Glenna Marshall makes a profound point in this piece: you’ve got enough time to read the Bible daily. Glenna required deep suffering to persuade her she couldn’t live life without God’s word. What will it take to persuade you?
Glenna timed her reading of the entire book of James, at a slow pace: 7.5 minutes. Then she went back to reread chapter one: 90 seconds.
Don’t start out with an hour of Bible reading at 5 a.m. unless this is a really, really feasible plan for you. Most of us won’t benefit from a plan like that. Not because it wouldn’t be good for us (it would be) but because if we start out too strong too quickly, we’re very likely to quit. We don’t want Bible reading for two weeks at the beginning of every year followed by months and months of spiritual malnourishment. We want Bible reading for life.
And then my favorite line of the piece:
If you have time to read this article, you have time to read your Bible.
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