{"id":106,"date":"2009-08-24T12:14:39","date_gmt":"2009-08-24T12:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bettergatherings.com.au\/?p=106"},"modified":"2025-12-19T21:02:30","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T21:02:30","slug":"bible-reading-quickstart","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bettergatherings.com.au\/?page_id=106","title":{"rendered":"Bible Reading Quickstart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bettergatherings.com.au\/?cat=10\"><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"220\" width=\"320\" style=\"float: right;\" alt=\"bible\" src=\"https:\/\/bettergatherings.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/bible.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/a>1 Timothy 4:13 teaches that the public reading of Scripture is an important ministry in its own right. The Bible reading ought to be on the focal points of our weekly gatherings. As such, the Bible reader should be well prepared and have practiced the reading in advance. Prior to the hearing of the Bible, it is often appropriate to pray a prayer for the hearing of God&#8217;s word. <a href=\"https:\/\/bettergatherings.com.au\/?cat=10\"><span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more information, see <a href=\"https:\/\/bettergatherings.com.au\/?cat=10\">Reading the Bible together<\/a> and<br \/> <a href=\"\/?page_id=67\">Prayers in preparation for the ministry of God\u2019s Word.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See also this article on <a href=\"\/?page_id=139\">the marginalisation of Scripture.<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><span><\/span><\/h4>\n<h2><span><em>For Reading Out Loud<\/em> by Clifford Warne and Paul White<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span><a href=\"\/?page_id=123\">For Reading Out Loud &#8211; Understanding what you read<\/a><br \/><a href=\"\/?page_id=124\"><br \/>Emphasis<br \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"\/?page_id=125\">Phrasing and Pauses<\/a><a href=\"\/?page_id=126\"><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span><a href=\"\/?page_id=126\">Wrong Ideas about Phrasing<br \/><\/a><a href=\"\/?page_id=127\">Restricting Phrases<br \/><\/a><\/span><span><a href=\"\/?page_id=129\">Non-restricting Phrases<br \/>The Pause &#8211; A valuable tool<\/a><br \/><a href=\"\/?page_id=130\"><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"\/?page_id=130\">Expression<\/a><br \/><a href=\"\/?page_id=131\"><br \/>When Reading Aloud<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1 Timothy 4:13 teaches that the public reading of Scripture is an important ministry in its own right. 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