Meditating, pondering, studying, thinking and reflecting on God's word takes time and effort.
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Read them in cycle at your own pace. Do not rush or hurry. Remember the key is meditating, pondering, thinking and reflecting on God's Word. So it is not the quantity that is more important here but the quality. And the more quality knowledge and understanding you have, the more you will have; so quality and quantity eventually follows.
When I am so blessed pondering one verse or one chapter, most of the time it will took me days or week to ponder and meditate it. The result is awesome, because I got a lot of fresh insights from His Word.
Take note, the meditation is not confined to the devotion/study time. You can ponder about God's word while walking, riding (especially in heavy traffic), eating, waiting for somebody, etc. This is simply meditating day and night.
Joshua 1:8 KJV This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
Write your notes or personal insight. Write something ... Write or record any God given ideas, wisdom, plans, instructions and thoughts you have.
Understanding the Word includes knowing the teachings, why's, principles and applications. This can mean new insights or expansion of previous insights. The more you discover fresh insights from God's word, the more you become excited to ponder, meditate, think about, study and learn more. It is just like eating good food that pleases your palate. On the other hand, if you do not understand the word, it is just like eating plain unseasoned rice without any dish, it is so bland, tasteless. You cannot eat much because you are not satisfied. That's why we need to pray for an understanding heart just like the psalmist.
Psalm 119:27 NET Help me to understand what your precepts mean! Then I can meditate on your marvelous teachings.
As you meditate God's word, you learn more and get more insights and applications, thus growing in knowledge, understanding and wisdom. It is a wonderful cycle really: understand to meditate, meditate to understand, and the cycle repeats. This should be part of our lifestyle.
I encourage you to download the Sample Journal book from our site (or directly via MySword) and read it.