If we go without physical food for an extended time, our bodies become hungry.
If we go without spiritual food for our souls, our spirit becomes faint with hunger.
The result is spiritual weakness and disease. It's just the law of life.
"But reading the plain Bible is dull and boring!"
It's different than reading any other book, for it is God's word; our natural mind that we all have is "enmity against God, for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be" (Romans 8:7).
(a) Therefore, step number one is to choose to lay aside your natural "mind," and to "let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus" (Philippians 2:5). He will cooperate with you!
(b) Before you open the Bible, humble your soul and ask the Lord to speak to you in its pages. He will never despise that prayer!
(c) If the 16th century Elizabethan English is a stumblingblock to your understanding, get a modern translation. (But choose it wisely! Unless you are a child, avoid getting a child's Bible; welcome one that stirs your mind and makes you think.)
(d) Serious choices can include the New International Version; and the New English Bible, especially the Revised English Bible.
(e) But don't discard the familiar King James Version; it is an honest and clean translation although its verbiage may be outdated for you.
(f) Please remember, the dear Lord Jesus Christ is a personal Being, one with us in humanity; He will be delighted when you "taste" and see how delicious is the reading of His Holy word. You will join your brother in the faith, the prophet Jeremiah, when he said, "Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of my heart: for I am called by Thy name, O LORD God of hosts" (15:16).
(g) That day will be like your new birthday!
Be sure to check your e-mail for "Dial Daily Bread" again tomorrow.
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