There are several ways to read the Bible that I’ve used over the years and there may be others that you can think of, but in the next few posts I’m going to explore a few of thee and where and when I’ve used them – and where you might like to use them too.
The first of these I’m calling “hunger based” because it is not set on reading a specific amount of scripture or keeping a pace – it is based on filling a spiritual hunger. This method is ideal for new believers and believers who have a hunger to know Christ and broadly understand the will of the Lord.
Simply put it means just reading. You might start in John 1 and end in John 5. It really doesn’t matter how long you read for, the key thing is that you are engaged and taking in the word as you read. You might read lots and find it doesn’t really strike your heart or just read one verse and “camp” on it for 30 minutes.
This method is also a great way to familiarize yourself with scripture as you can take in whole books (e.g. Ephesians) or even large narrative passages (e.g. 1 Samuel) really easily which allows you to get a broad understanding of the sections, themes and focus of the Bible.
Now this might also seem to be a lazy approach to reading – and it may, however, lazily reading the Bible is better than no reading. Hopefully in the next few posts you’ll get a few ideas for other ways to read the Bible which might help solve lazy reading from ignorance of alternative methods.
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