21 Ways How I Create My Reading Time!

1.       Start your personal daily Bible Study first thing in the morning after prayer and before breakfast.

2.       Read a daily Devotional book.

3.       Memorize His Word (Fighter Verses)

4.       Before leaving home for the whatever, Read email, blogs, other things online, magazines, and newspaper if you get them.

5.       Never leave home your favorite Bible translation and books in book form and in e-book such as Kindle. You might be reading while waiting when you are away from home such as doctor’s appointment, auto oil change, haircut place, and etc.

6.       Read them during your break time if you do have a real world job which I did for many years.

7.       Now, I am unemployed and on disability, but I do have odds and ends job, therefore I do have a lot more reading time. For example, when I am dog sitting Yorkies or small dogs like that, I do have my reading time with them. They love to sit beside me or keep me company and allow me to read and read with them.

8.       Read them when you are out to eat in public place when you are eating alone. If possible put away your cell phone to have a quite time with your book.

9.       Escape from your computer and get out of the house to your deck or front porch and have reading time.

10.   Sometime, I would go either to Bo’s or Chick-fil-A between my schedule times to save money on gas from going home. There I will have my reading time.

11.   For single, during nursery duty time, please do read to the little ones. For parent’s, please do read to your children.

12.   Arrive places early and you will have more reading time. (Late is not my vocabulary word.)

13.   Read your sermon’s note that you learned from listening to your pastor. (I get Word.doc from him since I am deaf and might not have understood everything that he is preaching to us.)

14.   On Saturday, read the passage that you know that he will be preaching on Sunday. (My pastor does preach expository.)

15.   On Saturday, read your Bible Study lesson “Sunday School lesson book” to be prepared for Sunday School class.

16.   Keep track of what books you have been reading.  Tell others about what books that you have been reading and challenge them to do the same thing.

17.   Throw the TV out of the window and in front of the 18 wheelers. (I don’t watch TV.)

18.   Turn off your smart phone. (I don’t have smart phone either.)

19.   Get an Kindle Touch or Paperwhite that doesn’t have that smart apps like smart phone does. (I do have Kindle Touch and love it so much and thankful for that.)

20.   Sign up to get email from www.gospelebooks.net  Then you will find a lot of new books that you want to read and some free e-books to read.

21.   Get involve in Bookworm club if you can. I am looking for one.

Bookworm for Life,
'Guerite ~ BoldLion

Happy New Year 2013!

Happy New Year 2013!

Yes, I know that I haven't been written much blog posts this past year 2012. Yet, I can't promise for this year either. Yet, I do want to write more and to encourage you all in every way too.

Mainly, I do want to encourage you all to live your life for Christ this year all the more which is very important goal too.

Have you started your Daily Bible Reading Plan yet? If not, I would encourage you all to start this with the Lord's help. You can't do this without His help. There are many Daily Bible Reading plan out there. I have been doing this for numbers of years, but I am planning to start a whole different Bible plan for this year, so that I can focus more in His Word instead just reading through it. My plan is to focus on the book of Romans which is one of my favorite books in the Bible. Just a bite size, I just did Romans 1:1-7, this morning and will focus more through out the day and this week too. There isn't any set scripture reading schedule per day like regular Daily Bible Reading plan or checklist plan, but it is to fully focus on it as I move along in His Word.

Last year, 2012, with the Lord's help, I have read 49 books a year which is more than I expected to read. My goal is that I do hope to read at least 36 books this year (3 books a month) with His help. The truth is that I mostly read theological books. This past summer, I did read number of fictions, and that is why I had read 49 books this year. I am on Goodreads online too. I am a slow reader too, and I prefer to dig and dig as I read through theological books. If I am reading fiction, I will speed read through that book with enjoyment.

This past summer, a wonderful friend blessed me with Kindle Touch. I am so thankful for this and love it and taken it with me everywhere I go.  It is a great investment to have and a great gift to give someone that loves to read all the time. I was able to download a lot of wonderful free e-books and almost nothing to the cost to buy some great e-books. If you are on a limit budget to buy books, I would encourage you all to get an Kindle to read, and you will be amazed how much you can save by owning your very own Kindle.

There are number of Kindle that you can get. As for me, I love my Kindle Touch and wouldn't trade that in for Kindle Paperwhite, or Kindle Fire, or whatever Kindle out there. I didn't want another computer screen to read books from. I love e-ink on Kindle Touch which came out before Paperwhite did. Later, I did compared my Kindle Touch with  Kindle Paperwhite. I prefer e-ink over Paperwhite. You will have to pick out whatever that will works the best for you. Please do go to Staples or whatever store that does carry Kindle or Nooks or other e-book reader and compare them before you buy them online through Amazon or somewhere else.

