It’s time to ‘git-r-done’
By Pastor John Young - Your pastor speaks
‘Git-r-done’ is a figure of speech that means “Go do that” or “Finish this.” Solomon put it another way in Proverbs 13:19. He says “The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul.”
I challenged our church family last year to read through the Bible in a year. Many of them were afraid to take that first step and those who did were afraid they would fail in this New Year’s resolution. However, every week I encouraged them and provided resources and reminders to help them fulfill their commitments. Last month one of those individuals who took the challenge texted me a picture of a certificate they received. It read something like this, “You completed your plan of reading through the Bible Chronologically in One Year.” Under this certificate the individual texted, “Praise the Lord!! I was able to complete my Bible reading even with everything that has happened this year. The last time I was
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