Ever feel like reading scripture is just a box to check?

Nancy DeMoth Walgamuth has something to say about that.

Studying and obeying God's Word is not just the right thing to do, though it certainly is that.

But I want you to see, as we are continuing in these themes from Psalm 119,

I want you to see that being in God's word is a means

to great joy.

This is the Revive Our Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMoss Walgamo.

Author of A Place of Quiet Rest.

For June 18th, 2025, I'm Dana Gresh.

Here's Nancy, continuing in a series called Revive Me According to Your Word.

I was visiting in a friend's condo not too long ago, and I saw a book that was kind of intriguing to me, so I picked it up.

The title was, A Thousand-One Books You Must Read Before You Die.

Now, my first thought about that is you're going to have to live a long time, probably,

if you're going to read 1,000-1 books, especially books like the classics that are referenced in this book.

It was edited by an English lit prof, so it includes books like Arabian that are referenced in this book. It was edited by an English

lit prof, so it includes books like Arabian Nights, Wuthering Heights, Lord of the Flies. But astoundingly to me,

in this popular book, 1,001 books you must read before you die, it does not include the Bible.

Now, something's wrong with that picture. If there's only one book you can read before you die, it's got to be the Bible. It is the book above all books in all

of human history. We've been taking a survey with our listeners online, and 36% of our listeners who responded

to that survey said that they had never read through the entire Bible.

Now, it was encouraging to me to think that 64% of the listeners have read through the Bible

at least once, but if you were to take the general Christian populace, I think there

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