Please do subscribe to get Gospel e-books email. You can find a lot of free e-books or almost no cost e-books through Gospel e-books. FYI, I  just gotten one free e-book that is Abortion: A Rational Look at An Emotional Issue by R.C. Sproul which is special today only.

Does your church have a church's library? If not, you can help them to get that started. Talk to your pastor about this. Yes, I started Christ Baptist Church's Library in the beginning of 2012 from no book to 35 books as of right now, and more books are on the way too. I can't wait to get them when they do come.  No Library budget! No problem! That is not problem, and don't worry about that! We didn't have any library budget either. How can I get the books without a budget? Here is a great news, you can start entering the books giveaway contest like I did, and that is how I keep winning them. Today, I just won another one. If you follow me on Twitter or on Facebook, you can keep up with me whatever books giveaway contest out there that I have enter and enter them. We can't win every one of them, but we can at least win some of them. I haven't yet win any Tim Challies' Free Friday yet, but one of these days when I will win them, and I will shout from the roof top when I do win them. Yes, there are a lot of books giveaway contest out there, but there are some which is no-no to enter to win them. You will have to judge whether to enter the contest or not.  Yes, I would encourage you all to start a church's library. FYI, I used Library Thing online for Church Library to keep record what books that we do have. It is free up to 200 books then one time lifetime fee which is like $25 for lifetime I think or that might have changed since then.

Here are the list of books that I had read last year, 2012:

1.       All of Grace by C. H. Spurgeon

2.       Taste and See by John Piper

3.       The Murder of Jesus

4.       Delivered by Desire by Daryl Wingerd

5.       Why God Gave Us a Book by Gene Edward Veith

6.       How to Study the Bible by John MacArthur

7.       Fifty Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die by John Piper

8.       Respectable Sins by Jerry Bridges

9.       Discussion Guide Respectable Sins by Stephen Sorenson

10.   God Has a Wonderful Plan for Your Life by Ray Comfort

11.   Tortured for Christ by Richard Wurmbrand

12.   Dug Down Deep by Joshua Harris

13.   Revolution in World Missions by K.P. Yohannan

14.   Get Wisdom 23 Lessons for Children about Living for Jesus by Ruth Younts

15.   The Visitation by Frank Peretti

16.   Poems by C.S. Lewis

17.   Monster by Frank Peretti

18.   Hangman's Curse (The Veritas Project) by Frank Peretti

19.   Nightmare Academy (The veritas Project) by Frank Peretti

20.   ProLife Answers to ProChoice Arguments by Rany Alcorn

21.   The Dwelling Place by Elizabeth Musser

22.   The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis

23.   The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis 24.   The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis 25.   Prince Caspian By C.S. Lewis 26.   The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis 27.   The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis 28.   The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis 29.   Lord Foulgrin’s Letters by Randy Alcorn 30.   Choosing Gratitude by Nancy Leigh DeMoss 31.   No Longer A Slumdog by K.P. Yohannan 32.   Weight of a Flame by Simonetta Carr 33.   What is a Healthy Church Member? By Thabiti M. Anyabwile 34.   Heaven by Randy Alcorn 35.   Modest by RW Glenn and Tim Challies (Cruciform) (e-book in my Kindle Touch)

36.   A GodWard Life by John Piper

37.   The Glory of Christ by John Owen 38.   What is the Gospel? By Bryan Chapell (TGC) 39.   The Apostle: The Life of Paul by John Pollock (e-book in my Kindle Touch) 40.   The Explicit Gospel by Matt Chandler 41.   How Then Should We Think by Julian M. Motley 42.   Grace Abounding by John Bunyan (e-book in my Kindle Touch) 43.   Awaiting Savior by Aaron Armstrong (e-book in my Kindle Touch) 44.   Gospel by J D Greear 45.   Cruciform: Living the Cross-Shaped Life by Jimmy Davis (e-book in my Kindle) 46.   Lies Women Believe by Nancy Leigh DeMoss  47.   Good News of Great Joy by John Piper (e-book in my Kindle Touch) 48.   The Christ of Christmas: Readings for Advent by Calvin Miller (e-book in my Kindle Touch) 49.   Innocent Blood by John Ensor (e-book in my Kindle Touch)

I do have a lot to learn and to do this year. I am looking forward for that in every way! Let us live our life for Christ all the more.

