How much time?

[ray]

wow! so many ways and so much time or such little time depending how you look at it?

I think that is a funny scripture

Neh 8:2-3

2And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month.

3And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law.

Ezra read to the people from morning to midday! The point is, there is no time too great or too small to spend in God's word. It's less about the amount of time and more about your heart as you read! I have often read just one or two verses that kept me prayerful and thoughtful all day! 

KrosChild

So, Kros child does that mean in vs. 2 that I only read the bible the fist day of the 7th month and thats it for the year.

Pretty funny I think about it but I know its not meaning that.

and than according to verse 3 I'm suppose to do it at midday everyday so everyone can hear it. That means i need tostory time outfit everyday if I have read the Bible foreveryone to hear at mid day.

Thanks for the great advice everyone

ray

[kroschild]

So, Kros child does that mean in vs. 2 that I only read the bible the fist day of the  7th month and thats it for the year.

Pretty funny I think about it but I know its not meaning that.

and than according to verse 3 I'm suppose to do it at midday everyday so everyone can hear it. That means i need tostory time outfit everyday if I have read the Bible foreveryone to hear at  mid day.

Thanks for the  great advice  everyone

ray

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HAHA!! Actually, this happened right after someone found the scriptures (in the Temple, I believe). The people had not been following God, and when someone found them and realized it, they were all called together to hear what God had to say to them. And technically, it says UNTIL midday, so you better get some good anti-perspirant too!

KrosChild

[ann2]

How much time i spend reading the Bible varies.Sometimes i start reading and when i look at the clock hours have past, i was so engrosed that time just flew,other times i read for a long time [or so it seems] then look at clock and it has only been minutes.for me that is the way it goes.

[irishcowboy]

How much time should one read or study the Bible? I hear of people claiming to read as much as an hour or so day. Some even read a chapter or 3 or so a day. Some just read a verse. So how much time spend reading and listing to God's word? Does it make a difference if it is daily weekly, monthly, or yearly?

ray

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it is not so much as how much time a person spends reading the Bible,

it is not so much how many times a person is dunked in the water ( baptised )

it is not so much how many times a person says "c mi tye" .

it is not so much how many times a person repeats a canned prayer,

it is not what we do or do not do that will ever get us to heaven.....

the question should be for you to answer yourself thru prayer with the aide of the Holy Spirit, WHAT DOES GOD WANT ME TO DO......

you see, you can spend 18 hours a day reading the Bible, and every 4 - 5 days go completly thru it, and never see heaven..... you can do this for 90 years with out fail, and still not see heaveen.....

the first and foremost thing a person needs, is Jesus as their personal Lord and Savior, and they need to develope a personal one on one relationship with the Lord, which they can do thru prayer and reading the Word of God.

Prayer is not just getting on you knees and asking God to bless all our family or to bless our food and things as this, Prayer is communication, is a two way street, unfortunatly, most people look at prayer as a one way street, we tell God what we want, and then dont listen for His answer, but expect Him to jump at our every whimm........... God speaks to those that listen, God speaks to those that want to hear Him......

the closer a person gets to the Lord, the more a person learns about God and what God wants in our lives...... God even shares His plans with those that walk with Him....... just as a father shares his business with his sons/daughters, God shares His thoughts and plans with His children..... ( the Bible even says so )..... we are no longer servants but are adopted children into the Royal Family....

there will be many that say God has not and does not share His thoughts with people, those people either dont have a personal relationship with the Lord, or dont want one......

by the way, for me to tell you how much time to spend reading the Bible, I would say set aside a time frame each and every day to spend reading, and also set aside time each and every day for specific knee time ( private quiet time in close prayer with the Lord ) not to include the rest of the day that we are to be praying continuously......

spend as much time as you can besides the time you have set aside, and spend as much as the Lord leads you to spend.....

you will find, the more time you spend with the Lord, the more time you will want to spend with Him..... there is nothing like spending time in the Lords arms, while reading about His wonderful Love for you.............

mike

[Guest Muktuk]

It shouldn't matter how long you read the words, as long as you understand what you read. If there is a god up there than all he wants is for you to understand him and what he is about. Know that go did not write the bible himself. If you read the bible think about what you read.