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A prayer for reading God's word by Wendy Pope. Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path,

Psalm 119, 105. For a long season of my life I was a carrier of God's word.

I read the Bible during church when the pastor would preach,

and I made sure to read enough to fill in my blanks for Bible study.

But to read, highlight, and apply scripture to my life was foreign to me. How could I, a C student, ever understand the Bible? I wanted to be one of those women who highlighted and applied, but I didn't even know where to start.

Then, our local Christian radio station challenged the listener audience to follow a one-year

Bible reading plan.

I couldn't fathom reading the whole Bible, much less in only a year.

In an effort to calm my fears, I took a trip to my local Christian

bookstore thinking if I'm going to read the whole Bible, certainly I need a new

Bible to read. For what seemed like hours I previewed various types of Bibles in an array of colors,

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