Today's Bible reading is the 20th chapter of the Book of Acts. You can read it here at Bible Gateway: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts%2020&version=NASB

With 38 verses, Acts chapter 20 contains a wealth of material to write a brief thought about. The difficulty is limiting oneself to doing so. In verse twenty, where the Apostle Paul is addressing the Ephesian elders, he states that he "did not shrink from declaring" to them anything that was profitable. Oh, that we would pray for those who preach and teach in His church today. That they would not shrink from declaring to believers who have gathered together, all of that which is profitable. Of course, that which is profitable is the whole of God's word. May we ask the Lord to put it into the hearts of His servants to study His word, rightly divide it, and teach and preach it in its entirety. May we declare the whole counsel of God's word as that which is profitable for His church. Not all matters of doctrine are welcome to the heart and ears of those who gather weekly in His name. Nonetheless, it is without question that His holy word is "God breathed" and profitable for His children. May we endeavor to learn His truths, teach them and rest in them. May we ask for help from the Helper to rightly divide the word of truth in order that we might rightly proclaim it as well. And when the day is done, may we learn, as Paul would emphasize to the Ephesian elders in the later verses of today's test, to hold on to, or to cling to the glorious truths of God He has given.