Michael Bishop Ministries: How to get the most out of reading your Bible.

By Thomas Watson

Remove hindrances; the love of sin and the distracting concerns of the world.
Prepare your heart: collect your thoughts, purge unclean affections and do not read it rashly or carelessly.
Persevere in remembering what you read.
Meditate on what you read.
Read with a humble heart; acknowledge that you are unworthy that God would reveal Himself to you
Believe it all to be the Word of God.
Prize the Bible as it is your lifeline
Read it in order to be changed.
Apply what you read.
Don't get carried away with minor details, focus on the majors.
Compare yourself to the World.
Pay attention to the lives of people in the Bible as they are living sermons.
Don't stop reading the Bible until you find your heart is warmed.
Put into practice what you read.
Put yourself under a true ministry of the Word.