Jesus once said “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.”- Matthew 4:4

Just as not eating bread (food) will cause our physical bodies to waste away, not hearing the Word of God will cause us to starve spiritually.  We need to be hearing from the God who has created us.

How do we hear from God?

The most common way we can day-in and day-out hear from God is by reading the Bible, God’s written Word.  Even Jesus, God Himself, was a man of written Word.  The verse I quoted earlier was actually Jesus quoting Old Testament Scripture to answer the devil’s temptation in the wilderness.  The devil found an opportunity to tempt Jesus to turn stones in bread since the devil knew Jesus was fasting (not eating for spiritual reasons) and was hungry.  Jesus relied on the truth found in the Scripture to fight off sin (following the devil’s command) and know His Father’s will.

If Jesus leaned on the Word and was God….how much more for us!

I’d like to invite you to join with others at Bend City Church in following a reading plan of the bible for the beginning of 2014.  As a church, we will be reading through a daily 60-day reading plan that hits different major themes throughout the bible.  Most of the daily reading can be handled in 15 minutes of reading so even if you are not a big reader, please give God’s Word a chance to change your life.   If you miss a day or fall behind, no worries.  The idea is join together as a church body and see what God would say to us through His Word.  Each Sunday sermon starting January 12th through March 9th will build off a portion of Scripture in the reading plan for that week.  We are looking forward to following Jesus together through His written Word.

Hope you can join us!

Pastor Shane

Bend City- 60 Day Reading