How to Read Your Bible.

One of the best ways to learn and live the Scriptures is to meditate on them. Biblical meditation is taking a word, truth, or doctrine, and steeping it like tea leaves in your mind, allowing those biblical realities to flavor and transform your spirituality.

Meditation on the Bible takes a little bit of time. You can rush making tea, but it won’t be

So how do we interact with God’s Word in a way that is relationally focused? How do we balance limiting the world’s messages and seductions, but not become isolated, out of touch, religious weirdos? Well, let’s get practical. What does your mental diet look like? What are you putting in your mind? What do you think is the ratio between the amount o

Because what you find as you begin devoting yourself to reading, studying, and meditating on the Word is that the Holy Spirit quickly begins causing Scripture to be “implanted” in your heart (James 1:21).

investing even a little effort in reading his writing will yield a huge spiritual payoff.

Chapter 5 Reading Holy Scriptures