Encouragement to study your Bible

I’ve been listening to a relatively new podcast hosted by Elizabeth Woodson called Starting Place. I was drawn to it because she is the author of the Bible study From Beginning to Forever that I am doing with our high school/college/young adult women. Her new series on the podcast is about studying the Bible – and I’m hooked! She begins with the fundamental question: why do we need it? She will be moving on to the ‘hows’ of Bible study and I am excited to hear what she has to say – I think she will inject some new excitement into my own study. It’s not like I don’t know anything about studying the Bible, but can’t we all use a bit of encouragement to dig in for ourselves and not simply rely on what we hear on Sunday mornings or on what we learned in the past? I need truth and encouragement from the Scripture for my life now, and that’s different than what I needed 5 or 10 years ago. How about you? Let me know if you are listening! We can compare notes on what we learn!