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On the cusp of America’s 250th birthday, national leaders from every sphere of society will be reading the entire Bible, from cover to cover, across 84 hours in Washington, D.C., starting on April 18th.
Beginning with an opening celebration launch event at the Capital Turnaround, Bunni Pounds, the president and founder of Christians Engaged, a ministry of the Family Policy Alliance, tells me she was inspired to create this after a powerful encounter that she had with the Holy Spirit at the Museum of the Bible.
Having devised curricula on the book of Nehemiah for governmental leaders, when Ezra read the scroll to the people (see Nehemiah 8), the Israelite remnant, despite being mired in grievous sin, remembered who they were as God’s people. As Scripture records, after years of exile in Babylon and despite heavy opposition, the Israelites were empowered to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem in a miraculously speedy fashion — only 52 days. God gave them victory over their enemies, and they were able to accomplish something seemingly impossible.
But that Ezra moment, when that priest and scribe read God’s Word to the people, was key.
Pounds explains that such is our moment today in our national story, and it’s about a return to the simple things. When asked what she hopes the reading of the entire Bible accomplishes in the realm of the spirit, her team has been praying for several things.
Continued below.
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Beginning with an opening celebration launch event at the Capital Turnaround, Bunni Pounds, the president and founder of Christians Engaged, a ministry of the Family Policy Alliance, tells me she was inspired to create this after a powerful encounter that she had with the Holy Spirit at the Museum of the Bible.
Having devised curricula on the book of Nehemiah for governmental leaders, when Ezra read the scroll to the people (see Nehemiah 8), the Israelite remnant, despite being mired in grievous sin, remembered who they were as God’s people. As Scripture records, after years of exile in Babylon and despite heavy opposition, the Israelites were empowered to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem in a miraculously speedy fashion — only 52 days. God gave them victory over their enemies, and they were able to accomplish something seemingly impossible.
But that Ezra moment, when that priest and scribe read God’s Word to the people, was key.
Pounds explains that such is our moment today in our national story, and it’s about a return to the simple things. When asked what she hopes the reading of the entire Bible accomplishes in the realm of the spirit, her team has been praying for several things.
Continued below.
Could this 84-hour Bible marathon be the spark for America’s next spiritual shift?
On the cusp of America s 250th birthday, national leaders from every sphere of society will be reading the entire Bible, from cover to cover
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