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Why don't we pray together?

Father, we ask now your blessing as we open your word and as we actually talk about

your word together. We commit this Bible study to you now. In Jesus' name we pray, amen. Before we

dig in, I want to show you some of my Bibles from over the years. I keep every Bible. I never throw a Bible away. Why

would you? This is my first Bible. This looks like something from the 70s, doesn't it? Because it's a

Schofield cross-reference Bible. So right after I became a Christian, I called my grandmother and told her,

her name is Stella,

and she was so excited because she did use to take me to church when I lived with her and my grandfather for a number of years. She said, Greg, I want to buy you a new Bible. Now, it's a funny

thing because my first prayer as a new Christian was, Lord, I want to get a really nice Bible,

because I had this little

paperback version. I was already pretty worn. I think it was used when they gave it to me.

So I went to the Bible bookstore and they had this beautiful Bible. Originally, you had a black

cover with gold pages now. Well, it's a little beaten up. But as they say, a Bible that's falling apart is usually the indication of a life that isn't.

So I put a leather cover on it because it had to look like a hippie Bible, right?

Because that's the era.

So there's my name there.

And I did a lot of drawing.

As you know, I came from a background of graphic design, so I love to draw

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