Merely reading the Bible is no use at all without we study it thoroughly, and hunt it through, as it were, for some great truth.
I never saw a useful Christian who was not a student of the Bible. If a man neglects his Bible, he may pray and ask God to use him in His work; but God cannot make much use of him, for there is not much for the Holy Ghost to work upon.
Study the Bible topically. If you will study assurance for a week, you will soon find it is your privilege to know that you are a child of God.
Go through John's Gospel, and study the "believes," the "verilys," the "I ams;" and go through the Bible in that way, and it becomes a new book to you.
Do you know a book that you are willing to put under your head for a pillow when you lie dying? Very well; that is the book you want to study while you are living. There is but one such book in the world.
When you read the sacred Scriptures, or any other book, never think how you read, but what you read.
The duty which God requireth of man is obedience to His revealed will.
I delight to do Thy will, O my God; yea, Thy law is within my heart.
