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To Read or Not to Read...the real question is WHY?

I actually started doing some study on what the bible says about reading the word.  I know why it's important to read the word.  However trying to impress that on baby Christians and young people is sometimes challenging.  Sometimes that is just because of our human thoughts toward reading in general.  I hear a lot "Well I just don't like to read" " I don't understand it", and a multitude of other reasons as to why people DON'T read the Word of God regularly. The Bible is so much more than a book!  It IS the VERY WORD OF GOD!  That statement alone should make us want to read it from cover to cover as often as we can.   John 1:1 King James Version (KJV) 1  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The Word WAS GOD!  Why wouldn't you want to know God?? Knowing His Word IS knowing HIM! Hebrews 4:12 New Living Translation (NLT) 12  For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharpe