What's the best tool for reading the Bible?

Nancy DeMas Walgamoose says, it's a pen.

If you're writing as you're reading, you'll find that you really will concentrate better.

And then when you're done, you'll have there a journal of your summary of the Word of God.

And not only how did you get into the Word, but how the Word got into

you as you do summary and application.

This is the Reviver Hearts Podcast with Nancy DeMoss Walgabuth, author of The Quiet

Place. For January 5th, 2024, I'm Dana Gresh.

You might remember learning to not write in books as a kid, and maybe you're enforcing that now as a parent or teacher.

Respecting property is important, but one way

you can respectfully study the Bible is actually to write in it. Nancy will explain in the series

getting into the word and getting the word into you. If you missed any of the episode so far,

ooh, they're good. You can hear them all at revive our hearts.com or on the

Revive Our Hearts app. Here's Nancy. Have you ever had the experience as you're reading

in your quiet time, reading a particular portion of scripture, maybe even several pages

or chapters, and then you stop and you realize that you have absolutely no idea what you just read, I see

a lot of heads nodding and mine is nodding because I have had that happen so many times.

Or maybe you just find that as you read the scripture, you find it difficult to concentrate.

You're reading with your eyes about the children of Israel in the wilderness or Jesus and his disciples in a boat, but your mind is thousands of miles away.

You're thinking about the phone call you just got from your mother-in-law or the phone call you need to make to your mother-in-law.

You're thinking about an outfit you have to make for your child's kindergarten program.

You're thinking about your daughter who is spending the weekend with her father and his girlfriend

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