Some years ago, I did a series of sermons called “The Dirty Dozen,” about twelve reasons God doesn’t answer our prayers. One of the twelve reasons our prayer power is reduced with God is because we are haphazard and wimpy in our Bible reading.

Proverbs 28:9 He who turns away his ear from listening to the law, Even his prayer is an abomination.
John 15:7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

I want my prayers to God to have great power and influence, so I am highly motivated to stay disciplined in my Bible reading and memorizing.

The key is having a system or plan for reading your Bible that you can keep track of and have a time and a place that you usually read, as well as a goal and system for your Scripture memory time.

At least fifty blessings come into our lives from faithfully reading, studying, and memorizing God’s Word.

Occasionally, people will respond to me, saying, “I don’t want to be motivated to read the Bible because of reward,” and my response is, “Why not? God wouldn’t have put all those promises to us in His Word if they were less than noble.”