If you try to read the Bible every day do you ever find it boring? When you do find it boring do you feel guilty, after all it is God’s Word?
If you do, you are not alone. Many people find parts of the Bible boring.
Parts of Numbers and Deuteronomy are boring even to Bible scholars at times. Instead of feeling guilty you can be proud that you are trying to read the Bible every day. But, it is God’s Word and it is all important.
Here are some tips to help you.
1. Vary your reading. If you find a part that is hard to understand or is boring to you try to also a part that you like (maybe a Psalm, the Gospel of Mark or something like that).
2. Consider using a “daily Bible reading” type Bible that has sections from the Old Testament and New Testament or is in chronological order.
3. Get a student Bible or study Bible that will explain some of the parts that are hard to understand so that they might not be so boring when you understand them.
4. Pray. Tell God honestly how you feel and ask Him to give you strength to continue and insight to understand His Word.
The main thing is to keep at it and don’t give up. If you are reading the Bible you are doing something great.