Not sure why my comment was deleted? I simply suggested a better place to donate gently used Bibles that will get into the hands of those who need them (instead of Goodwill, where they resell them). I’m confused.

I think your video was sent to me for a reason. I’m new to reading the Bible. So far I bought 8 total NLT, Niv, and ESV versions. Three of these are the Inspire Bible which I love coloring and journaling in. I do have different versions that I sit on my desk to compare verses while I’m reading and coloring. Do you think this is too many?

Thank you for the excellent advice. I am so happy that God has inspired you to deliver this message to us because Bible buying addiction is a very real problem that many struggle with (or have struggled with). Many of mine are gifts from family, which I dearly appreciate. Those I will keep. The others live in my basement, waiting for their new home (or the donation center). May God bless you!

Once again your message hit home. Thank you for spurring us on to be content with what we have.

Usually, someone may not have a Bible because they don't have the funds to purchase one. ❤

i gave all my bibles away to good will i found that with having them i kept thinking about them and i was not happy ,because i gave them away my mind is so much more clearer.i kept an NLTread in a year bible ,esv that i have wrote in so much,my childhood niv bible 1984 version my mom gave me Iam happy with what I have .do you plan on giving any of yours away to someone who can use them ? God blees you and your family

Very good advice

Thank you beyond words. God has delt with me about this very thing

I have really enjoyed your videos, I look forward to them. I recently laid all my bibles out and picked the ones I enjoyed the most or I was drawn too. The others I put away, if I don’t reach for them in a few months I will be donating them. The world tells us we need new shiny because “ this specific creator on social media has it” so we buy it. I learned fast that Buying new bibles will not bring us closer to God. The word brings us closer to God! I started in NLT( finished cover to cover) and now I am in NIV. I plan to keep NIV and MY primary Bible. Thank you so much for your content!

Thank you for this message. I have bought new Bibles in the past and still always gravitate towards the same particular Bible I’ve been using. I know it’s my “one”. Then I see something shiny and new and start researching it, but I remind myself of the stack of Bibles I already own and that I already have a favorite so why am I scrolling for a new one that will end up ignored with the others? It’s the consumer bug. And in my heart I know I want a sincere history of my relationship with God in one Bible but the temptation is real. My desire is to build on my relationship with God in my “one” Bible, not build on a collection of them. I pray God give me the fortitude to stay focused on His Word and not the materialism of Bible collecting. This message on your heart is important and inspired. Thank you! God bless.

Good Morning ☀️ Thank you for this vlog. I recently vlogged on this topic as well.

I am a Bible buying woman. I've finally come to the conclusion that I don't need any more. I don't have the compulsion to buy anymore. I have Bibles just sitting on my shelf and have been convicted to give them away to someone who will read and use them. I will say it is hard to give them away. God is still working on me.

Thank you for this. I realize a personal size bible that I could carry to church, with wide margins and commentary is not out there. So I have a personal size ESV study bible and I use a small notebook for comments or notes and I am satisfied with that.

I got stuck on what translation, I got all of them, gave them all away, got 10 more . Gave them away. I’m now with the csb going to stay with it , I have probably purchased 50 bibles, now I have 2 , I love buying other people bibles,

I have a Bible buying addiction, but I use most of them in my Bible studies. I also buy a new one every year to read.

If you have bibles that you aren't reading - give them to people who need them :)

This is very helpful. Ty.

❤ty

As sad as the parable about the wheat and tares is, I draw comfort from it at times when I am treated poorly or misjudged by my own brethren. And I hope and pray that when Christ returns and divides, I am worthy enough to be counted as a wheat. It is comforting and grounding for me to simply remember that keeping the commandments is the love of God and that isn't a burdensome thing. Plus, this kind of love makes spikey people easier to tolerate and can cover a multitude of sins or cause someone to pure back to the narrow path. It's liberating law. Yay! Praying for my enemies is very helpful for me, too. Thanks for the edifying words, dear lady!

