Happy New Year to everyone who is listening as we leave 2020 and embark into the great

unknown of 2021.

Pastor John and I are praying for you all as Paul prayed in 2nd Thessalonians 3.5 that

the Lord will direct your hearts to the love of God into the steadfastness of Jesus Christ.

To that end, that your hearts would be riveted on the love of God we kick off year number

9 in this podcast talking about daily Bible reading.

With the New Year means a reset on our Bible reading plans and Pastor John, you use the

discipleship journal Bible reading plan, something we talked about in episode 1140 and episode

titled a new year, a new Bible reading plan.

You can check that out if you want more episode 1140.

But today I want to talk about the sustained discipline and spiritual energy such a plan

requires over the duration of an entire year.

It is daunting for those who have never done it.

It is daunting for those of us who have, but here's the question, hello Pastor John,

my name is Angel.

I'm 16.

I strive to tell people around me about Jesus and to proclaim the Gospel of salvation.

But I find myself missing one major thing in my life that can be a huge obstacle and that

is my lack of desire for daily Bible reading.

More often than not, I find myself forcefully reading the Word rather than having an actual

passion for doing so.

I desire to have that passion.

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