National Bible Week and National Day of the Bible 2012
November 19, 2012 by Lillie
Thanksgiving Week is also National Bible Week, a time to encourage the reading of God’s Word by His people.
This year, the National Bible Association, the founder of National Bible Week is observing National Day of the Bible, today, November 19. Christians are urged to gather in public to read the Scripture aloud.
If you don’t have the opportunity to join other Christians in a public reading of God’s Word, this is a good day to focus on reading Scripture yourself. Each year, I choose a Bible reading plan to follow for the year. This year, my husband’s final illness, death, funeral, and aftermath distracted me from my plan. As a caregiver, I didn’t have the uninterrupted quiet time to read each day’s Scripture. I got too far behind to catch up. So right now, I’m reading Bible passages that relate to daily devotionals but not trying to complete a formal plan. In January, I will start a new plan to read the Bible in a year, choosing a version I have not read before.
Do you follow a Bible reading plan? If not, how do you spend time in God’s Word?
For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope. ~ Romans 15:4 (KJV)
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.~ 1928 Book of Common Prayer, Collect for the Second Sunday in Advent
I didn’t know until I heard something on the radio this afternoon that it was National Bible Week. Thanks for the post!
Lisa,
National Bible Week has been Thanksgiving Week for more than 40 years, but I didn’t learn of it until a few years ago. This is the first year I am aware of the National Day of the Bible on Monday to read the Bible aloud in public.
I think we should often read bible even if it is not a bible week.
I agree, Jane. I usually read the Bible through every year, but this year I fell short because I couldn’t find uninterrupted quiet time while caring for my husband. But I’ll start again in January. Even though I’m not reading the entire Bible this year, I do read something from the Bible every day.
Thanks for informing about the national bible week.I always find the bible speaking to me whenever I open the bible.The bible is the greatest book wrote ever and I believe that every word written is true.I just desire to read the bible completely soon.
Jack,
I agree with you 100%.
I have just started reading the bible recently and it is so interesting.It is the living word of God and it has revealed me many things.I would always think “What is the name of God?”People would give me some names like “I am who I am, Jehova” and many more but these are all titles.Finally God has revealed me the name.
James,
The thing that amazes me is that although I have read the entire Bible from cover to cover a number of times, every time I do I read things that I don’t ever remember reading. There are new discoveries with every reading.
Lillie your religious nature is very helpful for the people who on the same track
Thank you, Maja.