Welcome! Today is the eighth day of the Feast of Tabernacles in 2025, also known as the Feast of Tents or Sukkot. It is the day of our Sabbath rest following the close of the feast! Yay! Today is also Joy of the Torah day! This is traditionally the day that Jewish people give thanks for God's Word as well as begin to read the entire Bible for the year! It is a common, communal goal to read the entire Bible every year, following the same schedule together! While I will not be reading the same schedule of the Bible I have a chronological study Bible from the New Living Translation that I am considering beginning reading on January 1 as a "Going Deeper" reading or "Second Helping" compared to the "Big Picture" we read this year with the Day By Day Kid's Bible, written by Karen Henley. Please be encouraged to comment wherever you listen or send me a private message on my website letting me know that you would be interested in following along for next year's more in-depth reading of the entire Bible in one year. But for today, please join with me and let's give thanks to God for giving us the gift of His Word! John 1:1 tells us that in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God. THANK YOU GOD FOR THE GIFT OF YOUR PRECIOUS WORD AND THANK YOU JESUS FOR BEING THE WORD!  Please help us spread the word about reading YOUR WORD. In Jesus' name we ask this, Amen. If you would like to download my FREE calendar for keeping track of your commitment to read the Bible every day, you can find that on my site, here: https://www.inthefamilywaycoaching.com/pages/read-the-bible-in-1-year Monthly memberships to support this event can be purchased on my site, here: https://www.inthefamilywaycoaching.com/offering_packages Today's we will reading the Book of Acts Chapters 6-8:2. We will also look at the Book of John Chapter 16:1-4 where Jesus taught the disciples that there would be a day coming when whoever kills them will think he is offering a service to God for doing so. In today's reading we will read about Stephen, the first martyr for Jesus. The leaders did not like Stephen telling them that they were repeating the same sins of their ancestors and were remaining stubborn, set in their ways, unwilling to accept the changes that God Himself was bringing about.  In our discussion for daily application we will be reminded that Jesus taught us that all who have sinned are slaves to their sin, but that He, the Son, came to set us free from that bondage and that if the Son has set us free, WE ARE FREE INDEED. Let us be sure that if the Holy Spirit is convicting us of disobedience that we do not choose to stay comfortable and stuck in our ways, having hard hearts. Instead, let us listen to and obey the Holy Spirit, allowing Him to transform us by the renewing of our minds. We do not have to stay stuck in our sin! The SON HAS SET US FREE! Let us throw off the yoke of slavery to our sin and accept the freedom that Jesus gives us! If you enjoyed today's reading and feel like God has lit YOUR light please click the LIGHT button (it looks like a thumbs up or a heart) and consider subscribing to or following my channel, if you have not done so already. If you know someone who might be interested in reading the Bi! ble with me this year please SHARE today's reading with them! It's never too late to join in! Let's help this event grow and together we can spread the word about reading God's Word!