Revival through the Word!
There is a great excitement stirring among the young people at our church. It began on Sunday as they started a project to read through the Bible in 2006. Instead of using any other material this year for their Sunday School class, the teens will simply use their new Chronological Bibles for their class. The greatest thing is that as they pursue their project they will read through the entire Bible this year.

In 2 Kings chapters 22 and 23 there was a great revival under the young King Josiah. During his reign a copy of the Book of the Law (God's Word) was discovered in the temple. In chapter 23 he read it in the hearing of all the elders from the least to the greatest, and a great revival took place. Revival is simply a new beginning of obedience to God.

I believe that we are going to see great revival among our young people this year as they read the Word of God together. However, I don't want the rest of us to just sit on the sidelined and watch. I want to challenge you to read the Bible too. If you would like to follow the plan they are using you might want to get a Chronological Bible. If you would like to begin right away, then you can start with the following schedule for the first week of January.

Date Book & Chapters

01 Genesis 1-3

02 Genesis 4-7

03 Genesis 8-11

04 Job 1-5

05 Job 6-9

06 Job 10-13

07 Job 14-16

On the first day of each month, I want you to consider pracitcing a Day of Grace. If you have fallen behind, simply move forward to wherever you should be in the schedule and keep going. The enemy of our souls does not want you to read God's Word, and he definitely does not want us to experience the personal and corporate revival that can come through this simple act of obedience. Let's jump in on this great opportunity and read God's Word together. Have a blessed year!