Mark Hamby is thankful for the books God has brought into his life.

Every time I get into a situation, God has brought a book into my life to help me to understand

how I'm supposed to act, how I'm supposed to think, how I'm supposed to deal with a resolved conflict.

Books have been helped me in parenting, they've helped me in my marriage, they've helped me in my character development,

especially the ones that have stories,

that there's something that somebody has to go through an incredible obstacle,

and they learn to trust God through that situation.

This is Revive Our Hearts with Nancy Lee DeMoss for Thursday, July 9th.

Music DeMoss for Thursday, July 9th. Well, today on Revive Our Hearts, we want to talk about one of my personal very favorite

subjects, and that is the subject of reading.

Now, I know as soon as I say that,

that some of our listeners are groaning and thinking, you love to read? Well, I really do.

From the time I was a little girl, from the time I could read, I was always having my nose in a book,

and I'd rather read a good book than do about anything I can think of. And our guest on Reviver Hearts today is not only a reader of good books, but is helping to get a book. And I'd rather read a good book than do about anything I can think of. And our guest on

Reviver Hearts today is not only a reader of good books, but is helping to get good books

into the hands of Christian families. And I know that's going to make a tremendous impact,

even on the next generation. Mark Hamby and his wife, Debbie, have started a ministry called

Lamplighter Ministries, and we're going to

learn more about that today. But Mark, thank you so much for joining us on the broadcast today.

Thank you for inviting me. And, Mark, as we think about reading, you know, some would say that reading

is a lost art. You hear today that people are so visually oriented, so TV oriented, so computer screen oriented,

that people are not reading as much. Does it really matter? Why would we want to work hard to

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