{"id":47275,"date":"2018-02-19T14:18:53","date_gmt":"2018-02-19T20:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mesonaz.org\/?post_type=wpdmpro&#038;p=47275"},"modified":"2021-10-26T21:13:43","modified_gmt":"2021-10-27T03:13:43","slug":"engage-the-word-bible-reading","status":"publish","type":"wpdmpro","link":"https:\/\/www.mesonaz.org\/en\/package\/engage-the-word-bible-reading\/","title":{"rendered":"Engage the Word Bible Reading"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>WHAT IS ENGAGE THE WORD 2018?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Engage the Word<\/em> is an exciting and easy way to deepen your congregation\u2019s connection to God through His Word. This 40-day emphasis is uniquely designed to help churches mobilize and develop life-long habits of daily Scripture engagement. Sunday School &amp; Discipleship Ministries International (SDMI), the American Bible Society (ABS), and goTandem are pleased to present you with the free online tools you will need to make your <em>Engage the Word<\/em> campaign a success.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHY ENGAGE THE WORD?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Did you know\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reading the Word of God four times a week or more has a significant impact on a person\u2019s life view, habits, and choices.<\/li>\n<li>Studies from the Center for Bible Engagement discovered those who engage in Bible reading four or more times per week experience a higher level of health and emotional stability.<\/li>\n<li>Young people engaged in reading Scripture at least four times a week are less likely to be involved in sex outside of marriage, gambling, drugs, pornography, or other risky behaviors.<\/li>\n<li>Reading God\u2019s Word regularly feeds our hearts and minds with truth and inspiration, ushers us into His presence, and invites us into close communion with Him.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHAT IS ENGAGE THE WORD 2018? Engage the Word is an exciting and easy way to deepen your congregation\u2019s connection to God through His Word. This 40-day emphasis is uniquely designed to help churches mobilize and develop life-long habits of daily Scripture engagement. Sunday School &amp; Discipleship Ministries International (SDMI), the American Bible Society (ABS), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mesonaz.org\/en\/package\/engage-the-word-bible-reading\/\"> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":47276,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"__wpdm_changelog":[]},"wpdmcategory":[1953,1955,1954,2335,1072],"wpdmtag":[4534],"class_list":["post-47275","wpdmpro","type-wpdmpro","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","wpdmcategory-discipleship-resources-adults","wpdmcategory-discipleship-resources-children","wpdmcategory-discipleship-resources-youth","wpdmcategory-downloads","wpdmcategory-discipleship-dni","wpdmtag-bible-reading"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mesonaz.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wpdmpro\/47275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mesonaz.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wpdmpro"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mesonaz.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wpdmpro"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mesonaz.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mesonaz.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47275"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mesonaz.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mesonaz.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wpdmcategory","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mesonaz.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wpdmcategory?post=47275"},{"taxonomy":"wpdmtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mesonaz.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wpdmtag?post=47275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}