Keri Wyatt Kent addressed three ways to "breathe life into your conversations with God" in Today's Christian Woman:
- Deep Listening
- Breath Prayer
- Being There
Reading the Bible shouldn't be a daily task to check off of our to do list; it should have meaning and importance. And the best way to get that is to slow down and focus.
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I listened to a two-part series last week from the program Grace to You about how to study scripture. One recommendation that John MacArthur had was to find a short book of the Bible (he suggested 1 John) and read it in one sitting. The next day, read it again. Read it every day for a month. Feel free to make notes or marks in the margin. As your eyes see it again and again on a consistent basis, especially if you read it in the same Bible, your recall and absorption will improve.
ReplyDeleteHe then suggested following it up with a longer book, broken up in to parts of a few chapters each month. Then, alternate longer books with shorter books.
I think as soon as I get my primary Bible back (I left it at my mother's church over vacation), I'm going to try this.