THE UPPER ROOM DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE "A Child’s Bible" Sunday, 16 February 2014 ~ Read 2 Timothy 3

THE UPPER ROOM DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE "A Child’s Bible" Sunday, 16 February 2014 ~ Read 2 Timothy 3:16 Every Scripture is God-breathed and[a] profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
Footnotes:
a. 2 Timothy 3:16 or, Every writing inspired by God is
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.~~Psalm 119:105 (NRSV)
When I was a child, my parents kept a collection of Bibles in a fancy glass cabinet in our living room. The Bibles were all different sizes and colors, some new and some old. I loved pulling them out and laying them in a row on the carpet. I would smell their leather covers and turn their delicate pages. On my sixth birthday, I received a Bible of my own. I took it to Sunday school with me every week. Through the years of my childhood, I memorized verses, learned the stories of heroic prophets and godly men and women, and discovered what it truly meant to desire a personal relationship with Jesus. One passage, Psalm 119:15-16, became especially powerful for me: “I will meditate on your precepts, and fix my eyes on your ways. I will delight in your statutes; I will not forget your word.” The psalmist clearly had a passion for the word of God that I desired in my own life. As I have prayerfully studied it, God’s word has provided hope and encouragement to me. I have become more capable of withstanding temptation and false teaching, and more and more I have been molded into the woman that God wants me to be.~~The Author~Jill Armayor (Colorado, USA)
Thought for the Day: Make a donation to the American Bible Society or the Gideons to provide Bibles to those who need them.
Prayer: Dear Lord, help us take the time to meditate on your word, even during the busiest of days. Amen.
Prayer focus: Children’s Sunday school classes
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