Should We Be Reading the Bible Every Day?

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How Often Should We Read Our Bible?

British preacher John Blanchard, says, “Surely we only have to be realistic and honest with ourselves to know how regularly we need to turn to the Bible. How often do we face problems, temptation, and pressure? Every day! Then how often do we need instruction, guidance, and greater encouragement? Every day! To catch all these felt needs up into an even greater issue, how often do we need to see God’s face, hear His voice, feel His touch, know His power? The answer to all these questions is the same: every day!” 

Reverend D. L. Moody

Reasons to Read the Bible Daily

To grow in the grace and knowledge of the Lord (2 Peter 3:18)

We’re never to read the Bible to gain knowledge for knowledge’s sake. We read the Bible to know the Lord and grow in Him (and all that growth entails) and then help others grow in Him, too.

To learn how to pray (Matthew 6:5-13)

Our Lord and Master, Jesus Christ, taught us to pray. (This is better called the Disciples’ Prayer. The Lord’s Prayer is found in John 17.) In addition, the Bible — from Genesis through Revelation — is filled with prayers, particularly the Psalms.

To learn how to handle the Word rightly (2 Timothy 2:15)

The Bible, when you think about it, is a miracle. God saw to it that we have what He intends us to have. Throughout the millennia from Creation to now, He made sure we have the record He had His chosen men write (2 Peter 1:21). It is our privilege and responsibility to handle it rightly.

To substantiate what you hear

Consider the Bereans from Peter’s account in Acts 17:11. The passage reads, “Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.” Did you catch that? The Bereans examined the Scriptures daily. Oughtn’t we, too, to see if what we are taught is so?

To counter false teachers

It seems a new teaching/teacher arises daily who counters the truth of God’s Word. False teachers twist the words of Scripture to meet their own ends – to their destruction (2 Timothy 4:3; 2 Peter 3:16). Daily immersion keeps us full of the truth, able to discern the lies, and refute them with compassion and love. Jude tells us to contend for the faith (v. 3).

What a glowing encouragement to us to keep reading the Bible – God’s revelation of Himself to us – daily.

Thanks be to God no Christian can get too much of the Bible. Daily intake of His Word is like a multi-vitamin for our souls.