How often is scripture read aloud in your church?

Here's Nancy De Masuagamuth describing a lot of evangelical churches.

We want 45 minutes of music to make us feel good.

And then we want to squeeze in maybe 25 minutes

and we endure that of teaching and preaching.

And in that teaching and preaching may not even use the Bible.

This is the Reviver Hearts Podcast with Nancy DeMoss Walgamoo, author of The Quiet Place, for January 2nd, 2024,

I'm Dana Gresch.

If you're the mom of little ones, I hope you read aloud to your kids as often as you can.

It's good for them and it's good for you.

But that's not the only context in which reading aloud is really helpful.

Nancy explains in a series called Getting Into the Word and Getting the Word into you.

Well this month we're challenging our listeners to do the one thing that I think if you

will do this will make a bigger difference than any single other factor in your spiritual

growth in life over the next year. And that is to read your Bible.

To have sometime each day that you're in the word, to the Lord and then responding to his word

in prayer and worship and praise.

And we're encouraging you if you're not in this habit already to take a 30-day challenge

that every day for the next 30 days you will spend some time each day alone

with the Lord in the Word and in prayer.

Now I'll just tell you from 40 years of experience, the devil will fight you at every front when you try to make

this commitment. He does not want you to get this time. He doesn't want you to enjoy it.

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