How to Energize Your Bible Reading

Looking for a simple way to energize your Bible reading?

Here’s a suggestion: During the month of October (or any month), pick one book of the Bible and read it repeatedly. By “repeatedly,” I mean that you read it every day, in its entirety, in one sitting.

If you’ve not done this before, I recommend choosing one of the shorter New Testament books. Many of them can easily be read in 20-30 minutes. (See the list below.)

Make it your goal to read this book at least 5 days each week over the next month. I call this the “20 in 30” Bible reading method.

If you don’t want to take a couple of days off each week, you could read the same book every day for 30 days and call it the “30 in 30” Bible reading method.

The exact number of days isn’t the point. The goal here is to so immerse yourself in one book that the Word of God takes center stage in your heart and mind. Repetition is a great teacher, and when you read the same book over and over, God’s truth becomes self-evident and the Holy Spirit will instruct you and give you insights you’ve not seen before, even with familiar passages.

You’ll see the big picture of the book, perhaps for the first time. You’ll get caught up in the overall flow of the author’s thought and understand why it was written and what problem or need of the audience was being addressed.

What do you say? Ready to give it a try?

Here’s a list of the shorter New Testament books that are ideal for this:

Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon, James, 1 Peter, 2 Peter, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, Jude.

For more detailed explanation of the benefits of reading one book of the Bible repeatedly, in its entirety, in one sitting, please check out my book The Forgotten Bible Reading Method: How to Read and Understand the Bible in 5 Simple Steps.

I’ve also created The Forgotten Bible Reading Method Workbook.

Warning: After you do this in October, you’ll likely want to do it again in November, with another book. Go for it! And let me know how it goes by leaving a comment below.