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Heather's avatar

I read regularly using Dr Horton’s method which has 10-reading lists, so 10-chapters a day…but this article has inspired me to listen straight through during my extensive drive time each day….today listened to Titus-Revelations 10 and will start at Genesis when Revelations wraps up sometime tomorrow. With the amount of time I spend in the car, I’m thinking 6-12 time through the Bible in 2025 (listening at 1.5+ speed). Pretty excited for this to see what God reveals to me😀

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Of course. Once you understand that to get the most out of God's Word, reading it from beginning to end, as many times a year as you can is the only way to go.

For the past five years, and likely longer, I have determined to read first thing in the morning every day 30 minutes or 5 chapters in the Bible. Some days a little more time or depending how the chapters fall, 4 or 6 chapters to reach a logical end point.

Beginning at Genesis and going forward I have completed at least one and half trips though the Bible each year; one year I made three full trips. Each time, I find something new that I hadn't seen or understood before. This year, I'm currently in II Samuel on the second time through.

I'm not very good at memorization (not one of my gifts), but now I recognize many texts during church service, and know pretty much where to find them in the text.

As you said, 15 or 30 minutes, or even an hour is really not a lot time to devote to something so important.

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