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A new year offers a fresh opportunity to grow in your spiritual disciplines. This article encourages believers to focus on present-tense obedience, start small, build intentional habits of Bible reading and prayer, and walk with others as they pursue renewed intimacy with God in the year ahead.

We in North America have incredible access to the scriptures in our language. I’ve been all over the world where believers have none of the Bible in their language—and they sacrifice greatly to hear the Word taught anytime they have opportunity. Many of us, though, have more Bibles than human beings in our homes. I have MANY more copies of the Bible than people in my house.

The setting is a classroom at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary , where I teach. The class is an intensive class on...

This week, I want us to think about the spiritual discipline of Bible reading. I’ve read the entire Bible annually for several years, but...