Sharnita Gates introduces Inner Blessings, a faith community tackling the fact that 94% of people have never read the Bible. The group will study Scripture systematically starting with Genesis, with Gates framing herself as a 'wordpreneur' committed to reducing biblical illiteracy.
Hey everyone and welcome to Inner Blessings. I definitely want to welcome everyone to this group of amazing women as we just pour out the blessings and remembering who sent us, dear Heavenly Father. So we thank you, dear Heavenly Father, for being— bringing us together where we can just fellowship in your word, dear Heavenly Father, and be able to share your word. Um, one of the things that caused me to create the Inner Blessings group is that after I found out 94% of the people in this world, knowing that there is over a trillion people in this world, 94% has never read the Bible. And the only reason why I said that is because if that is the longest-lasting book that there— that exists, why haven't everyone read it, you know? Um, and I remember at a point in time where I didn't read the Bible. I read other books. I believe the first book that I read that was even close to similar to the Bible was The Divine Revelation of Heaven and Hell. And reading that book, of course, it kicked off my spiritual journey, but it did not feed me in the proper way. Mind you, the last book in the Bible is Revelation. So being able to read that book, but at the same time knowing that I never read the Bible, and I never even shared— you know how you, you have someone who read you bedtime stories, but, um, never reading you the Bible. So in the beginning, I'm just— in the beginning, I'm just kicking it off, um, with Inner Blessings. We're going to be starting with Genesis. What We're going to be reading the Bible. We're going to be growing together. We're going to be learning together, um, and we're just starting from the beginning. So as we start to read the Bible, guess what? That number goes down. Um, so this is the only— I would like it to be, you know, 0%, that 0% of people never read the Bible. Like, how great that would be. That means 100%, um, Read— has read the Bible. So in Inner Blessings, we're going to be talking about the 7 traits of an uncommon entrepreneur. So it's very uncommon for an entrepreneur to be trying to get everyone to read the Bible. How many people— like, I'm an entrepreneur and I want you to read the Bible. Yes, I am gaining off of individuals reading the Bible. Um, so this is basically being subbed to the mission of God as far as being able to take on the ownership as an innovator or a co-creator. Um, not creating the Bible, but, uh, creating the atmosphere for and the invitation for people to read the Bible and being able to add value to the creation. Um, So if I wanted to be added to, or adding to the Bible, this is one of the ways that I would do it. Um, as far as being an entrepreneur, um, I, I think I— in Inner Blessings, you'll definitely come across the Word Project. So I would say I'm a wordpreneur, not entrepreneur. I'm not going to serve you Andre. Um, I'm going to serve you the word. Um, and just knowing that I'm just being allergic to average is one of the things. Just, I'm allergic to average. So if the average people have not read the Bible, I am allergic to that. So I am going to be very contagious with my energy. And that is one of the traits that we are definitely kicking off, um, in Fertile Heart is being contagious with our energy. Um, so being fruitful. And, um, being allergic to the average is basically saying that I do not have that mentality. Oh, come on in.
