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This week, as we settle into the new year, Paul wants to check in on your Bible reading journey

and share eight powerful encouragements to help you stay committed throughout the year.

Here's this week's Wednesday's word.

Thank you. week's Wednesday's Word. How's your Bible reading going so far in the new year?

We're eight days into 2025, so I want to provide you with eight motivating, encouraging,

and comforting reasons to keep reading your Bible.

Number one, the Bible is the greatest tangible gift you have ever been given.

Between the already of Christ's first coming and the not yet of his return,

besides the presence and grace of the Son through his spirit,

the two greatest gifts God has given us are His Word,

so that we would know him and ourselves,

and his church, a place where His Word would be continually explained and applied.

When you hold a physical Bible in your hands, there's no way to overstate the lavish,

divine love that caused this wonderful book to be recorded and preserved for you so that

you can read the very words of God himself. Number two, the Bible

is not a collection of stories, but one story. As you look at your Bible, don't divide it into 66

books or genres and categories of writing, law, history, prophecy, gospels, etc. Or even Old Testament

and New Testament. This, of course, is helpful as you follow a

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