I find that when I am away from school my personal Bible reading is more constant and lasts longer. Last summer I spent long nights in Job. I read and reread the same verses and spent time just sitting, praying and writing out thoughts. I still read through books, but not with the same intensity.
I am reading through Nehemiah with a group of about six people. A pastor in California leads discussions chapter by chapter and we post our reflections. We are spread out from California and Arizona to Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas. I love reading through and finding out how what I see relates to what they learned from the same passage.
I know everyone says that when you are reading for a religion class it doesn’t count, but I love what we are reading in Mark in my Gospels class. Both Transforming Mission and Transformation have caused me to take a break from reading for class to look up scripture that they mentioned. I think learning and growing is kind of the whole point of class anyway, so maybe it should “count”.
At the beginning of this semester, I was also going through Acts with a friend. I feel like right now (now being these last two months) I have not given near enough time to scripture reading. I feel my prayer life is better now than it has been. Being in constant prayer is not such a foreign concept anymore. I also feel that the community and accountability I have with my roommates is very strong, but I need to be sure not to neglect the study of God’s word.
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