 01:03:49.200
 um,

01:03:49.380 --> 01:03:50.200
 McShane.

01:03:50.880 --> 01:03:54.000
 And his is often used and adapted.

01:03:54.500 --> 01:03:54.900
 Um,

01:03:55.300 --> 01:03:57.900
 and it's a good one too.

01:03:58.059 --> 01:04:00.840
 There's a booklet in the back of the sanctuary.

01:04:00.840 --> 01:04:02.860
 I meant to grab it before this class,

01:04:02.880 --> 01:04:04.119
 but there's a booklet back there,

01:04:04.119 --> 01:04:05.039
 um,

01:04:05.559 --> 01:04:08.039
 that has the McShane plan through it,

01:04:08.160 --> 01:04:08.800
 you know,

01:04:08.800 --> 01:04:09.640
 so you can go through.

01:04:09.800 --> 01:04:11.039
 And that's reading from,

01:04:11.460 --> 01:04:14.599
 I think two different places in scripture.

01:04:14.780 --> 01:04:15.119
 I forget.

01:04:15.119 --> 01:04:15.400
 No,

01:04:15.559 --> 01:04:15.780
 four.

01:04:16.119 --> 01:04:16.720
 It's four.

01:04:16.719 --> 01:04:17.219
 Um,

01:04:17.219 --> 01:04:21.019
 and the way this guy was a 19th century guy.

01:04:21.239 --> 01:04:21.639
 Um,

01:04:21.639 --> 01:04:27.000
 the way he imagined it was two for private reading and two for family reading.

01:04:28.000 --> 01:04:28.400
 Um,

01:04:28.400 --> 01:04:30.179
 so that you did it that way.

01:04:30.179 --> 01:04:31.299
 There's also,

01:04:31.299 --> 01:04:31.319
 there's also,

01:04:31.519 --> 01:04:34.940
 I think I wrote down on the handout for the love of God.

01:04:34.940 --> 01:04:37.960
 There are two volumes of this book and it's by D.A.

01:04:38.019 --> 01:04:41.539
 Carson and it gives you the plan and it's the McShane plan.

01:04:41.539 --> 01:04:41.639
 Um,

01:04:41.639 --> 01:04:42.639
 um,

01:04:42.639 --> 01:04:47.839
 and then he does a little devotional on one of the parts you read.

01:04:48.839 --> 01:04:49.359
 Um,

01:04:49.480 --> 01:04:59.179
 and there are two volumes because one volume he does the private reading columns and one he does the family reading columns.

01:04:59.679 --> 01:05:00.179
 So anyway,

01:05:00.400 --> 01:05:00.879
 he's,

01:05:01.019 --> 01:05:02.519
 he's super smart and,

01:05:02.639 --> 01:05:02.940
 and,

01:05:02.940 --> 01:05:03.920
 and they're really,

01:05:04.079 --> 01:05:05.579
 they're really nice devotionals.

01:05:05.659 --> 01:05:06.239
 Just a page.

01:05:06.579 --> 01:05:06.799
 Debbie.

01:05:06.800 --> 01:05:08.039
 We're going through that,

01:05:08.220 --> 01:05:09.320
 those books right now.

01:05:09.560 --> 01:05:09.880
 And,

01:05:10.000 --> 01:05:10.400
 um,

01:05:11.240 --> 01:05:11.420
 it,

01:05:11.840 --> 01:05:14.700
 I would call it more commentary than devotional.

01:05:14.920 --> 01:05:15.220
 Okay.

01:05:15.340 --> 01:05:15.560
 Yeah.

01:05:15.640 --> 01:05:15.900
 Yeah.

01:05:16.180 --> 01:05:16.820
 It's good.

01:05:17.019 --> 01:05:17.180
 Yeah.

01:05:17.180 --> 01:05:17.760
 But yes,

01:05:17.760 --> 01:05:18.160
 it's good.

01:05:18.340 --> 01:05:18.519
 Yeah.

01:05:19.240 --> 01:05:19.680
 Yeah.

01:05:19.740 --> 01:05:21.080
 And that's available online too.

01:05:21.280 --> 01:05:21.420
 Yeah.

01:05:21.420 --> 01:05:22.220
 You can just go online.

01:05:22.560 --> 01:05:23.000
 Um,

01:05:23.000 --> 01:05:23.580
 and they'll give you,

01:05:23.660 --> 01:05:24.320
 it gives you the,

01:05:24.340 --> 01:05:26.980
 the readings and here's the,

01:05:27.240 --> 01:05:28.680
 here's the Carson for the day.

