“TAKE FIVE FOR FAITH” was a Christian broadcast I was listening to many many years ago in Thailand, while I was working there as a missionary.

MY MESSAGE IS TAKE FIVE FOR READING THE BIBLE.

Time – Out! Take a rest. Take a break of five minutes to read the Bible, the word of the Living God.

The Bible is a lamp. Psalm 119:105

The Bible is food. First Corinthians 3:2

MY MESSAGE IS TAKE FIVE FOR PRAYING.

Time – Out. Take a rest. Take a break of five minutes to pray.

When you pray, you are talking with Jesus. When you pray your soul is talking to God.

If you have done something wrong, repent. If you have any requests, ask. Be thankful for everything. And don’t forget to praise the Lord.

I am not talking here about “The Quiet Time” in the morning. I am talking here about five minutes any time during the day.

TE ARAROA – THE LONG PATHWAY

“Te Araroa  is a 3000-km trail stretching from Cape Reinga in the north of New Zealand to Bluff in the South.”

Cape Reinga

Mountain WHANGATOATEA in AHIPARA

These two young men from England are on the trail right now while you are reading this.

I met them some time ago in Ahipara.

“To God be the Glory” is a hymn written by Fanny J. Crosby.

“Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures.”

I read that GOLDEN NUGGET not long ago in Luke 24:45, where I arrived not long ago in my reading of my Bible from cover to cover.  I start every year at the beginning – Genesis 1:1. And when I say  reading the Bible from cover to cover I mean reading every word. 

In the IN TOUCH magazine – August 2012 – I am reading on page 16:

” … more than nine out of ten Christians and nearly as many American pulpit pastors have never read through the entirety of Scripture.”

I am glad that the Lord has opened my mind to understand the BIBLE and helped me to read it from cover to cover.

To Him be the glory!