Isaiah 34:16

Read the Scriptures regularly

Read alternately portions from the Old and New Testaments.

Read with prayer

You cannot by your own wisdom understand the Word of God. In all your reading of the Scriptures, seek carefully the help of the Holy Spirit. Ask that He will enlighten you for Jesus' sake.

Read with meditation

Ponder over what you read. The truth is thus applied to your heart. You see new and deeper meanings. It is better to think over a little than to merely read a great deal.

Read with reference to yourself

Never read with a view to instructing others, but for your own teaching. Receive blessing yourself first, and you will be able to communicate it to others. Always ask yourself: How does this affect me?"

Read with faith

Receive every word as true, with simple childlike trust; not as statements which you may or may not believe, but as the revealed Word of God. Rest upon the promises. Read them as made to you.

Read in order to put into practice

We must accept God's Word as the revelation of His will for our lives.

Thus on Thy holy Word we'd live, and feed, and grow;
Go on to know the Lord, and practice what we know.