What’s your favourite hot chocolate ? ❤ yours looks yummy and cosy

Glad I found this! I seem to be constantly looking for that “right” bible. Thanks for sharing! ❤

I was so confused about this in my journey! I wasn’t sure if the enemy was trying to get me to drain my bank account or if the enemy didn’t want me to access the information. (Which I used to justify spending) Which one was him? You helped me realize he was trying to get me to overspend. I don’t “need” all of these Christian books in order to access what I’m looking for. I’ll still receive God’s messages through the Bibles and Christian books I already have. Thank you so much for addressing this!! 🙏🏻💗

As a newbie, i find it important to only set off some time to read the bible, but highlighting keeps me engaged. I have two colors and just highlight what i understand, or things that stands out to me. I then i fill in notes after. Sometimes i read a bit them do the notes but either way its about the what the bible is saying. I think also that one can engage in art related to God and Jesus separatly aswell, in a separate time as to dedicate time as a way of glorifying him. I got on a whim and bought several bible translations, and waiting for nlt study, the abide bible and a life application one, but only use one of them due to not enough space right now. BUT IF i want to compare it is helpfull. And i do think study versions, atlases and dictionarys is absolutely super helpfull especially when its just you and the bible, and dont have other christians around. Same with devotionals. Putting time off aside from bible reading, reading these books are super helpfull. Just read one recently who helped me want to commit to my bibletime.

Thank you so much for these videos. A few years ago when bible journaling first started, I noticed on certain channels that women commented I don't have that bible or that paint or that marker. And they concentrated more on that than God's word. And I prayed about it and felt the Lord say our bible is a tool. Not to be worshipped. Not to be first place. And I noticed I too wanted my colors to look right in my marking. And I turned away from all that journaling stuff and I just read His word. I memorize it and study it, and mark it just for me. Not to show any one. And I'm so much happier. It's sad the enemy stepped into this and tries to trip us up with things like bibles. I love your videos so much and can't wait for the gardening!! ❣🌼🌺

Thank you Olga so much for a wonderful video, I’m so happy to have found your channel through a suggestion on KZbin about bible buying addiction. I wasn’t even looking for a video like this, but I know that the Lord saw that I needed to hear from another sister about this problem. Since then, I have taken one of my older bibles to read again, and have again been enjoying God’s word instead of being bound by delay and confusion about which pretty Bible, I’ll be reading today (sometimes take me 30+ minutes to decide, and by then, my desire to read has gone). No. Just get in the word as you advise is the best! Satan used my love for the word to create this confusion, ie focusing on the material world rather than the actual word of God. I’m so excited to hear that you are doing gardening from the perspective of faith, because this is an area I would love to challenge myself in!! I don’t know anything much about gardening and I would love to grow our own vegetables. Also, thank you for your prayers today and also I really love when you mention versus to meditate on. It freshens my face and reading and I thank you again dear sister. Will pray for you and our sisters here, Lots of love!

I love your videos!! I have watched your Bible addiction video dozens of times. Thank you for all your outing out for us to understand!

I cant't find your other channel- would you put a link in the shownotes, please? ❤

This was for me. I am not free, because I am constantly looking for another christian book (so I am only reading ABOUT him or I am searching for the authors wisdom) or another 'better' bible which I don't read because I spend time with christian books .Or I am watching videos about beautyful bible-flip-throughs. All this is way easier than read in gods word itself. It is so sad, it is all 'second-hand' 😞

Amen!! I love this! Thank you ❤

I was just wanting to buy a new one! A couple years ago I donated a big box of bibles, I know it’s an addiction and it’s not good. But yet I keep falling back into the habit.

I too have bought so many Bibles. I will do this starting today! Thank you!!!

Hallelujah!

Guilty! When I first became a Christian I was so hungry for the WORD I couldn’t get enough of it. I bought Bibles and books galore. That was in 1999. Now I have Bibles and Christian books that just sit on the bookcase. I have not read them. I had bought more Bibles and books and they are scattered here and there. I bought these in the hopes of reigniting my desire to read the Bible. Not realizing that this had become a distraction from reading the Bible. I believed because it was a Bible or a Christian book it must be alright to own plenty of them. The LORD spoke to my heart: Anything that takes you away from ME, is not from ME. I quit watching KZbin channel Bible reviews. I sold or gave away Bibles and books that I had not read. I feel better and I’m able to focus. I found a Bible size that works best for me and a Bible translation. Thank you so much for addressing this matter. I was wondering if I was the only one that had a problem. ❤️

Thank you. For your ministry God has really spoken to my heart while listening to you. You have been talking about what I really needed to hear.

