Bible Study Everyday

What's one of the best ways to learn the good word? By doing Bible study everyday of course!

Now wait a minute, just wait a minute, I hear you thinking. How do you expect me to study the Bible everyday when I have work and family and school and bills and so and so many other responsibilities as it is? And wait a minute, I already go to church as it is, so what's the deal?

Well I'll tell you what the deal is. The deal is that if you think all of your other "responsibilites," which, let's face it, are probably nothing more than half-baked excuses when you get right down to it, outweigh your true responsibility to uphold your duty to God and His Word, then I pray that you'll stick around awhile to see just how easy and rewarding it can be to devote just a little bit of time amidst all of your other responsibilities to studying the Holy Bible.

That's right, just a little bit of time is all it really takes. You just have to do it everyday to reap the big rewards.

How Much Bible Study Is Enough Everyday?

Fifteen minutes. I kid you not. You only need to set aside just fifteen minutes of your time once a day to studying the Good Book.

Only fifteen minutes? you may be thinking, How can that short amount of time accomplish anything worthwhile?

Well let me tell you: It's not the quantity of time spent doing Bible studies, rather, it's the quality of the time used and how you use it. Perhaps this concept is a bit confusing, so please, let me elaborate a bit.

When you open the Holy Bible to study it, that's exactly what you must do:  study.   Reading it for a quarter of an hour won't accomplish much.  In fact, "reading" it for five hours won't do much of anything.  Sure, it will pass the time and entertain you.  You might even remember a few choice verses or little quotes here and there.

The problem is that you won't retain anything.  Why?  Because when you read for pleasure, you read the passage once and then move on.  Unless something specific strikes your fancy, how can you expect to retain anything that way?

Ah, but if you study scripture, then you can begin your journey to learning the Holy Bible which will eventually allow you the tools to apply what you learn to life.  Therefore:

When You Read The Bible, You Study The Bible

I don't know how to make it much clearer than that, really.  Of course, now that you know what to do, how, exactly do you go about actually studying the bible?

There are several methods that I would like to get into, but this post is already getting a little bit long.  But I don't want to leave you empty-handed, either.  While I'll go over several methods in future posts, I'll give you just a quick look at a couple of those now so you can get started or at least get an idea of what you might need to do to implement your Study Bible Regimen.

1. When you study your bible, keep a notepad and pen or pencil beside you at all times.  Take notes of passages that interest you so you can go back to them on your next study session.
2. Dedicate a space (or even a whole room if you have on available!) to only you and your bible.  Do not use this space for anything else.  When you are in this space--study your bible!
3. Set a timer and when it goes off, stop right where you are and make a note of it:  Do Not Finish the verse or even the sentence.  This will help to keep the passage you were on fresh in your mind.  And that's a good thing!

Until next we meet, I hope you can find a way to implement these methods into your fifteen minute routine.  I'll delve into these practices deeper in the coming posts, but until then, remember:  Do Your Bible Study Everyday!