• What Will Help You to Keep Studying the Bible?
    Enjoy Life Forever!—An Interactive Bible Course

    • 4. Make your Bible study a priority

      Sometimes life gets so busy that it seems we do not have enough time to study the Bible. What can help? Read Philippians 1:10, and then discuss these questions:

      • What do you feel are some of “the more important things” in life?

      • How can you make your Bible study a priority?

      A. Collage: Scenes that depict filling a bucket with rocks and sand. 1. A pile of sand and a pile of large rocks. 2. A bucket nearly filled with the sand. 3. The large rocks sit on the sand and overflow onto the ground. B. Collage: 1. The same pile of sand and the same pile of large rocks. 2. The same bucket nearly filled with large rocks. 3. Sand fits around the large rocks and fills the bucket to the rim. A small pile of sand sits outside the bucket.

      1. If you fill a bucket with sand and try to add rocks, the rocks will not fit

      2. If you put the rocks in first, you will have room to add most of the sand. Similarly, if you put “the more important things” first in your life, you will be able to accomplish them and still have time for other things

      Studying the Bible satisfies our spiritual need​—our need to know and worship God. Read Matthew 5:3, and then discuss this question:

      • How do we benefit when we make study of the Bible a priority?