John Piper answers a question from a teenager wondering how to develop not only a duty but a passion for reading the Bible. His answer may be of help to you as well.
He begins:
Let me start this way: John Piper does not read through the Bible every year because there is a biblical law requiring me to do it; rather, because there’s something like — I don’t know what to call it — a natural or spiritual law in my soul that sets off alarm bells if I don’t. What I mean is this: my mental, psychological, spiritual condition has taught me over the years that without daily communion, daily fellowship with the living Christ, my God, my Savior, my treasure, my friend, in and through his word, the totality of Scripture — without that — my sight of him becomes blurred.
As you proceed in your Bible reading plan for the new year, you may want to consider the rest of his answer.
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