Should I Read My Bible Daily?
Ask Pastor John
Desiring God
4.9 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 22 September 2014
⏱️ 7 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This is a big week for us at Desiring God. |
| 0:06.8 | We will be hosting our National Conference, which begins Friday at the Minneapolis Convention |
| 0:10.5 | Center. |
| 0:11.5 | This will be our 12th National Conference, and it will be our final national conference. |
| 0:15.8 | And I know a lot of listeners plan to be there in person this weekend. |
| 0:19.7 | It will also be a special conference for you, Pastor John, because you'll be giving |
| 0:22.6 | five of the sessions yourself. |
| 0:25.1 | You've never done that. |
| 0:26.4 | The whole point of this conference is to show how relevant the Bible is for daily life. |
| 0:29.6 | The Pastor John, what would you say to a listener, a man or a woman listening to this |
| 0:32.7 | episode right now, who says, if they're really honest about it, that the Bible doesn't seem |
| 0:38.1 | very relevant to their average day, to where they work, to where they live. |
| 0:43.0 | Why do I need to read the Bible every day? |
| 0:45.7 | How would you answer that? |
| 0:47.0 | Well, one thing I know for sure in response to this question and another thing I don't |
| 0:54.6 | know. |
| 0:56.4 | What I know is that the Bible is relevant to this person's average day where he lives |
| 1:04.1 | and works. |
| 1:05.4 | Say why in just a minute? |
| 1:07.6 | And what I don't know is what his goals are in life and work. |
| 1:15.1 | And the reason that matters is that you can have goals at work or in life, which will put |
| 1:22.7 | you so out of sync with the Bible that you find the Bible to be annoying or condemning |
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