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How long do you read your bible each 24-hour interval?

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satz

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• #1

When you guys exercise your daily readings, say you read 1 chapter, how long, on average do yous spend on it? Do you reread information technology? If so how many times? Or do you lot meditate upon it?

Just wanted to know more than nigh your bible reading habits...

• #3

When you guys do your daily readings, say you read one chapter, how long, on average do yous spend on it? Do you reread it? If so how many times? Or do you lot meditate upon it?

Merely wanted to know more than nearly your bible reading habits...

I generally read between 3-ix chapters per twenty-four hours, simply i only study & meditate on i-3 chapters. When i only read a chapter information technology tin can accept simply a couple of minutes, but when i report/meditate on one it usually takes about 1/2 hour.

• #4

When I am able to read I read three-four chapters/mean solar day (using M'Cheyne'south plan) but some days go by in which I do non read whatsoever.

I'd like to add together that I think the modern formulation that one must read the bible every unmarried day to exist spiritually healthy is a legalistic, unscriptural and potentially damaging assertion.

• #5

Information technology actually depends. I can chew through ten capacity, or just i. I try to go along information technology at most four, which is long enough to found good context, but not long plenty to become a blur.

• #6

I vary likewise. Some days several chapters, others merely one, still others none. I accept anywhere from a 1/2 hr to 1 1/2 hrs. Sometimes I am riveted. I accept 1/2 60 minutes lately to read only one chapter because I am going through Isaiah and I read Matthew Henry's forth side of information technology to aid me understand the context.

• #7

I vary too. Some days several chapters, others but ane, still others none. I take anywhere from a i/ii hour to 1 i/two hrs. Sometimes I am riveted. I accept 1/two hr lately to read merely one chapter considering I am going through Isaiah and I read Matthew Henry's along side of it to assistance me understand the context.

*Does the "also reading Isaiah loftier five"*

• #viii

I'd like to add that I call up the modern formulation that i must read the bible every single mean solar day to be spiritually healthy is a legalistic, unscriptural and potentially damaging exclamation.

Interesting comment.
In your opinion would prayer fall into the same category?
Likewise, must one do anything to be spiritually healthy? Would doing anything for spiritual health be considered legalistic?

I have counseled folks who were non reading their Bibles to read them every day, even if they didn't feel similar information technology.It paid off for them in the end.

• #9

Interesting comment.
In your opinion would prayer fall into the same category?
Also, must 1 do annihilation to exist spiritually healthy? Would doing annihilation for spiritual wellness be considered legalistic?

I have counseled folks who were non reading their Bibles to read them every twenty-four hour period, even if they didn't feel like information technology.Information technology paid off for them in the terminate.

No, I would not say the same thing about prayer. Information technology is something that all Christians everywhere have ever been able to exercise.

You see, sometimes people forget that the common man did non have his ain bible until the 16th century. This was an effect that never actually seemed to concern the apostles. Accent was given in the early on Church to the teachers with whom God had gifted the church building. People focused more on the preached discussion instead of their own reading and their own interpreting.

If it is necessary to read the bible everyday in order not to fall into spiritual destruction (or, conversely, just to generally grow in grace), then Christians for a very long time were without much hope. Every bit far as your experience in counseling is concerned, I definitely don't recollect there's anything wrong with reading the bible every mean solar day. Of class that tin can be beneficial. But that'due south a very different thing than proverb that one must read the bible every twenty-four hours. If you've never come across that sort of teaching and then it may just be my groundwork. I used to believe that it was banking on sin to not read the bible everyday and that I would undoubtedly fall into another kind of heinous sin without it also. The guilt and condemnation that people tin fall into for not reading the bible plenty when daily reading is not even required in scripture is terrible.

Sermons used to be just a nice matter to do but the "real deal" was in my own "personal fourth dimension" throughout the calendar week. This just doesn't seem to exist what the New Testament teaches. These days I put a lot more emphasis on my instruction elderberry's exposition of the Word on the Sunday. I take notes during the sermon and recollect about it more during the week instead of being so concerned with finishing the next book of the bible. I as well have a much more than biblical understanding of the Christian'southward part in the world and don't despise my secular calling like I used to. Whereas before I would skip doing homework and other such things in order to read, I no longer detect that a more spiritual thing to do.

• #ten

My Bible-reading-in-a-year plan takes anywhere from 20-45 minutes a mean solar day, depending on the twenty-four hour period. I read for several hours on Sundays: Bible + "spritiual" books.

• #11

You come across, sometimes people forget that the common man did not have his own bible until the 16th century.

