I recently taught a lesson during our children’s “AWANA” program the other day. It was really fun teaching them how uniquely the Bible was put together over 1,500 years by over 40 different authors in three languages, and across three different continents. The unique thing about the Bible is that most Protestant Churches have sixty-six books in their Bible. However, our Roman Catholic brothers and sisters have seventy-three books which is seven more. They have a special name for those: Deuterocanonical! The seven Deuterocanonical books are: Baruch, Judith, 1 and 2 Maccabees, Sirach, Tobit and Wisdom. I want to focus on the book of Tobit . There is a beautiful song of praise that we can learn and, perhaps, include in our devotional time with God. It is eighteen verses long, so we’ll just look at a particular few. Here it is: Tobit 13:1, 6-7 Then Tobit said: “Blessed be God who lives forever, because his kingdom lasts throughout all ages…. If you turn to him with all your
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