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Here's a challenging sermon for everyone! What Gospel are we sharing?  We need to make sure its the True Gospel! 

A moment in the morning 'ere the cares of the day begin, 'Ere the heart's wide door is open for the world to enter in; Ah, then, alone with Jesus, in the silence of the morn, In heavenly sweet communion, let your happy day be born; In the quietude that blesses with a prelude of repose, Let your soul be soothed and softened as the dew revives the rose. (August 12th excerpt) I thought it was really lovely, and a good challenge to make sure we really spend "quality time" in "heavenly sweet communion, alone with Jesus".

1.   Begin reading your Bible this very day.   The way to do a thing is to do it; and the way to read the Bible is actually to read it! It is not merely meaning, or wishing, or resolving, or intending, or thinking about it , which will advance you one step. You must positively read. There is no royal road in this matter, any more than in the matter of prayer. If you cannot read yourself, you must persuade somebody else to read it to you. But one way or another, through eyes or ears, the words of Scripture must actually pass before your mind. 2.   Read the Bible with an earnest desire to understand it.  Do not think for a moment, that the great object is to turn over a certain quantity of printed paper, and that it matters nothing whether you understand it or not. Some ignorant people seem to imagine, that all is done if they advance so many chapters every day, though they may not have a notion what they are all about, and only know that they have pushed on their b...