01:05:28.740 --> 01:05:30.000
 So you don't even have to spend any money.

01:05:31.440 --> 01:05:31.840
 Josh.

01:05:32.019 --> 01:05:35.900
 A plan I really like that I just want to shameless plug here is,

01:05:35.900 --> 01:05:36.260
 um,

01:05:36.800 --> 01:05:37.360
 um,

01:05:37.660 --> 01:05:39.500
 it's called daily light on the daily path.

01:05:39.500 --> 01:05:42.620
 And it was also written by someone from the 19th century.

01:05:42.740 --> 01:05:43.100
 I don't remember.

01:05:43.460 --> 01:05:44.760
 There's a Mueller in there,

01:05:44.940 --> 01:05:46.019
 but I don't think it was George.

01:05:46.460 --> 01:05:46.740
 Um,

01:05:47.019 --> 01:05:47.360
 anyway,

01:05:47.519 --> 01:05:47.920
 it's,

01:05:48.000 --> 01:05:48.280
 uh,

01:05:48.280 --> 01:05:50.940
 like seven or eight verses that are all on one topic,

01:05:50.940 --> 01:05:52.519
 but it doesn't tell you what it is.

01:05:52.519 --> 01:05:53.380
 And so,

01:05:53.760 --> 01:05:54.500
 but you,

01:05:54.620 --> 01:05:55.320
 but usually the,

01:05:55.380 --> 01:05:58.300
 the first verse and the last verse are like the key.

01:05:58.680 --> 01:06:03.340
 And so what I found was if I wasn't like,

01:06:03.680 --> 01:06:04.100
 first of all,

01:06:04.100 --> 01:06:05.620
 you have to flip around to find them.

01:06:05.680 --> 01:06:06.460
 They're all over.

01:06:06.460 --> 01:06:06.900
 Yeah.

01:06:06.900 --> 01:06:07.519
 Um,

01:06:07.680 --> 01:06:12.119
 but usually they're about Jesus or the gospel or some central thing.

01:06:12.119 --> 01:06:19.839
 And I ended up writing them out physically because I just wasn't seeing the connection until I did.

01:06:20.179 --> 01:06:21.920
 And then it was amazing.

01:06:22.079 --> 01:06:22.480
 It's,

01:06:22.480 --> 01:06:23.819
 it's time consuming.

01:06:24.019 --> 01:06:24.279
 Yeah.

01:06:24.280 --> 01:06:24.840
 But it,

01:06:24.840 --> 01:06:24.860
 but it,

01:06:25.000 --> 01:06:25.480
 I was like,

01:06:25.560 --> 01:06:25.840
 um,

01:06:25.900 --> 01:06:26.260
 and I,

01:06:26.260 --> 01:06:27.840
 I certainly couldn't do it every day,

01:06:27.840 --> 01:06:28.700
 but,

01:06:28.900 --> 01:06:29.300
 um,

01:06:29.840 --> 01:06:30.280
 oh man,

01:06:30.300 --> 01:06:31.100
 that was so good.

01:06:31.180 --> 01:06:32.460
 Daily light on the daily path.

01:06:32.460 --> 01:06:34.260
 That's on the ESV app.

01:06:34.260 --> 01:06:34.659
 Cool.

01:06:34.659 --> 01:06:35.760
 And some other thing there,

01:06:35.880 --> 01:06:41.099
 there's a really handy printout that you can fold and it fits in your Bible and they're tiny little font,

01:06:41.300 --> 01:06:42.199
 the check boxes,

01:06:42.519 --> 01:06:42.840
 but yes,

01:06:42.840 --> 01:06:43.179
 yes,

01:06:43.179 --> 01:06:44.079
 tiny little font.

01:06:44.079 --> 01:06:45.259
 You get a magnifying glass.

01:06:45.420 --> 01:06:45.519
 It's,

01:06:45.519 --> 01:06:45.739
 it's,

01:06:45.739 --> 01:06:46.019
 it's all good.

01:06:46.019 --> 01:06:46.099
 Same.

01:06:46.340 --> 01:06:46.519
 Yeah.

01:06:46.739 --> 01:06:47.219
 And large.

01:06:47.799 --> 01:06:49.400
 I used to be able to read these,

01:06:49.480 --> 01:06:49.840
 but I,

01:06:50.039 --> 01:06:51.799
 I mean,

01:06:51.799 --> 01:06:52.920
 I'm sure I printed them out,

01:06:53.119 --> 01:06:53.579
 but boy,

01:06:53.639 --> 01:06:54.299
 they're small now.

