Two years ago, John piper posted this plea for all of us to be reading God’s Word everyday, and also reading/studying books or materials that will help us to understand more fully what we have read. Here at “Knowing God Through His Word….Day by Day” that is exactly what we are striving to do. Each day there are 4 portions of the Bible posted, along with 4 posts which highlight a part of that reading and increase our insights into the meaning of the texts or help us to SEE more of Who God really is, in all of His awesomeness! Join us each day, and invite a friend!
A Plea for Heart Devotions and Head Study
March 23, 2009 | By: John Piper
This is a plea that all of you would build into your lives both personal devotions and purposeful study of God’s word.
Both:
Daily prayerful meditation seeking personal application of God’s word to your own heart and life.
And:
Regular study in a class or with a book where the (living or dead) teacher has seen more than you have and can give you insight in 30 minutes that might otherwise take you ten years to see.
The reason I plead for both is that without a book or a class about what some part of the Bible means and a teacher who is ahead of you, your devotions will probably flatten out at a low level of insight.
Year after year you will go over the same biblical ground and find it as perplexing as before. There will be little advance in understanding. This will tend to take the heart out of devotional reading, because the lack of growth cannot sustain the joy.
Seek out preaching, books, and classes which take you further in grasping what various books and texts in the Bible mean.
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Knowing God through His Word ... Day by Day 
thats cool. i follow a bible plan each day and it is great – it is how we know God and his ways and his promises….