{"id":19053,"date":"2013-12-06T15:14:10","date_gmt":"2013-12-06T21:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/buddymartin.net\/blog\/?p=19053"},"modified":"2020-01-10T17:11:14","modified_gmt":"2020-01-10T17:11:14","slug":"update-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buddymartin.org\/blog\/2013\/12\/06\/update-journal\/","title":{"rendered":"Encouragements From My Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"Law“The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever; the judgments of the LORD are true; they are righteous altogether. <\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

“They are more desirable than gold, yes, than much fine gold; Sweeter also than honey and the drippings of the honeycomb. <\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

“Moreover, by them Your servant is warned; in keeping them there is great reward.”<\/em><\/span>\u00a0(Psa 19:9-11)<\/span><\/p>\n

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J<\/span>ournal,<\/p>\n

I’ve been a minister of the gospel since age 24. I am now 73. Yet I’ve never seen such opportunities available for ministers to be able to share the gospel of Jesus Christ to so many people around the world. I would encourage any minister, or any child of God for that matter, to see about providing a blog on the world-wide web.<\/p>\n

As an example, I’ve shared the gospel over the internet since 1999. Some I’ve done through forums. The thing about the web is it has a life of its own. Whatever you put on the web will stay there, long after you moved on to other things. (I actually have 700+ studies on the internet.)<\/p>\n

I don’t know the numbers of people who have read my studies. On this blog that I began in 2009, I’ve had over 134,000 readers.<\/p>\n

As for who takes notice of my current blog, here is the latest map that shows where the readers are coming from —<\/p>\n

\"Map\"<\/p>\n

The point is that any minister can do what I am doing. I am simply one of multiplied millions of Christian ministers who keeps looking for avenues to share the story of Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n

With that in mind, of the 300 entries in the archives of this blog, here are the five entries that have received the most readers. (Beginning with the most read.)<\/p>\n

1st – Passing Through the Valley of Baca.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/buddymartin.net\/blog\/passing-through-the-valley-of-baca\/<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Trials\"<\/p>\n

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2nd – My Story.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/buddymartin.net\/blog\/testimony\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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3rd – 500+.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/buddymartin.net\/blog\/500-2\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Church2\"4th – Mercy Triumphs Over Judgement.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/buddymartin.net\/blog\/mercy-triumphs-over-judgment\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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5th – Jesus, the Wonder and Mystery of the Bible.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/buddymartin.net\/blog\/jesus-the-wonder-and-mystery-of-the-bible\/<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

In Christ,<\/p>\n

Buddy<\/span><\/p>\n

 \t\t<\/p>\n

Views: 66<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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