How Do I Make the Most of Daily Bible Reading?

Ask Pastor John
Episode: 1296

[andrewjackson]

I have asked God to show me how to read the bible last night and you posted this today!!! Wow! Awesome! Thank you!!!!

[jesselazo]

1. Know yourself well. Reading through the Bible will count on at least five things: discipline, time, skill, familiarity, level of curiosity.

2. Belong to a good, Bible-believing, Bible-preaching church. Decades of regular Bible explanation will change your life.

3. Belong to a group that will hold you accountable to reading. Talk with them and share what Lord is showing you.

4. Pray before, during, and after Bible reading.

5. Set a time and place to read.

6. Hold onto at least one specific sentence or thought from the day's reading and meditate on it throughout the day.

Bible reading program: Discipleship Journal Reading Plan (daily readings from from four different areas, and leaves 5 days of month to catch up).

Hope this helps others! Happy New Year, may we all grow closer to the Father in this coming year.

[joshuamclean]

His point about not remembering it but it getting in your spirit is so true. I may not remember everything off the top of my head but I always seem to remember certain things when I need them.

[brotherabrahamzamarripa]

There's times when I'm wondering about something Spiritual and GOD uses Desiring GOD to answer my questions. Glory to GOD!

[mitchellanderson]

Keep it up desiring God family. Bring people into the kingdom!

[seasonedsaintsmnstry]

I read along with a dramatized audio Bible. Not only does it make my Bible reading immersive, but I have come to know the Bible characters through the actors voices.
Just about every translation has a dramatized audio Bible. I read the NKJV and I use the word of promise audio Bible. I believe the ESV has a free dramatized audio Bible online.

[duynhanphamnguyen]

Amen, thank God for His word and thank you Pastor John

[sarahs]

This plan looks amaizing, exactly what I'd been looking for thanks for the recommendation!

[amaree]

My advise is to read the page completely before using it to wipe...

[mrsglitter]

I wish this man would have been my father

[ClarifyingChrist]

Good information and tips! Thanks for posting.

[jailahbryel]

Jesus is coming soon! Turn to Jesus and turn from sin (repentance) because He loves you and wants to build a relationship with you!

[kathleenwharton]

+Collette Alexander..Thank You..Collette. I suffered very much..even deaths in my family because of Religion..created by men from the bible. It took me years of suffering..to finally realize..Jesus is The Only Safe Place to Be. I am now Happy and Healthy and Whole. Believe me..I Will Never Leave Jesus!! That was a hard lesson. I will never listen to any man..again..ever. Happy New Year to you too!!

[SplashMoney_Pster]

What has me anxious is finding a Bible reading church but the context and interpretation of scripture is heinous…

[kathleenwharton]

+serah garza..you are Right. Jesus IS the Word..and His Word to you and to me is just as valid as any one in the bible. Those people were just people too..sinners..like we all. There is nothing more special about their experiences with Jesus than ours. If we Have a relationship with HIM..and not always going to men with their opinions extracted from the opinions of other men. What a second and third hand way to Recieve Jesus. John Piper is third hand. Why does not everyone want ther Own Relationship with their Savior. How can He ever really Help people when they always go ask some pastor?

[kathleenwharton]

+Wayne McCuen.. LOL..Fine with me! Have your relationship with your book...and good luck to you! I will Stay With my Personal Relationship with Jesus..My Savior.

[kathleenwharton]

+Delina Davis..Jesus used the scriptures in the OT to tell the people of His Day that the scriptures told of His Coming. He was trying to refresh the Pharisees minds. That is the main purpose of the OT..is to tell us that Jesus is Coming and will bring us a New and Better Way. He Came and He is HERE..as an individual Personal Savior for us All..Each of us. Do you have to be reminded again and again as the Pharisees? The bible verse you quoted..He is talking to the Pharisees. I Do Not have to be reminded that He is HERE and my Personal Savior. I Know and I Seek Him..as He ask me to do. why is that so difficult for you to understand?

[kathleenwharton]

+Jason 333..I read the bible cover to cover and was very concerned about the discrepancies. In Mattew 6:33 Jesus says.."Seek ye FIRST the Kingdom of God and HIS Righteousness." So I ask Jesus to Help me read the bible and He Did. I read every word again as He showed me which verses were Right for me. I marked those verses and those are the ones I read. Most of my bible is unmarked. I TRUST Jesus.. And I no longer listen to men. Jesus is my Savior. I am sorry..but you and John Piper qualify as men.

[kathleenwharton]

+Tim van Schubert..you are welcome. It has been my sad lifetime experience of listening to men who concoct a religion out of the bible to be very damaging in my life. My parents died tragically when I was seven years old because of religion and my own life suffering..being beaten up daily by men and their religions. I am finally at Peace with My Savior..who Helped me understand, Personally taught me, and has Saved me and Freed me from it All. I looked up your word.."Theopneustos". Jesus Did instill into my Mind and Heart..His Righteousness for me. He has promised to do it for everyone who Seek Him.

[kathleenwharton]

+Collette Alexander..Dear Collette..i Love you..All Men are Fallible..they All can misinterpret God. That is precisley Why you Seek Jesus FIRST..and Let Him Help you read the bible..so He can show you what is True and what is men's opinion or misinterpretation. Jesus..Himself..is your Only True Source of what is Right. That is why you are to Seek Him FIRST. Matthew is the most accurate account of Jesus..but i would rather you seek Jesus for yourself.