Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible recap.

As we get ready to launch into Genesis, I thought it might be helpful to walk you through

some really practical steps for how to read the Bible.

I'll give you a bit of a sneak peek into my process in case any of the things I do

might be helpful for you.

But that's not to say that what works for me is what will work for you.

I want you to find what works best for you.

And it may be trial and error for a while.

Be patient with yourself.

When you start something new, it rarely goes perfectly right out of the gate.

Give yourself a chance to adjust and adapt.

First, let's talk about time.

When are you going to read the Bible?

Set a time for it.

Put it in your calendar so you treat it with respect.

For most of my life, I read my Bible at the end of the day because I'm a night owl

and it's when I feel most alert.

I also would tell myself a convenient lie that it's better for me to read at night because

unlike in the morning, I have nowhere to be in the middle of the night so I can stay up as

long as I want reading the Bible.

That sounds nice, but that never happened.

I just rushed through it, half focused while my mind went back to whatever had happened

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