Anyone Else Read the Bible More Than They Pray?

[Melodeonist]

Personally, I don’t seem to grow in faith very much from prayer. Rather, reading the Bible a lot has helped me greatly. Don’t get me wrong, I do pray. I offer up my Bible reading as a prayer, I pray the Rosary, and I also pray at night and throughout the day.

However, these days I spend most spiritual time reading the Bible. Any other big Bible fans out there?

 

[adamhovey1988]

Not as much as I used to, but there’s nothing wrong with that.

 

[JoyToTheWhirled]

I’ve always been better at Bible reading and study than prayer. But honestly, it doesn’t have to be an either/or situation. I have always enjoyed praying the Psalms, for example, or asking for wisdom and finding God speaking clearly through scripture.

 

[OraLabora]

I pray the Liturgy of the Hours which largely, apart from the hymn, intercessions, the patristic and hagiographic readings, and collect, IS the Bible (psalms, canticles and readings).

 

[pianistclare]

Great to see you, Ora.

O pray much more than read Scripture, although I read that pretty much every day.

 

[Mintaka]

Reading the Bible is a form of prayer. If you’re reading the Bible and pondering it, you can’t help but be praying.

It is pretty common for people to find non-verbalized or informal prayer more appealing as they get older, or at certain times of their lives.

 

[Hereiam]

If you read prayerfully, it’s a 2fer…i can’t recall, for years, reading scripture and not praying.

 

[kristaok]

It’s equal for me personally… when I read the Bible I read front to back, and when I’m done I read it again. As for praying I pray in English and in tongues. Sometimes I just talk to God as a friend though.