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 A man’s daughter had asked the local minister to come and pray with her father.

When the minister arrived, he found the man lying in bed with his head propped up on two pillows. An empty chair sat beside his bed.
 The minister assumed that the old fellow had been informed of his visit. “I guess you were expecting me,” he said.

 “No, who are you?” asked the father.

 The minister told him his name and then remarked, “I saw the empty chair; so I figured you knew I was going to show up.”

“Oh yeah, the chair,” said the bedridden man. “Would you mind closing the door?” Puzzled, the minister shut the door.

 “I have never told anyone this, not even my daughter,” said the man. “But all of my life I have never known how to pray. At church I used to hear the pastor talk about prayer, but it went right over my head.”

 ” Eventually, I abandoned any attempt at prayer ” the old man continued, “until one day four years ago my best friend said to me, “Johnny, prayer is just a simple matter of having a conversation with Jesus. Here is what I suggest.”

 
 “Sit down in a chair; place an empty chair in front of you, and in faith see Jesus in the chair. It’s really true He’s there, because He promised,  ‘ I’ll be with you always.’ Then just speak to him in the same way you’re doing with me right now.”

 
 “So, I tried it and I’ve liked it so much that I do it a couple of hours every day.

 I’m careful though.  If my daughter saw me talking to an empty chair, she’d either have a nervous breakdown or send me off to the funny farm.”

 
The minister was deeply moved by the story and encouraged the old man to continue . Then he prayed with him, anointed him with oil, and returned to the church.

Two nights later the daughter called to tell the minister that her daddy had died that afternoon. “Did he die in peace?” he asked. “Yes, when I left the house about two o’clock, he called me over to his bedside, told me he loved me and kissed me on the cheek. When I got back from the store an hour later, I found him dead. But there was something strange about his death. Apparently, just before Daddy died, he leaned over and rested his head on the chair beside the bed. What do you make of that?”

 The minister wiped a tear from his eye and said, “I wish we could all go like that.

 

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effectively reading  the Holy Bible privately. and for Bible Study

Over the years, I have read the entire Bible numerous times, and I have promoted the reading the Holy Bible more effectively to many others.

As we have encouraged others to “read the Bible” i , we have used and reviewed many “daily reading programs”.

In 1998 , we were moved to once again read the entire Bible, but this time, we did not use a daily program, but rather read the Bible’s contents as we were felt to be led, and as usual , kept notes. Eventually, we finished reading the entire Holy Bible again, but with a much better understanding.

When we reviewed the order of our notes, we could see the pattern of the order that we had been led to follow, but since we did not determine any of this order in advance, we accept no credit for it’s organization.

The reading order clearly results in the most effective understanding of the Word of Almighty God , according to many that have followed it.

Printed in a “Daily Reading” format, when followed daily, the reader will complete reading the Holy Bible in one year.

However, experience has shown than most readers begin these daily programs with enthusiasm, but do not continue after a few weeks, and very few read daily for a year.
Mostly, this is a result of busy schedules of work and family, and once a few days of reading are missed, the commitment to read becomes a failure to the reader., much like an unfulfilled New Years Resolution.

Our approach has been to encourage readers to set a goal to “read the entire Bible” …

and we suggest reading as much as possible, as often as possible , while keeping track of progress on the formatted program. Since a “daily” reading commitment is not suggested, there never is a sense of failure for missing a day or more,   and many actually complete the reading in less than a year.

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