How many times have you started your Bible reading on January 1st? Most people I talk to that start reading (as a New Year’s resolution) their Bible again on January 1st and read to about Leviticus or Numbers before losing the discipline or the interest. They have read Genesis, Exodus and the first […]
One of the most common barriers to Bible reading is that many feel it is hard to understand. Most of the lack of understanding is easily resolved with consistent and systematic reading. What i am talking about is not even what would be considered studying. I am talking about reading. Consider […]
One practice I have for reading is to read the proverb of the day. Using a reading plan usually means that you start at chapter one and read a chapter or two a day. The problem is that you get out of the habit quick then restart, usually back at chapter one. […]
Check out this article on the Sunday School Revolution about how to make a more meaningful prayer life out of the Scripture. This is alot like what Austin was teaching about praying the Psalms.
Check out this article on the Sunday School Revolution about how to make a more meaningful prayer life out of the Scripture. This is alot like what Austin was teaching about praying the Psalms.
This came in as a comment from Austin Gardner. I thought you that dont read the comment sections should see this.
I actually learned to pray through the Psalms and the Scriptures from reading the life of George Mueller. I often wondered how those men could pray 4 and 5 hours a day without getting […]
The prayer list prayer life can become monotonous and without meaning after awhile. It is one of the reasons that most Christians struggle with maintaining a consistent prayer time. Keeping a list is not at all a bad thing, but if prayer becomes merely reading the list, then most likely the prayer life […]
One of the great things about getting someone elses devotions is knowing when they finish their Bible and start again. My Pastor, Austin Gardner finished his Bible yesterday. I called and emailed him to tell him how proud I was of him! That may sound a little strange, but I am glad […]
Before we started Vision Baptist Church, I began to send a daily prayer to Austin Gardner who would soon by my Pastor. He sent me back his daily devotional writings. I had never seen anything like what he was sending me. It was a series of prayers based on different verses from […]
One of the greatest things my first Pastor, Landy McDaniel taught me to do was to read my Bible every day. Read it through at least every year and study it every week. My second and current Pastor, Austin Gardner, taught me how to write devotions and send them to someone each […]