When you look back over your childhood Bible reading habits, do you see a pattern? What would you attribute to the fact that you became bored with reading the Bible because you just weren't finding it interesting enough or because you just couldn't figure out where to start reading from? It is time to stop thinking in those terms and look at your reading list objectively. Instead, look for a Bible reading plan that will help you start reading from the beginning and slowly build your way up to more complex topics. Here's how you can find one.
Determine which Bible topics interest you. This is a difficult task because as a child you had no way of knowing what was going on around you. You may have experienced sex before and gotten confused about your sexual feelings. Or maybe you were born into poverty and were afraid of the future. Look for some type of focal point to bring you back around to the Bible story again. Maybe that will be a trip down memory lane. Another way to develop your Bible reading habit is to start reading from the first paragraph and then keep going backwards. So if you read the first paragraph then read the paragraphs two and start reading the third paragraph, etc. In this way, when you get to the end of each chapter, you already have experienced the information that you were craving from the beginning of the book. You already know the answer to a question that has been nagging at you throughout the entire book. You also want to make sure that you are taking time to read between your periods of reading. A good rule of thumb is to take 15 minutes between bible study sessions. That is still very much time. If you were to only read half an hour between sessions then you would still be very far ahead of the majority of your peers. The key to all of this is repetition. When you are teaching something to a class of people, it is not enough to repeat what you have just taught once. You have to teach it over again to make sure that everyone understands it. This is why we always suggest taking the same amount of time to read each chapter of a book. That way, you are making sure that the concept is sinking into everyone's minds. If you use a Bible reading plan, you will find that you have a lot more time to spend on actual reading instead of tearing through pages because you have forgotten what you read. It all boils down to repetition. Spend your time on what really matters. Make it fun for yourself. Remember to always start reading at the beginning and finish at the end of each chapter. For more references, check out: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible_study_(Christianity)
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