January 8

Daily Bible Reading: Genesis 22, 23, 24; Psalm 8, 38, 68, 98, 128; Proverbs 8
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The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.” Psalm 68:11

The day we live in is filled with attacks against anything remotely Christian. The A.C.L.U. (American Civil Liberties Union) is attacking through the legal system. We are bombarded with attacks from all sides. Unfortunately, we even see some blind side attacks from within. Christians have given the enemy of our soul ground and that brings division.
One area in which we fail to stay vigilant is our study of the Scriptures. You and I eat on a daily basis. We eat to live; we do not live to eat. The same is also true of our spiritual lives, too. An old saying goes, “seven days without the Word of God makes one ‘weak’.” This is painfully true.
I remember a time in my life that I had suffered the loss of a large amount of blood due to my neglect of a bleeding ulcer for fourteen years. I became anemic. I was vulnerable to any illness that I came in contact with.
When you and I forsake the reading and study of God’s Word, we allow ourselves to become spiritually anemic. Our churches are filled with these kinds of people. It is unfortunately very evident. Our churches have lost our vision for winning souls and our worship is all off base. The root cause is we have left out a vital part of our life. We have left off the living Word of God.
Let me challenge you and myself to go back to the Word of God and begin reading it again.