01:06:54.400 --> 01:06:55.119
 I don't know what happened.

01:06:59.679 --> 01:07:00.079
 Good.

01:07:00.079 --> 01:07:01.480
 All right.

01:07:01.480 --> 01:07:03.079
 So as you can tell,

01:07:03.159 --> 01:07:04.300
 I like talking about this stuff.

01:07:04.380 --> 01:07:04.679
 So you're,

01:07:04.860 --> 01:07:05.159
 you know,

01:07:05.300 --> 01:07:07.719
 you're always free to come up and talk to me.

01:07:08.300 --> 01:07:08.639
 Um,

01:07:08.920 --> 01:07:10.059
 so let's close in prayer.

01:07:10.480 --> 01:07:10.880
 Um,

01:07:10.980 --> 01:07:13.019
 thanks for your attention.

01:07:13.159 --> 01:07:14.679
 I really appreciate it.

01:07:17.519 --> 01:07:17.960
 Father,

01:07:18.059 --> 01:07:18.240
 we,

01:07:18.240 --> 01:07:20.179
 we just thank you for the gift of your word,

01:07:20.599 --> 01:07:21.059
 Lord,

01:07:21.119 --> 01:07:27.039
 that you have chosen to communicate to us that you have given us this book,

01:07:27.280 --> 01:07:28.440
 Lord,

01:07:28.480 --> 01:07:31.340
 that you have given us your spirit to help us,

01:07:31.480 --> 01:07:33.199
 as we read this book,

01:07:33.820 --> 01:07:39.440
 that you have placed us in a time of history where there is so much help out there.

01:07:39.800 --> 01:07:41.480
 There are so many resources.

01:07:42.679 --> 01:07:43.199
 Lord,

01:07:43.240 --> 01:07:46.280
 we pray that you would unite our hearts to fear your name.

01:07:46.719 --> 01:07:46.820
 Lord,

01:07:46.880 --> 01:07:47.460
 even in the,

01:07:48.280 --> 01:07:51.699
 as we think about all the different ways to approach your word,

01:07:51.860 --> 01:07:51.980
 Lord,

01:07:52.019 --> 01:07:58.300
 that you would lead us to the way for this season in our lives that makes the most sense.

01:07:58.980 --> 01:07:59.099
 Lord,

01:07:59.139 --> 01:08:00.920
 that you would use in our lives,

01:08:00.920 --> 01:08:03.840
 because there are so many different ways we can go about it.

01:08:03.840 --> 01:08:05.539
 And we don't always choose wisely.

01:08:06.260 --> 01:08:06.740
 Lord,

01:08:06.900 --> 01:08:08.340
 we pray for your guidance in that,

01:08:08.500 --> 01:08:14.099
 or we pray most of all for hearts that long to know you better and to love you more,

01:08:14.440 --> 01:08:20.899
 and that you would send out your light and your truth and use them to draw us to yourself.

01:08:20.899 --> 01:08:22.699
 In Jesus' name we pray.

01:08:22.699 --> 01:08:23.000
 In Jesus' name we pray.

01:08:23.439 --> 01:08:23.679
 Amen.

01:08:25.099 --> 01:08:25.960
 Next week,

01:08:27.019 --> 01:08:31.500
 meditating on scripture and a little memorizing.

01:08:31.500 --> 01:08:32.960
 Amen.

01:08:32.960 --> 01:08:33.179
 Amen.

01:08:33.319 --> 01:08:33.359
 Amen.

01:08:33.359 --> 01:08:33.679
 Amen.

01:08:33.679 --> 01:08:33.960
 Amen.

01:08:33.960 --> 01:08:34.059
 Amen.

01:08:34.059 --> 01:08:34.159
 Amen.

01:08:34.159 --> 01:08:34.199
 Amen.

01:08:34.199 --> 01:08:34.259
 Amen.

01:08:34.259 --> 01:08:34.359
 Amen.

01:08:34.359 --> 01:08:34.739
 Amen.

01:08:34.739 --> 01:08:34.779
 Amen.

01:08:34.779 --> 01:08:34.819
 Amen.

01:08:34.819 --> 01:08:34.839
 Amen.

01:08:34.839 --> 01:08:34.939
 Amen.

01:08:34.939 --> 01:08:35.779
 Amen.