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His Story
Jesus died on the cross for all our sins. The day we ask Jesus Christ into our hearts - is just the beginning of our journey into living a Christ-centered life. Imagine you're given your graduation diploma on your very FIRST day of school - this is similar to God's grace in allowing us keys to the kingdom 'just by' asking his son, Jesus Christ, into our hearts. However, our journey does not / should not stop there - it is only just beginning. We then have the opportunity to follow a Holy Spirit-led life into victorious living. In beginning each day saying 'God, I follow your lead today.' Now we begin the process of reading His word, meditating on it, and living a life that He intended us to lead. It's a wonderful experience you don't want to miss.
Why the name Bible-Butter? When you first sit down with the Bible it seems old and dry -> I felt if I just had some 'butter' to make it slide into my soul like buttering your toast at breakfast that I could tackle it. I have spent the better part of five years doing just that. Attacking my reading of the Bible with persistence and devotion. After a lot of starting, stopping and some frustration, I have tried to put my personal experience of how I approached getting into reading the Bible, here, for you to use or possibly even add to.
Now, how to choose a Bible
There are many Bibles to choose from -> formal Bibles (word-for-word, ex: King James Version (KJV)) all the way to the other end of the spectrum, which are paraphrased Bibles (thought-for-thought which can be easier to read, ex: The Message).
Which Bible Translation?
PB&J
Prayer & Bible-reading go together like PB&J!
I just thought of how that's literally Prayer, Bible and Jesus - seriously that just sums it up, right? When you pray before you crack open the Bible - I think it softens your heart and head and centers you for what you're getting ready to read. Have you ever read and reread the same sentence or paragraph 5 times or more? I've been there more times than I can mention, but I wasn't going to let the devil distract me out of the blessing of reading the Bible. Remember, if the devil can't make you bad, he'll make you busy (in other words, distract you to the max!).
Also, when you read I think the Holy Spirit absorbs what you're reading, so it is nourishing your soul even when you feel like you're getting nothing out of it.
John 14:26
. . . the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.
