Did You Know There's A Better Way To Read Your Bible? | David Platt
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🗓️ 26 May 2025
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
On this episode, Granger sits down with pastor and author David Platt for a deep, honest conversation about something every believer wrestles with: How do you actually hear the voice of God? David unpacks why the Bible is unlike any other book, how it’s not just a rulebook but a personal love letter from God, and how reading it transforms the way we live, pray, and relate to others.
They dive into practical steps for making Bible reading more than a checkbox—how to meditate on Scripture, memorize it, apply it, pray it, and share it with others. David shares stories from his own life (including how his “taste buds” for God’s Word have changed over the years), and Granger opens up about the struggles we all face with consistency and distraction.
Whether you’re a brand-new Christian or you’ve been in church all your life, this episode will encourage you to rethink your approach to God’s Word, pursue real intimacy with Jesus, and experience the life you were created for. Plus, there’s a powerful challenge at the end about leaving a legacy of faith—one day and one verse at a time.
Plus, check out David's new book How To Read The Bible.
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| 0:00.0 | Yeah, it's just like taking me back to, I think that was probably one of my first exposures to, |
| 0:04.1 | like, reform theology. |
| 0:05.6 | So anyway, I know that you're, you've got so much going on and you're literally going |
| 0:12.9 | to speak at this conference at some point. |
| 0:15.6 | And you somehow made time to come back in here to the hotel room and, and do this podcast. |
| 0:20.7 | So thank you, man. |
| 0:22.2 | Bro, yes. Thank you, man. Thank you for, yeah, making a slot. Yeah. So I have a question for you. |
| 0:30.8 | Yeah. How could I hear God's voice? Oh, wow. All right. We're diving in. We're getting right into it. |
| 0:40.1 | Yes. That's the beauty of the Bible. Like we have, like I got to wake up this morning and open a book |
| 0:50.8 | and know that I'm hearing the voice of God. |
| 0:55.0 | That, how amazing. |
| 0:57.0 | And I don't have to like, look for some mystical sense. |
| 1:05.0 | Like, yes, I want to be really careful even in saying that because it's a spiritual spiritual spirit-led activity opening the Bible in a |
| 1:15.7 | Psalm 119 kind of way open my eyes that I may see wonderful things happen and wonderful things |
| 1:22.3 | in your law so it's it's definitely it's spiritual but it is objective truth on a page. |
| 1:29.5 | Every word I'm reading here is inspired by God himself to draw me closer to him. |
| 1:39.1 | So I get to do that every morning and all day long anytime I want, hear the voice of God. |
| 1:45.9 | And in a relationship with God, that's not just a mechanical thing. |
| 1:51.7 | I'm reading words on a page, but this is, it's why in this book I try to, like, put reading the Bible in the context of love relationship like this is intimacy with God through His Word. |
| 2:08.4 | So anyway, that's a privilege anyone of us has, who has the Word of God that is to say in our language. |
| 2:17.4 | So, yeah, everybody, every single person watching |
| 2:21.0 | listen to this right now can hear the voice of God by opening up that book and saying, |
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