Unfortunately. At that place is a reason they were called the Night Ages.

I have worries well-nigh a Christian who doesn't want to read the Bible every mean solar day. How can we railroad train ourselves in righteousness if our days are not soaked in the scriptures?

• #12

Unfortunately. There is a reason they were called the Dark Ages.

The "Dark Ages" did not begin until 500+ years afterwards the Apostles. What did all the Christians do during the first few centuries A.D. when they had no access to their own bibles? Why didn't Paul always tell the local elders to have his messages copied for everyone?

Again, I'thousand non saying that I don't like reading the scripture or that I have a problem with reading it every mean solar day. I accept problems adding human being's commands to God'south.

I have worries nearly a Christian who doesn't want to read the Bible every day. How tin can nosotros train ourselves in righteousness if our days are non soaked in the scriptures?

[bible]Ephesians 4:eleven-12[/bible]

The brusque answer, according to Paul, is that nosotros first and foremost are not our own trainers.

Again, I'm not maxim that I don't similar reading the scripture or that I take a problem with reading it every solar day. I have problems adding man's commands to God'south. There'southward way too much emphasis on personal reading and estimation today and not enough on the sermon.

• #xiii

-Reading The Scriptures-

I'd like to add that I recollect the mod conception that one must read the bible every single twenty-four hours to be spiritually healthy is a legalistic, unscriptural and potentially damaging assertion.

I think it is important to read the Scriptures and pray daily. I have been a Christian for less than a twelvemonth, and fail God ofttimes. I have missed days of my daily Bible reading, but I am convicted and set bated time to grab upward. I find myself amazed at how easily I can just skip my time with God after all he has done for me. That is why I believe information technology is important that a kid of God prays for a hungry spirit for the Word and for prayer. We should pray remembering Jeremiah 23:29. Pray that God would eat us with the flame of His Word, and that he would employ it as a hammer to shatter the hard hearts we and then often go. If we rely on God'due south grace for our salvation, is the same not so with our edification? We should exist in abiding prayer for God's grace and help with our slothful study habits. May God help us all to delve into the Scriptures and grow in grace!

Here, so, is the real problem of our negligence. We neglect in our duty to study God's Give-and-take not so much because it is difficult to empathize, non so much considering information technology is dull and boring, but considering it is work. Our problem is non a lack of intelligence or a lack of passion. Our problem is that we are lazy. --R. C. Sproul

• #14

The "Dark Ages" did not begin until 500+ years afterwards the Apostles. What did all the Christians do during the showtime few centuries A.D.? They listened to their preachers.

And now, with the advent of the printing press, the scriptures are available to every layman. Would the Christians during the commencement few centuries AD accept preferred to listen to their preachers over owning and reading daily their very own copy of the scriptures? I call back not.

Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.
(Acts 17:11)

Your statement really doesn't stand.

• #15

Your argument really doesn't stand.

Yes, I would rather have a trained pastor than my own bible. Try non to be such a product of your time and place in history. Did you totally skip over my quote from Ephesians 4? Teachers are given to railroad train u.s.a.. I am not an ordained bible instructor. "Just me and my bible" is not my style of going most growth.

Possibly you could tell me but what my argument is that doesn't stand, because I don't recollect you lot're understanding it. Does the Word of God entail a command to read the scriptures every twenty-four hour period or does it non? Were Christians in the Early Church and up until the printing press lacking? Did God leave them without everything they needed?

• #16

I read daily but not regularly. Often I'm jumping from place to place, and reading for 10 minutes 1 day and a couple hours another. I might read a whole volume in one sitting, or just a few verses.

I wish I were more disciplined to read the Discussion regularly - but I find I assimilate more if I'1000 not trying to read on a schedule or through a reading plan. I've been working on my reading plan for years at present and don't get as much out of it every bit when I am searching on a topic or comparing unlike verses and following the cross references in a study bible.

• #17

Yep, I would rather accept a trained pastor than my ain bible. Try not to be such a production of your time and place in history. Did you totally skip over my quote from Ephesians 4? Teachers are given to train us. I am not an ordained bible instructor. "Merely me and my bible" is not my way of going almost growth.

I apologise for non seeing your Ephesians 4 quote, it wasn't there when I hit reply. I agree, adding man'south commands to God's is wrong. However, I believe at that place is scriptural mandate for the necessity of everyday reading of the discussion. Just because there are people meliorate trained in it's exposition doesn't mean we are to fail personal reading.

Perhaps you could tell me only what my argument is that doesn't stand, because I don't think you're understanding it. Does the Discussion of God entail a command to read the scriptures every 24-hour interval or does it not?

