2nd Timothy 3:16-17 says, "All scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work: (NAS). 

This article was inspired by a story that I read on the internet "about a preacher who was talking to a young man about the Bible. He asked the young man what his favorite part of the Bible was, and the young man replied that he loved the story of The Good Samaritan. So the preacher asked the young man to tell him the story and this is what he heard."

"Well, as best I can recall, there was a good Samaritan traveling down the road from Jerusalem to Jericho and he fell among the thorns and they sprang up and choked him and left him half dead. But a man came by feeding his swine and he said to the man, 'I will arise and go to my father.' So he took up his bed and walked. But while the soldiers were chasing him through the forest, he got the hair of his head caught up in the trees and he hung there 40 days and 40 nights, and the ravens fed him. Just then, Deliah came along with a big pair of shears and she cut off his hair and he fell on stony ground. But the good master of the house resurrected the man and he journeyed on his way. All of a sudden, he came to the wall of Jericho and there was Jezebel sitting on the wall and she mocked him. And he said, 'Chunk her down to the dogs.' And they chunked her down 70 times 7, and great was the fall thereof, and of the fragments that remained they picked up twelve baskets full, and whose wife shall she be in the resurrection?"

WOW! What a story. Although the young man was a little bit confused about the collection of events,  every bit of the young mans recollection is biblical. As a pastor, I see numerous of people, even in the church, that not only neglect to read the Bible for themselves but who also neglect to carry it with them when they go to Church, and I wonder how many people read this man recollection of the story of the Good Samaritan and believe and accept his version of the story  as factual.

During the Lenten Season, I am sure many of us have made sacrifices in an effort to grow spiritually closer to God. It is my prayer that part of this period will include a serious commitment to reading and studying the Bible. In other words, I want to encourage everyone that reads this article to be in God's Word more during this Lenten Season. It would really be wonderful if we would all make reading the Bible a part of your daily life. If we would just begin and end each day  with reading and meditating on the Word of God, we would not only be compelled to tell the Old Old story, but we could tell right.

I pray that we would all during this Lenten Season develop a spiritual desire to read God's word and hear from God in our heart so that we can tell the story right.