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At Valleyview Bible Church we seek to be a people who are being shaped by the Scriptures. Therefore, we encourage everyone to faithfully read through the Bible and become more familiar with its various parts as well as grow in their awareness of how the whole Bible is a unified story of God’s unfolding plan of redemption in history.

Here are four brief reasons why we should seek to read through the Bible:

  1. God works through His Word. The Bible is the living and active word of God (Hebrews 4:12) that He uses to renew our minds and change our lives (Romans 12:1-2). When we regularly read our Bibles, God works through His Spirit to convict us of sin, strengthen our faith, correct our misunderstandings, teach us about His will, help us to remain steadfast through various trials, equip us for every good work, remind us of the hope we have in Jesus Christ, and much more (2 Timothy 3:15-17; Hebrews 5:11-14; John 17:17).

  2. God often applies His Word in unexpected ways. As we maintain the discipline of faithful Bible reading, we will often be surprised by the way God will use His Word to bring some insight or encouragement that will “speak” to our particular life situation.

  3. God will show us His grace through portions of Scripture we may be less familiar with. The whole Bible is about the good news of God’s Kingdom through Jesus Christ the King. As we develop an awareness of the themes that run throughout God’s Word we will be able to discern how everything points to Jesus in some way (John 5:39; Hebrews 1:1-2; Luke 24:27, 44).

  4. God will meet us through His Word when we read it aloud together with others. The Scriptures are meant to be read aloud and heard. We learn a lot from others as we meet regularly with them to read, pray over, and discuss what the Scriptures teach us about Jesus Christ and how that should influence our faith and life together as members of the church body.

To establish a habit of faithful Bible reading we recommend getting a good English translation (we generally use the ESV translation on Sunday mornings) and having a plan. It’s a good idea to establish a regular time and place to read the Bible each day. We also suggest using one of the helpful Bible reading plans available below.