If y'all mean a command equally in "thousand shalt", then no information technology does not. Still, every bit I said above, there is scriptural mandate to necessitate daily reading.

And he humbled y'all and let you hunger and fed y'all with manna, which you did non know, nor did your fathers know, that he might brand you know that man does not live by bread lonely, but man lives past every discussion that comes from the mouth of the LORD.
(Deuteronomy eight:3)

How can we consume bread daily and alive, and then be expected not to consume of God'due south discussion daily and live?

Were Christians in the Early on Church and up until the printing press defective?

Of course they were. I have several Bibles in my home. Are you suggesting that I am not improve off than they were?

Did God leave them without everything they needed?

No, but you tin can bet your life savings that they would give their right arm for the opportunities to read the scriptures that nosotros have.

Nosotros are a blessed people, with Bibles coming out of our ears. Blessing brings responsibility. Daily reading of the word is just as much a necessity to Christians as daily eating of food.

• #18

The Bible seems to recommend in several places to memorize and meditate on the Scriptures - I have trouble with "through-the-Bible-in-a-yr" plans because by the fourth dimension I've read all that I couldn't tell yous what it was near.

And what nearly the folks where Bibles are illegal and difficult to come past? I think it's wonderful that we tin own Bibles and I don't want to go back to strictly relying on the preached Word - that'due south how we concluded up with the Bible in an archaic linguistic communication no ane knew and "preachers" making it up as they went along...

• #19

And he humbled y'all and allow you hunger and fed y'all with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that he might brand you know that homo does not live by staff of life lone, only man lives past every word that comes from the rima oris of the LORD.
(Deuteronomy eight:3)

How can nosotros eat bread daily and live, and then be expected non to eat of God's word daily and live?

Of course they were. I have several Bibles in my home. Are y'all suggesting that I am not better off than they were?

No, simply you can bet your life savings that they would give their right arm for the opportunities to read the scriptures that we have.

We are a blessed people, with Bibles coming out of our ears. Blessing brings responsibility. Daily reading of the word is just equally much a necessity to Christians as daily eating of food.

I can agree to disagree on this because I know it's a pretty popular view since the Reformation.

Speedily, I just wanted to point out that your scripture references necessitating the ingestion of God's Word do not imply a allowable daily reading of information technology. For instance, you quoted from Deuteronomy virtually living on God's Word. How many of those Israelites to whom that quote is addressed do y'all think had their own bibles? The same thing goes for pretty much every other like passage, whether it be on meditating on the Give-and-take, loving the Give-and-take, etc. I can take in God's word by listening to information technology preached and thinking near the sermon and the text upon which the sermon was based. I have Psalms memorized from singing them in public worship and I meditate on God's word by singing to myself through the day (see Eph 5:19 and Col iii:16). I concur that the Word of God is as important for us as you say it is, simply I do not believe that this necessitates daily reading. I will hold with yous that in some means information technology may be "extra helpful" that we take ready access to bibles unlike previous generations of Christians, but that also does not necessitate anything. It's unfair to say "Look at all these bible nosotros take. Christians should exist ashamed of themselves!" People harp so much on that merely I hardly ever hear anyone admonish Christians for non caring enough well-nigh public worship and the preached word. *shrug*

• #xx

... Does the Word of God entail a control to read the scriptures every day or does it not? Were Christians in the Early Church and upwards until the printing printing lacking? Did God go out them without everything they needed?

I think we are to be in the Word all the time, just as we are to continually pray for 1 some other. This does not mean one has to take a strict regiment of morning readings, but I think going for a whole twenty-four hour period without looking at the Discussion is too long. Not that I accept managed to do this myself, only that I effort because I think this is what God demands of me. To always, at any time of the day, be reading or thinking of or meditating on God's Discussion.

If your reading the Discussion once a week, that non enough. If yous're reading the Word every hour, than you're retired and living solitary. But the Scriptures should exist virtually your heart(|mind), if not your manus, at all times. It would be difficult to over emphasis how important the Discussion is to Christians. If you know the lines from Napoleon Dynamite (or insert some other movie or book) more you know God's Discussion, then you know something is wrong. We live by the Word.

P.South. If nothing else, daily reading of the Discussion is good practice even if it is not explicitly commanded.

• #21

I think nosotros are to be in the Word all the fourth dimension, just every bit we are to continually pray for one another. This does not mean one has to have a strict regiment of morning readings, but I think going for a whole day without looking at the Word is besides long. Not that I have managed to do this myself, only that I endeavour because I think this is what God demands of me. To always, at any fourth dimension of the day, be reading or thinking of or meditating on God'due south Discussion.

