The Bible is an Awesome Read

As I try to read the Bible on a daily basis (key word is try), it blows my mind how historically factual it is and that it has the answers to so many of my life's issues if I would just choose to believe and let God.  My failing is that I am a wretched sinner and fall short of God's grace.  But Jesus died on that cross and by doing that he paid the price of our sins and gave us the gift of everlasting life.  The Bible is our guide to salvation.  It gives us laws to live by and makes us closer to our savior.  We just need to read and put into practice what we learn.  The Bible declares that it is the Word of God, His communication with humanity.  We learn from it about the existance and nature of God; a personal, infinite God who created the entire universe and created us in His own image.  We also discover the identity and purpose of man.  Take some time everyday and get ito the "Good Book".  You will be surprised on what answers you may find for yourself.

Interesting Bible Statistics
Number of books in the Bible: 66
Chapters: 1,189
Verses: 31,101
Words: 783,137
Letters: 3,566,480
Longest word (and name): Mahershalalhashbaz (Isaiah 8:1)
Longest verse: Esther 8:9 (78 words)
Shortest verse: John 11:35 (2 words: “Jesus wept”)
Middle books: Micah and Nahum
Middle chapter: Psalm 118 Middle verse:
Psalm 118:8 Shortest book (number of words):
3 John Shortest chapter (number of words):
Psalm 117 Longest book: Psalms (150 chapters)
Longest chapter: Psalm 119 (176 verses)
Number of times the word “God” appears: 3,358
Number of times the word “Lord” appears: 7,736
Number of different authors: Approximately 40 Number of languages the Bible has been translated into:
more than 1,200 Number of new Bibles distributed (sold or given away) in the U.S.: about 168,000 per day
The Middle of the Bible

·       Psalm 118 is the middle chapter of the entire Bible.

·       Psalm 117 is the shortest chapter in the Bible;

·       Psalm 119 is the longest chapter in the Bible.

·       The Scriptures have 594 chapters before Psalm 118, and 594 chapters after Psalm 118.

·       If you add up all the chapters before and after Psalm 118, you get a total of 1188 chapters.

·       Psalm 118:8 is the middle verse of the entire Bible.

It goes without saying that the central verse has an important message:
“It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man.”

“All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished to all good works.”
2 TIMOTHY 3:16,17