how can i stick to it?

Question

how can i stick to reading my Bible...school has just startedand it kinda drags me away cuz its just crazy at school and everything seems to make me kinda ticked and i think i try to deal with it and i kno i should give it over to god but its just hard cause u want to deal with it so its just kinda dragging me away from reading my Bible so help me

Answer 1

I was so excited to read that you are inspired to grow in your relationship with the Lord. "But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ" (2nd Peter 3:18). We are commanded to grow in our walk with Christ. And there's no time like the present to do so. God has never commanded us to do anything that we cannot do; so the fact that we are commanded to grow in our relationship with God should excite us. But just how do we grow in our walk with the Lord?
How do you develop and strengthen any relationship? You do so by spending time with that person; by walking with them; by talking to them; by listening to them. The more time you spend with someone, the more that person will influence your thoughts, words, attitudes, and actions; and the closer the two of you will become. In fact, it's impossible to spend quality time with someone, and then not start to resemble them in some way.
The same holds true for your relationship with God. If we want to grow closer to God, we have got to spend time with Him. We've got to talk to God through prayer; and listen to Him to talk to us through His Word. This is, of course, in addition to regular church attendance and witnessing. But, like any relationship, the most important ingredient to your relationship with Christ is communication. After all, we can't trust God if we don't know what He says. We can't trust God if we aren't bringing our requests before Him, seeking His wisdom, etc,; we can't obey God if we don't know what He commands. Most of all, we can't enjoy--to the fullest extent--His love for us if we aren't reading His love letter that He wrote to us---the Bible.
The Bible says that God is Light (see 1st John 1:5). When you're spending time in the Word and prayer daily, you're spending time in the Light. I have found that the more time I spend in the Light, the more noticeable the darkness is in my own life; and the more time I spend with the Light of the world, the less time I want to spend in the darkness. The more time I spend fellowshipping with God, the less the Christian life is a bunch of do's and don’ts and can's and cant’s, and the more the Christian life takes on a matter of LOVE and DESIRE. As I'm walking close with Jesus, I WANT to do such and such. As I walk close with Jesus, I don't DESIRE to do this or that. Instead, I DESIRE to please Him, because I LOVE Him, and He LOVES me! Isn't that how we're to view our Christian life, as a relationship, and not as a religion? In religion, you do what you do out of a sense of obligation. As a Christian, even though God is worthy of being obeyed simply because He is God, we should do what we do out of love and desire. If that's our motivation, then a walk with Christ will produce peace and joy indescribable.
If you are not currently having a daily devotion, I urge you to do so. A daily devotion is simply setting aside a certain amount of time, usually in a certain place, to spend quality time reading a portion of Scripture, and talking with your Lord and Father. Some people get hung up on insisting you have your devotion first thing in the morning. I'm not as concerned about when or where in the day we have our devotion as I am THAT we have our daily devotion. Now I will say that I love starting off my day by going to Starbucks, and having about a 30-40 minute devotion over a double-shot espresso--or two LOL! It just seems to start my day off on the right foot, and get my spirit in tune with the Spirit.
We would never even think of going a day without physical food. So why should we be any different when it comes to feeding our spirits? Jesus said, "'Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God" (Matthew 4:4) If you aren't already doing so, make God's Word a part of your daily "diet." You may already be very familiar with the Bible. If you are, I don't need to tell you what to read. If you are not already familiar with the Bible, the Gospel of John is an excellent place to start. Of all the books in the New Testament, the Gospel of John best explains who Jesus is, and what a relationship with Him is all about. The New Testament is the best place for a young believer to be spending most of her time. I do enjoy starting my devotion off with 5 chapters of Psalms and a chapter of Proverbs, and then I get into whatever New Testament book I am reading that week. There are 150 Psalms. If you read 5 a day, you will read through the book of Psalms once a month, 12 times a year. There are 31 chapters in Proverbs. If you read a chapter of Proverbs a day to coincide with that day of the month, you'll read the whole book of Proverbs once a month, 12 times a year. Just a lil bit of advice there for ya. :)
It's important to note that having a daily devotion will not cause God to love you anymore than He already does. He already loves you with perfect love. By the same token, not having a daily devotion will not cause God to love you any less. Again, God loves you with perfect, unconditional love. His love does not change with performance or lack thereof.
I believe though, that if you will get in the habit of having a "date" with God everyday, you will start to grow in your relationship with the Lord, and you will see Him begin to change you BIG TIME! I hope you found this e-mail encouraging. You are in my prayers.


Your Brother in Christ,
David J. Stynchcombe

Answer 2

Why not find a Christian friend to encourage you; you can help each other. And you don't have to undertake a huge amount of reading; why not start of each day with a Psalm. Start at number 1 and go all the way through; it's a wonderful way to start out your day.

Or, find a Christian book store and get one of those little booklets on bible studies. I'm doing one right now on prayer; you can pick it up and do a few questions, and then lay it down and pick it up again when you have a minute.

Don't forget prayer too...another peaceful and wise way to begin your day. May God give you a wonderful year in school.

Answer 3

I am sure that you must have at least 15 minutes a day that you could devote to reading your Bible!
God does not expect you to spend all of your time reading the Bible!
Because if you did you could not get any other thing done!

Answer 4

I think you can do it in your free time why is it that you wanna read the Bible at school? Read it in your car while you drive (ok... NO! don't, but if someone else takes you there you can do it), if you go by schoolbus read it there, read it before you go to bed, there are plenty of opportunities for you to read it! You just read it when you wanna and when you have a chance!

Answer 5

I read my Bible at breakfast each morning. You can get the Bible on audio CD or tape and listen to it.

Answer 6

If you don't give things in your life to God for him to deal with
he is not your God
you need a god to be all powerful in your life that's whats a God is for

Answer 7

All you can do is commit yourself to a particular time and place set aside just for the purpose. And be certain that at least at first, Satan will find 'more important' things for you to do then.

Answer 8

Decide on PRIORITIES!

Self disciplin is something you can only teach your self.

PRAY at a certain time as you are on way to and from school.
Start while passing a certain corner, house, building or what ever.

Praying FOR YOU!

Answer 9

Priorities. You have to decide what's most important to you.

Answer 10

You will do as you wish to do.

Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.