Thank you for talking about this. This is a topic not mentioned often, but is rampant within Christianity. Most believers say there is nothing wrong with having this addiction. They feel it's ok because it's the Bible and what else is the most important book to own? I have this addiction and I have cut way back, but it's an itch that when it hits is maddening. I think for me part of the challenge is the whole translation quandary. Once you settle on one then it does ease up. Bible review vlogs don't help. I've unsubscribed because I don't need any encouragement. No matter then stating you don't have to buy said Bible being reviewed which is baloney since that is the whole point of reviewing. Premium Bibles is a whole other topic.

Amen! This is the work of the Holy Spirit! I am so glad you shared this video. This has been on my heart for a month now. I have been lost in "translation soup," constantly going back and forth, comparing versions. I have put all but two away and will soon move down to one. I can empathize with a point you made in this (or maybe a following video). I converted from Judaism eight years ago. When I was practicing my Jewish faith, I used one Bible. There was only one English trnaslation available to me, and I was perfectly satisfied, never longing for another. Now, as a Christian, there are so many choices that it is overwhelming! In the beginning, I didn't know which was the right one. Social media, marketing, etc. reallt pushes this Bible buying addiction, and I am so glad that the Holy Spirit has propelled you to be brave enough to speak the truth!

Christ's light truly radiates through you. I praise HIM because HE enables a soul to live out HIS love before others and HE definitely does that through you - HIS precious instrument. Persevere in your faith and hold onto your LORD with every fiber of your being - HE truly is worth it, above all!!!!!!!!!

Yes! Amen ❤

This showed up on my suggested videos and I’m so glad. I needed to hear this. Thank you.

Your videos have begun popping up for me! Yesterday I watched a video about reading one bible- which applied to me! And today another fitting topic for me ! I am currently praying about returning to church after being hurt! Thank you for your videos!

Just lovely to watch this video this beautiful morning. I relate to this. I was hurt as a teenager in church. I’m now 42 recently started attending & getting in to reading daily. God didn’t hurt me the human race did. That shouldn’t stop me from attending and worshiping OUR FATHER! Thank you for your beautiful videos!

Yup I’m in this challenge I can’t even gain enough strength to admit how many bibles I have 😢 so I’m trying this and I’m praying for each and everyone that is struggling with this that we are able to be filled with Him and not addiction bless you my friend for this video ❤❤❤

CONVICTED! Thank you.

Olga, I just found your channel, and I must say, it was a "divine appointment." I have a collection of Bibles that I have collected for one reason or another - whether for all of the study notes, for the translation, for the text block, for the space to write, etc. But it never seems to be enough. Now I have a BUNCH of Bibles with notes that I have collected over the years and I don't want to get rid of any of them because it feels like a part of me is in them. I have one Bible I read from for personal time, one Bible I read for a study I am doing, one for a different study, one for recording all of my notes, and there just never seems to be enough. I am going to start praying that the Lord will give me contentment with one Bible (or perhaps 2 - one for taking all the notes and one for reading and absorbing the word). Thank you for sharing your wisdom.

I needed to hear. Thank you for sharing this message.

You are very astute. Here in the UK, books and bibles abound. I rather fell out with my local Christian bookshop because they sold books promoting opposing theological views as far back as the 1990s. I went through the "hungry stage" buying all sort of books and thirty years ago thought I was "God's woman of power for the hour" possessing a huge library and video library of all sorts of teachings. It was a blessing that my husband was a staying influence on me and I came to my senses. We are not more spiritual because we own lots of Bibles and Christian books. My husband passed away three months ago and I really miss his quiet wisdom. I have one old leather Bible that I use. It is dog eared and familiar. Christian literature can be big business. Observing things from across the pond, I am aware that many "Christian" publications are really just self help manuals on how to have a more comfortable life in the here and now. We just need the pure and unadulterated Word!

Amen I love your content!

What in the world is a "Bible buying addiction"?

I pray that someone I know comes across this video or one similar to it. She hasn't spoken to me in a couple months because our last conversations was about this exactly. She had shared she had just bought a new bible. She already has a collection of them. This "new" one was "different" because not only was it a journaling bible but also color the art within the pages. She got upset that I bluntly said it was just a coloring book built into that bible. She got defensive. 🤷‍♀️