National Bible Week
November 22, 2009 by Lillie
National Bible Week has been celebrated during Thanksgiving Week every year since 1941.
If we want to have strong faith, we need to know God’s Word, and the Holy Bible is His Word.
The Bible says
So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. (Romans 10:17 KJV)
We can get to know God’s Word in a variety of ways:
- Daily Bible reading and devotions. I follow a guide available from my church: How to Have a Meaningful Time with God. I’ve also written before about studying the Bible.
- Attend Bible study classes offered by your church, as I attend a Bible study at All Saints Anglican.
- Take an online Bible study course. I’ve taken a number of excellent classes from JesusWalk Bible Study Series. Advent, which starts next Sunday, is a good time to start a Bible study, such as Christmas Incarnation, a four-week Advent study.
- Use the Bible study tools available online at Bible Gateway, Christianity.com, and many other Bible study resources.
- Read Bible study books such as Morning Coffee with James.
National Bible Week reminds us that we should reading and study God’s Word every day. Share your thoughts and suggest resources in comments.
One of my favorite prayers in the 1928 Book of Common Prayer is the one for the Second Sunday in Advent:
BLESSED Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning; Grant that we may in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that by patience and comfort of thy holy Word, we may embrace, and ever hold fast, the blessed hope of everlasting life, which thou hast given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.
Wow they didn’t even talk about this in church Sunday. Thanks for letting me know. The bible is my favorite book!
Rufus,
I don’t know how much this is promoted in churches—I’ve never heard about it in any church I’ve attended. But it’s well worth observing.
Thanks Lillie!
I just viewed your churches site a little bit.
That is beautiful….truth…is timeless and unchangeable….that lives in my heart too. Though I have paraphrased it. Ancient and still….thankfully so today as it was in the beginning.
Thanks for sharing with me all of this, I would love to view the prayer book you speak of and really love the prayer you put here today.
Happy Thanksgiving to you and all!
God Bless you!
Peace, Love and Joy,
Diane
Diane,
I’m glad you like the church Web site. I’m the Webmaster so it’s always nice to know someone finds it interesting and helpful.
You can find the 1928 Book of Common Prayer online at Episcopalnet and at Anglican.org. Each site has its own format for presenting the Prayer Book (though the content is identical), so you may want to look at both of them. This is the prayer book used by the Episcopal Church for many years and still used by many traditional Anglican churches. It is available from Amazon.com as well as specialty religious bookstores.
The Lord is Good and He knows everything.
sallysmith,
How amazing it is that He knows everything! That was really brought out in the book Re-Deal when the angel talks about God seeing time from beginning through eternity all at once.
I wish my church bulletin had these types of links as well. Interesting reads…glad you shared them.
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Fred,
Glad you enjoyed the links. I prepare the bulletins and maintain the Web site for my church so I know how much time and work are involved.