My Journal and Diary
2025
June
Tuesday, June 10th, 2025
Bible Reading Habit
My wife and I have been able to do our devotions together now for a number of years. We do it first thing in the morning while drinking our coffee. We started out by doing the "Daily Audio Bible" for about 18 months. We then floundered a bit looking for alternatives, and finally discovered "Glorify," which we did for two or three years. Currently we are loving "Ten Minute Bible Talks."
In today's devotional, there were a few points made that I valued and I thought I'd share them.
1. Regular Bible reading is transformative
2. Using a physical Bible allows you to engage in a more tangible way than using a Bible app
3. Write in the margins, highlight, and underscore passages so you can look back and remember the way that God has spoken to you through His word
4. Journal the things you sense God is telling you so you integrate them into your memory
5. Ultimately Bible reading isn't about "completion," but about "interaction." By this I mean that we should first be focused on inviting God to speak to us. Our desire is first an encounter with God. Of secondary importance is checking off an item on some spiritual to-do list.
So this blog entry is a response to the prompting of the Spirit today. I've moved one of my Bibles to my bedside table. Instead of checking out my phone as soon as I wake up, I'm going to try to choose to open the holy book. My journal is digital, and public, at least for now... but I'm considering whether I need to also return to a paper journal.
Lord God, please help me as I seek you. May I not be only a hearer of the Word, but a doer also.
Amen