If your reading the Word once a week, that not enough. If you're reading the Discussion every hour, than y'all're retired and living alone. Simply the Scriptures should be near your heart(|mind), if not your manus, at all times. It would be hard to over accent how important the Word is to Christians. If you know the lines from Napoleon Dynamite (or insert some other movie or book) more than than you know God's Word, then you know something is wrong. We live by the Discussion.

P.S. If zero else, daily reading of the Discussion is good practice even if it is not explicitly commanded.

All I'yard saying is that nosotros tin can't look back into the scriptures at the verses talking about the Word and read our 21st century context with bibles flowing out of our ears into them. Since believers from the beginning of time until 500 years ago didn't have their ain bibles and so I recall it's fallacious to utilise those verses to mandate daily bible reading. What would "existence in the Discussion" take meant to a devout Jew in the Old Testament or to a believer in the outset century? Information technology would've meant attending public worship, meditating throughout the week on the preaching/reading of the word, singing in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, discussing the greatness of God with fellow believers, prayer, etc.

I actually hate the fact that this has turned into this much of a fence because it makes me await similar I don't similar reading the bible or something. Of course we should love the give-and-take simply information technology's not a sin if we miss a twenty-four hour period of reading. I don't desire to derail this thread anymore; sorry for even making the comment.

• #22

What would "beingness in the Give-and-take" have meant to a devout Jew in the Old Testament or to a believer in the showtime century? It would've meant attending public worship, meditating throughout the week on the preaching/reading of the word, singing in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, discussing the greatness of God with young man believers, prayer, etc.

Y'all are correct. I think that was part of the point I was trying to make. The Jews would meditate on the Word, and memorize information technology. They did non need to keep a pocket scroll with them at all times in order to stay in the Word.

I actually hate the fact that this has turned into this much of a debate because information technology makes me look like I don't like reading the bible or something. Of form we should love the word but information technology's not a sin if we miss a day of reading. I don't want to derail this thread anymore; sorry for fifty-fifty making the annotate.

Not a problem. This is function of working out things. Hopefully it leads to more understanding.

• #23

I try to read a chapter or more a mean solar day. Emphasis on try.

• #24

I repent, I'1000 trying to become this thread back on rails by splitting off CarolinaCalvinist'southward very interesting give-and-take to its own thread, but so far it isn't working. I'thou a little verklempt please feel free to hash out this. Pitiful!

• #25

I really detest the fact that this has turned into this much of a debate because it makes me wait like I don't like reading the bible or something. Of course we should beloved the word simply it's not a sin if we miss a day of reading. I don't want to derail this thread anymore; deplorable for fifty-fifty making the annotate.

Don't be deplorable. I understand what you are saying and I'm in complete understanding with you lot. For me, meditation on the Word is better acheived when I don't bite off more than I can chew. And losing the guilt-trip of not keeping up with my "Bible-in-a-year" has been a relief.

satz

Puritan Board Senior

• #26

Well, since this thread was split to accommodate the word that sprung up, I wonder if I might be able to tempt anyone else to address the OP?

Prehaps I should requite an instance of what I was asking. Say today I decide to read a detail chapter, say Phil three. And then I read it though in one case, which should take say... three minutes at most. So, what now? Should I re-read it? Think about the points that struck me? Wait at a commentary? Meditate on individual verses?

I don't mean this in any legalistic 'you must do this mode'. I simply meant for people to share what are their personal bible reading habits, since often I will read a chapter, and only a curt while later I will think to myself 'what was that I read again?'

How tin can I brand my bible reading fourth dimension more profitable?

MW

Puritanboard Amanuensis

• #27

Scourby's AV on CD. I continue to be amazed by the insights which are to exist found by "listening to the text." There are verbal structures which are non so evident in the reading. Yous learn pure English pronunciation at the same time.

satz

Puritan Board Senior

• #29

Andrew,

Thanks, I'll check those out.

Pastor Winzer,

I've actually been wanting to get Scourby for some time at present, but it does seem very expensive.

MW

Puritanboard Amanuensis

• #30

Marker, the expense of Scourby is definitely worth information technology. Koorong marks upward 100%, so that is why it'south so expensive here, and probably also because they fix their prices when the Aussie dollar wasn't doing as well against the greenback. With an improvement in the exchange charge per unit it may be profitable to order from overseas, but and then at that place'south the risk of not knowing who yous are dealing with.

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