Satan dealt me a whopping one-two punch at the beginning of this session of Bible in 90 Days and I owe every single reader out there an equally whopping apology.<\/p>\n
You see, not soon after we started reading, I started to doubt myself. I started to wonder what in the world I was doing trying to encourage more than 1,200 people to read the entire Bible in 90 Days. Never mind the fact that I had already facilitated six groups in person, trained others to lead groups in person and this was my fourth online session. I still felt unworthy. I still felt lost. I still felt overwhelmed trying to figure out how to keep 69 groups on track and not have anyone get mad at me.<\/p>\n
And then I became afraid to be me. With every post and every email I worried what each of you might think. And I lost sight of the Amy whom God invited into this partnership in the very beginning.<\/p>\n
He asked me, a sinner, a mistake-maker, a lover of people and lover of life to blog through the Bible in 90 days and share… and so I did.<\/strong> I thought maybe 20 people would join me as I shared the Bible in 90 Days ministry the first time. Well, it has been more than 20… Thousands of lives on several continents have been changed as a result of this online part of the ministry.<\/p>\n And still, I doubted this time. I was scared. I let Satan magnify tiny comments and have my ear and paralyze me when I should have been listening to God’s encouragement.<\/strong><\/p>\n Oh, Father, I am so sorry. I shouldn’t have listened to those who doubted me and broke me. I should only have listened to you and your sweet words of love. Please forgive me.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Friends, I have not been the best encourager because I have been listening to the wrong voices. Satan is cunning. He knows just where to zing me. Just as he knows right where to zing you.<\/strong><\/p>\n “Life is too busy. I simply cannot find the time to read that much of the Bible.”<\/em><\/p>\n Really? What can be more important than carrying out this promise to read the entire Bible?<\/p>\n “Things will slow down when… And then I can do this.”<\/em><\/p>\n Really? Does life ever really slow down?<\/p>\n “I don’t need to finish with everyone else. I’ll finish on my own.”<\/em><\/p>\n Really? How has that worked for you in the past?<\/p>\n “I’m just not feeling anything or hearing God as I read.”<\/em><\/p>\n Really? Isaiah 55:11 ” It is the same with my word. I send it out, and it always produces fruit. It will accomplish all I want it to, and it will prosper everywhere I send it.” -New Living Translation<\/p>\n Friends, we have less than 20 days until we hit the finish line.<\/p>\n I have come to realize that Satan has been holding me back. And I don’t want him to do the same for you.<\/p>\n It’s up to you whether you finish or not.<\/strong> I have given you the plan. I have done my best to recruit amazing volunteers who have been praying for you. (Even if you haven’t heard much from your mentor I have no doubt she has been praying for you.) I have tried to encourage you as best I can. But there is only so much I can do.<\/p>\n Your success at this goal is completely up to you.<\/strong> Each of you CAN do this. Do you want to? Is it worth it to you to push through and read the entire Bible this time?<\/strong> Or would you rather listen to Satan’s lies a little longer?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Satan dealt me a whopping one-two punch at the beginning of this session of Bible in 90 Days and I owe every single reader out there an equally whopping apology. You see, not soon after we started reading, I started to doubt myself. I started to wonder what in the world I was doing trying […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[301],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible-in-90-days-summer-fall-2012"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9030"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9033,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9030\/revisions\/9033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}