Blood Bought 1953 Posted December 7, 2019 Group: Royal Member Followers: 13 Topic Count: 48 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 6,726 Content Per Day: 2.92 Reputation: 6,258 Days Won: 5 Joined: 12/03/2017 Status: Offline Share Posted December 7, 2019 The first time I stumbled upon a Bible that I could actually understand, I could not put it down......perhaps it was because I kept reading good stuff that my church never taught ...... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jubilea Posted December 7, 2019 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 9 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1,515 Content Per Day: 0.87 Reputation: 3,121 Days Won: 11 Joined: 06/27/2019 Status: Offline Share Posted December 7, 2019 13 hours ago, Blood Bought 1953 said: The first time I stumbled upon a Bible that I could actually understand, I could not put it down......perhaps it was because I kept reading good stuff that my church never taught ...... Couldn't decided whether to react with a "HaHa" or a "Praise God" 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blood Bought 1953 Posted December 7, 2019 Group: Royal Member Followers: 13 Topic Count: 48 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 6,726 Content Per Day: 2.92 Reputation: 6,258 Days Won: 5 Joined: 12/03/2017 Status: Offline Share Posted December 7, 2019 Schedules for Bible reading make no more sense to me than Schedules for Praying......If there is no inner desire to do these things naturally, “ pray without ceasing” as opposed to being coerced into it......something is missing......I hope it isn’t what I suspect it is..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustPassingThru Posted December 7, 2019 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 8 Topic Count: 14 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1,979 Content Per Day: 1.00 Reputation: 2,112 Days Won: 1 Joined: 10/23/2018 Status: Offline Share Posted December 7, 2019 I was taught to read through the Bible in a year and every year do it again, ...because we need the Word in us for the Holy Spirit to speak to us, which is Good advice and true, ...I did that for some years both before and after I came here, then, being all alone, I discovered I needed particular answers on things every day, so the Holy Spirit would "illuminate" a verse stored unconsciously in my mind, ...since I brought all of my reference books with me that would cause me to go to them and search out what was the meaning and the spiritual principle in the verse He gave me, ...it was always apropos and exactly what I needed for the situation or circumstance in my life at that moment, ...like has been stated, read the Bible, ...then let the Bible read you and you will find the Holy Spirit has you walking in the footsteps of Jesus... Lord bless 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other one Posted December 7, 2019 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 29 Topic Count: 593 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 55,870 Content Per Day: 7.56 Reputation: 27,622 Days Won: 271 Joined: 12/29/2003 Status: Offline Share Posted December 7, 2019 Before I retired I was driving a bit over 3,500 miles a month before/during my work day and discovered that I learned more listening to the Bible than I did reading. Not everyone learns that way, but those of us that do love mp3 files of the Bible..... 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neighbor Posted December 7, 2019 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 18 Topic Count: 940 Topics Per Day: 0.35 Content Count: 13,412 Content Per Day: 5.02 Reputation: 8,958 Days Won: 6 Joined: 12/04/2016 Status: Offline Birthday: 03/03/1885 Author Share Posted December 7, 2019 Upon further thinking....., The Bible is a collection of books, and not a book. It is some 66 books, about 35 to 40 books more than the volumes of an old timey encyclopedia. I would not choose to read an encyclopedia from A to Z ever, never mind alphabetically in a year's time. Though I would travel through a wealth of information trying to do so it would do me little good and perhaps just do me harm in that I would never get through A before I would come to dislike the whole idea of the encyclopedia. Instead of reading through it, I might really use that encyclopedia if I could go to the volume on the history and particulars of something, and then put that information to use. I have been a member within more than one church that goes through the Bible "Verse by Verse", plus one that simply read through it from Genesis to Jude while never reading Revelation before it went back to Genesis to read through yet again and again. I think I have gained more from "topical" studies where all the information that may be found on a subject or topic or situation is searched out throughout the Bible, made sense of, and then applied in daily life. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlbrokish Posted December 8, 2019 Group: Senior Member Followers: 15 Topic Count: 25 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 532 Content Per Day: 0.30 Reputation: 1,293 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/26/2019 Status: Offline Birthday: 04/10/1972 Share Posted December 8, 2019 On 12/7/2019 at 10:00 AM, Isaiah53NIV said: I think it's important for a person to read the Bible as fast or slow as he/she feels led to. Sometimes, though, it's difficult to ignore external pressures. Some of this "speed reading" might be due to these apps and websites that prompt people to set up reading plans. I use the Bible Study Tools website, and there is a reading plan option where a person is able to read through the entire Bible in 90 days. A person might also feel pressure from other people to read too fast. I brought up reading for understanding to another believer a few months back, and because this person did not feel I was reading "fast" enough, I was told I should look into using a visual version of the Bible or listen to it being read to me. I know I don't need to do either. Right now I am just trying to read straight through the New Testament, and I am going as fast as I should be I agree. What is the point of rushing through God's Word as if it's a race. If I were to find meaning and understanding of the truth, I wouldn't want to risk missing the full context because of some set schedule or timeline. Reading bible everyday is necessary, I believe, but even I admit that I let life get in the way of taking time like I should. Bottom line is, it's not the amount of content read, it is the amount of content understood. The Bible Study Tools website is a good idea! I'm always looking for ways to better comprehend scripture. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmuffet Posted December 8, 2019 Group: Royal Member Followers: 34 Topic Count: 1,989 Topics Per Day: 0.49 Content Count: 48,687 Content Per Day: 11.89 Reputation: 30,342 Days Won: 226 Joined: 01/11/2013 Status: Offline Share Posted December 8, 2019 We should read the Bible and study it. If we can not understand certain parts of it we need to find a reputable Bible teacher to teach us the truth about what we do not understand. There is no reason to rush through it. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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