How do you read your bible?

[~candice~]

How do you go about reading your bible? Seems that each day when I go to read it, I just open it up at a random book and read the book or a few chapters. It is all over the place. Do you have a technique or system or something?

[Rick-Parker]

I follow a schedule to read the entire Book in a year. And then I use a different version each year. Right now I am reading the "Expositor's Study Bible", which is a KJV. So far, I have found the commentary, which is interspersed with the verses, very enlightening, educational, and may change my view on a couple of theological stances that I have. For sure it has increased my underatanding of God's plan since before eternity.

[Believer1997]

I have read the Bible several times - the first time was with a study group that read a chapter from OT & NT each day along with a Psalm. I'm finishing reading with my husband soon - we started a summer program. I love the KJV, as it is the one I had read to me as a child. I have a NIV that I used this summer and it was great too. The electronic versions are amazing and I love Biblegateway.com ...

[MorningGlory]

I have read the Bible several times - the first time was with a study group that read a chapter from OT & NT each day along with a Psalm. I'm finishing reading with my husband soon - we started a summer program. I love the KJV, as it is the one I had read to me as a child. I have a NIV that I used this summer and it was great too. The electronic versions are amazing and I love Biblegateway.com ...

Me too! I have the 'Bible on One Page' on my desktop and try to read some every day. I just choose a page at random too.

[OneLight]

I am the odd man out. I study it by subject. I can say that I am a bit ashamed to admit that I don't read it as a book like everyone else, so I have not read the whole bible. For me, and I guess this is my excuse, I am far more interested in what God tells me about a certain subject then I am about the whole story as history.

[TJR]

I have a schedule which allows me to read the bible in one year. It comes out to 4 chapters a day, in one year you read the entire bible and the gospels twice. I have noticed the spiritual reinforcement in my life since I have started with this plan.

[ColleenLovesMischief]

I was going to say one word at a time, but I don't need smacked right now.

Seriously I normally skip around on books, but I do focus on one book at a time. Normally about a chapter a day.

[nebula]

If you have never read the whole Bible before, it's a good idea to find a way to do so.

Either start with Gen. 1 and read a few chapters a day (I read 3 a day - except for when I got to Psalm 119, which I read 3 sections a day);

Or do a Bible-in-a-year program where they put everything in chronological order.

There are other ways, but those are the most common.

[south]

When I was a new Christian, I read mostly the NT books and some OT books like Psalms, Proverbs, etc. I also read the other books, but mostly because of some preachings I heard.

Then I decided to read the whole Bible about two years ago from beginning to end. I read about 5 chapters a day, and after I would read the parts I felt led to read too. That was the time I read the books of the minor prophets which I discovered to be very interesting as well. Reading the whole Bible gave me a whole new understanding of many things.

Now I've started to read the NT again. I am now in Luke. But almost everyday, I would read something from the Psalms because there are many parts there that I use as prayers.

Be blessed...South

[Openly Curious]

name='~andy~' date='Aug 28 2009, 07:16 PM'

How do you go about reading your bible? Seems that each day when I go to read it, I just open it up at a random book and read the book or a few chapters. It is all over the place. Do you have a technique or system or something?

andy,

I don't think one has to have a technique or system of some kind to read the bible. I think one can start in Genesis at the beginning and read straight through to the end of Revelation and you will gain an overall insight of the plan of God from the beginning of time to the end of time and when you get finished reading cover to cover just start all over again.

If you was to read 20 chapters a day you would finish the entire bible in 2 months if you stood faithful to reading then you could read it 6 times in a years time. You do not need to read all twenty chapters at one time they could be split up like 10 morning 10 night. But reading them all at once keeps your progress going as well as keeping you motivated.

God bless your reading and study in the word.

OC