The Significance Of Sunday Scripture Readings

By Timothy Moore


There are so many Christians who start another year with certain plans of reading the Bible. Some of them reach their goals while others do not. There are also some who choose not to bother themselves with taking the words of God in a serious manner. The Holy book is the most important book that was ever written in history. It is a book that contains all words of a living God to open the minds of his children about godliness and life.

As one of his children, you should be dependent on Scriptures and trust that this book is incapable of being wrong of which the Lord speaks to his children. This is the reason as to why one should give an importance and understand the Sunday scripture readings as the center of every worship service. People should read, preach, and sing it on Sundays.

Reading the scripture is not an obligation but something you do in joy and happiness. You trust it as a mean by which God convicts, pursues, and draws. Standing in front of the church and reading the Bible means standing in his place and proclaiming his words. And since his words are very important, many members of the church have established a ministry that involved in scripture readings.

This ministry is composed of people who are equipped and trained to read the Bible. This is considered as a teaching ministry. There are certain things to consider when teaching individuals who are interested in joining the ministry. This may serve as your guidelines in reading the scripture in public settings. This will assume that you are well prepared before reading it.

You have to understand each passage properly. Know and learn the proper genre, the tone, and its purpose for which it was written and made. Make sure to comprehend it properly. Determine if the passage is a poetic one, a persecution, or a meditative that reflects on pain.

If anyone has been tasked to read a specific passage, spend a few times in reading it to ensure you understand it. If this is not familiar to you and having a difficult time learning it, then it might be helpful to rely on other translations and research about it. If still unsure, ask someone who is experienced.

When you understand specific things, you need to practice more. As you read it, try to determine its flow and divisions to ensure you know the basic ways of pronouncing a word. And because you will be reading it aloud, then practice loudly. Read it from the beginning to the end until you are able to know its basic flow.

As you continue practicing, learn the words and phrases you need to highlight, look for natural places to pause and place where you need to decrease or increase volume. Your job is to comprehend what is in the scripture in a certain way that helps to understand without drawing attention. Be sure to practice those hard words so you will never hesitate to use them during services.

You need to prepare things prior to the service. Of course, the words of God deserve your effort. If you stumble and halt and mispronouncing the words, then it means you are not serving your brothers or sisters well. Basically, the bible is a foundation of reality that would teach you the history of everything.




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