Hungry to eat His Word,
'Guerite ~ BoldLion

Where have I been?

Well, I know that I haven't been writing much for this month. Yes, I have been busy reading and doing odds and ends job. There isn't any thing to brag about!

This early this month, I have been to The Glory of Christ Conference. I have learned a lot during this conference that some of the churches got together as well as our church, (Christ Baptist Church of Wilson) that we do every year. Here is the link to this The Glory of Christ Conference sermons that is available online. There we got another book by John Owen that is The Glory of Christ. I am looking forward to read his book as soon as I finish reading other books. This is my third John Owen's book. I love to read his book.

Yes, I am still reading a lot of books and blogs too. I am still currently reading Girls Gone Wise in the World Gone Wild by Mary A. Kassian (I am reading this for my pleasure). I need to catch up blogging about this wonderful book. I would encourage you all girls and women and including married women too to read this wonderful book. It is a true eyes opener. I am so thankful for this wonderful book too!

The God Who is There by D.A. Carson (I am reading this with the Care Group with my Wonderful church family). I am also reading The Mortification of Sin by John Owen (I am reading this for Wednesday night at Mount Hermon Missionary Baptist Church).

Oh, of course, I have been eating His Word daily too. I am doing a lot better this year than I did last year. This wonderful Bible Reading Plan does really help me a lot. We all do need to be eating His Word Daily!

As for reading the blogs online, I do have a lot of wonderful blogs that I love to read from. Some of the blogs, I do get their email to keep me updated.

With all the talk about Rob Bell, I am currently reading or watch video what is going on and whatever blogs/video against Rob Bell's message or book too. I am trying to collect all of the blogs/video that is about Rob Bell's new book called Love Wins. I am also praying for those who believe in the false gospel will come to know the truth and come to Christ alone. Without any questions of doubt, I know that Rob Bell isn't preaching the truth.

I might be blogging more about Rob Bell or be posting post linking to a great website against Rob Bell's fault messages. We all need to be standing firm for Christ and the truth too.

I forgotten to mention about that I also have been working in my garden for this year too. I might post something on this too.

Hungry to eat His Word,

'Guerite ~ BoldLion

What Book Are You Currently Reading?

Question: What book (not counting the Bible) are you currently reading that is challenging to you to live your life for Christ?

I am currently reading Finally Alive by John Piper and can't wait to read more tonight. I am still in the first chapter and am a slow reader since I am a digger. I am really enjoying this book and learning a lot too. I am so thankful for John Piper and his love for Christ. I do have a lot of his books and so thankful for them too.

I do want to encourage you all to get a wonderful godly book to read that will challenge you to live your life for Christ or to help you to understand His Word with the Holy Spirit better, and also to grow more in love for Christ!

Reading His Word is the best of all. We should do that daily without any question of doubt. I do want to encourage you all that you also get wonderful godly books to read to get to know Christ better too.

If you don't know what books to get, then look up on this blog and click on Books! There you will see what books I had read. They are the books that I do want to encourage other to read. I will continue to update that link. I will not post any books that I don't want others to read but only post books that I would encourage other to read.

I do hope that your church does have a book table for you to look through and buy them. If not, Desiring God does have a lot of wonderful books to read. Where to find wonderful godly books? You can go to Westminter Bookstore, Monergism Books, and Crossway Books. I just listed a few bookstore that you can buy online.

Hungry to eat His Word,
'Guerite ~ BoldLion

On Disciplined Reading!

I learned about On Disciplined Reading through Between Two Worlds! But this is from Between the Times by Professor Bruce Ashford.

This is worth reading all of the five of his posts about On Disciplined Reading!

I want to encourage you all to read all 5 posts.
On Disciplined Reading
On Disciplined Reading (Pt. 2): What should I read? Choosing from a Vast Array of Options
On Disciplined Reading (Pt. 3): How Should I Read? Tips on Getting the Most from Your Reading
On Disciplined Reading (Pt. 4): Why Should I Read? Other Advantages of Reading
On Disciplined Reading (Pt. 5): Questions, Answers, and Concluding Thoughts

Right now, I am currently reading The Confessions of St. Augustine. It is a wonderful book to read. I haven't finish it yet.

Plus, I love to read all the time, and it is very educational to read and learn a lot too! I do hope that you too love to read too.

Hungry to eat His Word,
'Guerite ~ BoldLion