We started the year as a community by reading the bible from cover to cover out loud. As this year is such a significant year for this nation (England) as well as the wider UK we felt we should start by declaring the truth of who God is and what he has done and is doing. When we were praying about this God gave us the verse from Isaiah 55v10-11 “As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out from my mouth: it will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.” So we figured that we should speak out the word of God over this coming year.
It took us about three and a half days to do, without a break. People came and did an hour at a time, and everyone said how much they enjoyed it, even those who were reading lists of names! It was such a great excuses to be able to sit and read the bible for an hour without being interrupted, and know that you could do that. It was so well attended that we are looking at doing this more often over this coming year.
I myself got to read all of Mark’s gospel, as well as Hebrews, James and 1 Peter. It was really good to be able to read an account of the life of Jesus in one go, out loud, such a blessing.
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