How to Spend More Time Reading the Bible

Here’s an easy way to spend more time reading the Bible:

Read the Bible by listening to the Bible.

“Reading by listening” offers this advantage . . .

You can listen to the Word while doing “mindless” activities such as taking a walk, jogging on a treadmill, driving a car, traveling on public transportation, or folding the laundry. During a typical day, you may have 30 or 60 minutes (or more) of available time that could be spent hearing God’s voice.

BibleGateway.com has a free app for this  — the Bible Audio App.
https://www.biblegateway.com/bible-audio-app

Here are some of the features:
— 5 different translations, including NIV, KJV, and NKJV
— 10 narrations available; choose from dramatized or voice-only productions
— Set chapters or verses to repeat
— Adjust the narration speed
— Choose whatever passage you want, or use a Bible reading plan, such as New Testament in Year

Here’s another suggestion for how to listen to the Bible — listen to one book of the Bible in its entirety in one session, i.e. listen to the whole book. And do this repeatedly (at least 5 or 10 times) for a particular book over a period of time (say one or two weeks).

Start with the smallest New Testament books such as Philemon, 2 John, 3 John, and Jude. These are only one chapter each and it will only take 5 or 10 minutes to listen to these.

Utilize the power of repetition to immerse yourself in God’s Word, one book at a time.

After listening to these one chapter books, move on to the other shorter New Testament books: Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians and Colossians, as well as 1 & 2 Thessalonians, 1 & 2 Timothy, Titus, James, 1 & 2 Peter, and 1 John. All these books are 3-6 chapters each and listening to them will typically take about 20-30 minutes.

It is amazing what you’ll learn by listening to one book of the Bible — in its entirety, repeatedly.

This is what I call The Forgotten Bible Reading Method  — you can learn more about it here:

Bible Reading Tips – What Is The Most Forgotten Bible Reading Method? (Start Doing This Today)

Perhaps you’re already doing this. If not, why not give it a try!

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