Of course. Once you understand that to get the most out of God's Word, reading it from beginning to end, as many times a year as you can is the only way to go.
For the past five years, and likely longer, I have determined to read first thing in the morning every day 30 minutes or 5 chapters in the Bible. Some days a little more time or depending how the chapters fall, 4 or 6 chapters to reach a logical end point.
Beginning at Genesis and going forward I have completed at least one and half trips though the Bible each year; one year I made three full trips. Each time, I find something new that I hadn't seen or understood before. This year, I'm currently in II Samuel on the second time through.
I'm not very good at memorization (not one of my gifts), but now I recognize many texts during church service, and know pretty much where to find them in the text.
As you said, 15 or 30 minutes, or even an hour is really not a lot time to devote to something so important.
Amen x 100! Thanks for writing this. I’ve been reading the Bible through from cover to cover since 2016 at an accelerated pace, one year I red it 17 times. Now I’ve settled into a routine of every 40 days. I read it with my eyes and ears, also listening via the Bible app while I ride my bike, walk, and drive my car. It truly has become the most dominant habit in my life for the last 9 years. My grandfather had a similar habit and when he died in his 80’s he was on his 132nd time through the Word. I don’t see how I could ever go back to my old way of reading the Word.
“When I discovered your words, I devoured them. They are my joy and my heart’s delight, for I bear your name, O Lord God of Heaven’s Armies.” Jeremiah 15:16
I read regularly using Dr Horton’s method which has 10-reading lists, so 10-chapters a day…but this article has inspired me to listen straight through during my extensive drive time each day….today listened to Titus-Revelations 10 and will start at Genesis when Revelations wraps up sometime tomorrow. With the amount of time I spend in the car, I’m thinking 6-12 time through the Bible in 2025 (listening at 1.5+ speed). Pretty excited for this to see what God reveals to me😀
Taking in the Bible through listening has transformed my experience. I had read it through for over four decades, once a year, but by listening, I've been through it perhaps five times in the last 11 months. For millennia, the law, the scriptures, were read to listeners. Monks heard it read as they ate their meals.
I listen at 1.7 speed, which means it takes me 51 hours to go through the Bible. That's approximately seven weeks at one hour a day to go through it once, and seven times through in a year. I chose a narrator with a charming British accent, and I love my Bible time.
Of course. Once you understand that to get the most out of God's Word, reading it from beginning to end, as many times a year as you can is the only way to go.
For the past five years, and likely longer, I have determined to read first thing in the morning every day 30 minutes or 5 chapters in the Bible. Some days a little more time or depending how the chapters fall, 4 or 6 chapters to reach a logical end point.
Beginning at Genesis and going forward I have completed at least one and half trips though the Bible each year; one year I made three full trips. Each time, I find something new that I hadn't seen or understood before. This year, I'm currently in II Samuel on the second time through.
I'm not very good at memorization (not one of my gifts), but now I recognize many texts during church service, and know pretty much where to find them in the text.
As you said, 15 or 30 minutes, or even an hour is really not a lot time to devote to something so important.
Amen x 100! Thanks for writing this. I’ve been reading the Bible through from cover to cover since 2016 at an accelerated pace, one year I red it 17 times. Now I’ve settled into a routine of every 40 days. I read it with my eyes and ears, also listening via the Bible app while I ride my bike, walk, and drive my car. It truly has become the most dominant habit in my life for the last 9 years. My grandfather had a similar habit and when he died in his 80’s he was on his 132nd time through the Word. I don’t see how I could ever go back to my old way of reading the Word.
“When I discovered your words, I devoured them. They are my joy and my heart’s delight, for I bear your name, O Lord God of Heaven’s Armies.” Jeremiah 15:16
I read regularly using Dr Horton’s method which has 10-reading lists, so 10-chapters a day…but this article has inspired me to listen straight through during my extensive drive time each day….today listened to Titus-Revelations 10 and will start at Genesis when Revelations wraps up sometime tomorrow. With the amount of time I spend in the car, I’m thinking 6-12 time through the Bible in 2025 (listening at 1.5+ speed). Pretty excited for this to see what God reveals to me😀
Well said and Amen!
Taking in the Bible through listening has transformed my experience. I had read it through for over four decades, once a year, but by listening, I've been through it perhaps five times in the last 11 months. For millennia, the law, the scriptures, were read to listeners. Monks heard it read as they ate their meals.
I listen at 1.7 speed, which means it takes me 51 hours to go through the Bible. That's approximately seven weeks at one hour a day to go through it once, and seven times through in a year. I chose a narrator with a charming British accent, and I love my Bible time.
What a wonderful testimony!