I led a study on the importance of reading God's Word daily.
Our memory verse was Ephesians 5:10, "and find out what pleases the Lord." If we are to find out what pleases the Lord, where should we look? God's Word, the Bible!
At one point, it began to rain and rain hard. Then I had to shout so the ladies could here me. Do you know why? The church roof is made of metal so the noise of the rain becomes unbelievably loud. They are used to that, so they didn't even seem to notice the change in my voice!
More rain...
Griselda (the pastor's wife) is helping to explain a game that we were getting ready to play. I had various items each in their own black bag. We took a turns to guess what was in the bag by feeling it. Then we talked about the purpose of each item.
When we got to the Bible, we talked about the purpose of the Bible. It was a great opportunity to read about what the Bible says about the Bible. There are many Scriptures on that topic, but these are the three that we looked up:
Psalm 119:105 says that the Bible is a lamp to our feet, a light to our path;
2Timothy 3:16 says that the Bible is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting
and training in righteousness so that we can equipped for every good work;
Romans 15:4 says that everything was written to teach us, so that through endurance
and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. What an encouragement!!
I look forward to the next time - I am a student as I observe their joy in Jesus, not in the "things" they have. After all, they don't have much in the way of material possessions. That is one lesson that I need reminding of often. They are following Hebrew 10:24-25 which says, "Let us not give up meeting together..., but let us encourage one another and all the more as we see the Day approaching."
