One of the ministries for which I am most thankful in our congregation is reading through the Bible with my brothers and sisters every two years, and this year marks our fifth round. God continues to strengthen and build up our congregation through this process. Over the past several years, many brothers and sisters have formed “Reading and Prayer Groups” (RPGs), gathering at different times of the day, from morning to night, to read the Bible, pray, and go through the Bible in two years, mainly online and supplemented by offline meetings. Not only does this help people understand God's word, but it also establishes a church culture of praying for and caring for each other. Many nonbelievers have even come to understand the Christian faith and accepted Christ through the RPGs.

When it comes to reading the Bible, everyone has different feelings. Some people feel that the Bible is like “brown rice,” which is hard to swallow even though they know it has its benefits; some feel that the Bible is like “bitter medicine,” and they go to the Bible to find cures and treatments when they have problems. However, others feel that the Bible is a “full-course meal,” with comprehensive nutrition, full of colors and flavors, and they can't wait to read it every day.

To read the Bible like a “full-course meal,” we must not only correctly understand the “information” in the Bible, but we must also focus on the “formation” of our lives through the Bible. This includes “reading the Bible well,” that is, knowing what the Bible is really saying; “feeling the Bible well,” that is, recognizing and feeling God's heart in the Bible; and “acting the Bible well,” that is, living a life pleasing to God according to the Bible. This is not something that can be accomplished overnight, but it is also not something that is out of reach. With the help of the Holy Spirit, a willingness to persevere, and having peers with whom to walk together, everyone can “read, feel, and act” the Bible well.

A brother once told me that in his biannual Bible reading process, he saw everything as “very good” in Genesis; bounced and skipped through Exodus; was baffled by the sacrificial system of Leviticus; and finally, fell behind in the wilderness of Numbers. This is a vivid picture of many people's Bible reading experiences. If you don't want to fall behind but want to “read, feel, and act” the Bible well, I invite you to scan the QR code and join our “Journey of Humble Truth” (in Chinese), which is a journey with hundreds of brothers and sisters with daily video commentary and weekly reviews and quizzes to read through the Bible in two years. A journey of humble truth (a journey of a thousand miles) begins with the first step; let's read the Bible like a “full-course meal” together.