How do you read this thing? Taking time.

How much time do you take reading the Bible? Do you take 5 minutes, 15 minutes, enough to read a chapter, daily, weekly, not as much as you should? What time do you read your Bible? Do you read in the morning, evening, lunch break, before bed, before sunrise?

These are some things to consider. It should be a daily effort to read at least a few verses. If it is only a few verses. Read them. Pray them. Apply them. If you have a set time you read and if you have more than 15 minutes I make this recommendation. Find a commentary you can read and understand. A Christian bookstore will be a good place to find one that works for you. I like William Barclay. He is informative and gives historical, social, religious, and governmental context to the verses you study. He paints a picture to explain the importance of how those things relate to the verses. There is also Charles Spurgeon, Matthew Henry, John MacArthur, among many others.

Take notes! Write down words you don't understand and verses you want to try and cross reference later. Use a highlighter to mark important or relevant verses. Make notes if your Bible if you need to.

Here is the part where I call you to the proverbial carpet about reading your Bible. You most likely have a cellphone and on that phone you have apps. I would hope one would be a Bible app. You are now busted! Everyone takes time to check their Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and email on their phone. Why not check in with the Word of God? In the time it takes to scroll through Twitter you could read a hand full of verses. Biblegateway has a great Bible app, as well as, Youversion. Look them up in which ever app store you use. It's a new year and a great time to commit to reading daily. You can get notifications with some Bible apps to make sure you get your fill daily. Biblegateway has plenty of options for emails and notificvations on their phone app and website. I personally read several of their daily emails. In a world of technology we now have the oppotunity to have the Bible at our fingertips at any given moment. Read the Word, live the Word, share the Word!