...."Regular Bible engagement is both personal and requires discipline. Neither are popular in Western culture today," said McConnell. "Too many churchgoers want the benefits of salvation without investing in personally knowing Christ and the abundant life He offers"....
....For the study, LifeWay Research interviewed a demographically balanced online panel of American adults last year, Oct. 14-22. A total of 2,930 surveys were completed, with churchgoing respondents being defined as those who attend a Protestant church at least once a month.
Yes, even then it takes discipline to do so every day and then meditate on what has been read but the rewards are worth far more than the effort.
Your Word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against you. Psalm 119:11
I delight in your decrees; I will not neglect your Word. Psalm 119:16
Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. Psalm 1:1, 2
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path. Psalm 119:105
My eyes stay open through the watches of the night, that I may meditate on your word. Psalm 119:148
Your Word is very pure, Therefore Your servant loves it. Psalm 119:140
The teaching of your Word gives light, so even the simple can understand Psalm 119:130
I will delight in your statutes, I will not forget your word Psalm 119:16
People who don’t like to read that much should remember that they can get the daily Scriptural readings in an audio version through the internet. You can listen and then spend time in meditation and prayer.
I do not need to read the Bible.
Obama, the Messiah, praise be upon him, will let me know all I need to believe and how I must behave.
All of you Bible readers are putting God before Man. The State, not God, is the Omnipotent. All derives from the state. That is why I have a statue of Obama on my dashboard.
The first thing you notice when reading the BIBLE is that it was not written by Cecil B DeMille.
Small wonder that David was a man after God's own heart.
It takes discipline.
I have started and stopped many times in my Christian walk.
As of right now I am reading the Word daily again.
When the world creeps in and one needs His word most is usually when we fall away...
I would encourage everyone to do their own survey. Ask people at church what they read in the Bible this past week or what they heard in the sermon. They will scurry away.................