One cool (and should I mention FREE) resource that I’ve been LOVING lately is the Daily Audio Bible Podcast! It’s basically a podcast in which a piece of the Old Testament, New Testament, Psalms and Proverbs is read to you every day of the year. By the end of 1 year, you will have listened to the entire Bible!! While I don’t think that anything can top reading out of your own bible and marking it up, making notes and journaling about it, those days when life really is crazy you can listen to the Bible while doing something else such as driving or cleaning. You could also follow along in your own bible and make notes. Listening to it can keep your mind from wandering. They also switch translations every week, so you can here what different versions say!! I’ve also been picking up on things that I might’ve missed just reading (sometimes scanning 😳) the Bible on my own.

"God wrote this entire love story for you" GIIIIRL yesssssss, love your clarity and confidence! Love youuuuu!!!

Whenever I start reading my bible I can’t stop!! Because I just want to know what Happens next and I want to fill my soul with his truth. If you read the bible daily, it’s going to change your life and God will speak to you through it! I love his word ❤️

Thank you sooooo much for this! I basically spend all of my time either watch tv or on my phone 24/7. I really am going to start spending 5-10 minutes reading my Bible.

It’s so funny that you uploaded this today. My best friend and I grew up going to church together and we were hanging out at my apartment last night. We were both discussing how we have become stagnant in our spiritual journey and how we want to be fully committed and reconnect with God, BUT IT FEELS LIKE WE DONT HAVE TIME! AND TODAY AT CHURCH OUR PASTOR TALKED ABOUT FULLY COMMITTING OURSELVES TO GOD AND NOW YOU UPLOAD THIS... I AM SO SHOOK. 💕

I love how fired up she gets!! Her passion for God is so neat to see. It makes me smile. You can really see God shining through her.

PRAYER REQUEST!! My pastor’s son Trevor Carter Jr was shot and the bullet missed his heart by 1 milliliter! Very small and I thank GOD! Not only did he save my blessed brother but proved that he is working it out! He’s currently unable to wake up, swollen with fluid build up, and his lungs are badly damaged. The doctors have nothing else to do! Considering pulling the plug. I’m asking for prayer. Please pray! Bless everyone please and thank you!

Another reason. *Pray before you read*

The Bible project is awesome! I use that too, and I’ve almost read the entire bible! It took me a little langer than a year but I did it!!

I love your advice about cutting out even just 5 minutes of phone time to spend more time with God! Such good practical advice! ✨ - EST X

I've been reading my Bible daily for The last year, I'm so much happier my and my husband have grown closer. The kids are More chilled I started to go Back to church 9 months ago and we move house this weekend and now I have to find a new one 😭I love my church but. I'm not travelling 1hr and a half to get there every Sunday so now I'm church hunting.

Love this!! I've used multiple excuses in the past to not read my bible - too tired, failure, distracted, etc. But one of my goals this year is to read through the bible in a year. I found one that is undated so that if I miss a day, I don't feel like I have to try to catch up. I just start with the next days reading. The YouVersion Bible app is also great for setting reminders so that you don't forget and I love the different plans they offer. I love the audio versions that are available as well, so when I am tired or easily distracted, the audios help keep my focus while I'm reading along.

I’m going to take your advice and start in Mark! I’m planning on reading 1-3 chapters a day. Also, I took your advice and I’ve started a journal to write down my prayers and thoughts in. Whenever 8 think my prayers my mind always wanders off, so 8 enjoy writing them down a lot more.

Love the video:) My goal this year is to read the whole bible in a year, and to be more consistent with my quiet times!! I just posted my 2019 Resolutions video talking about it!!!

Aww I love your page so much! Thank you for helping me be a stronger Christian!

this is so true! the Bible has changed my life too. amazing, amazing! ♡

Thank you for this! I've begun a new journey with Jesus and the Bible has always been intimidating to me as to where I should start! Definitely will give Mark a go ❤️

the Bible is soooo amazing that i rather read it all day than go to work 😫

I'm just starting to read the Bible, I became Christian just a month ago, and I must say that I thought it was going to be tedious, boring and hard to understand. But then, I started with Mark, I prayed for God to help me to understand his word, and when I was reading, I couldn't stop! It was so amazing and beautiful, and the miracles that Jesus did were just wonderful, and the lessons-- my Gosh I want to do a Bible-ish journal... so if you say that the Bible is boring then I guess you never read it or you never payed enough attention to it

Love the Bible Project! Don't be afraid to read in the best translation for you! Just because you don't understand the Kings James Version doesn't make you a "bad Christian". The New Living Translation got me started in the Word, there are so many you can try out and find what you connect to I'm also reading through Inspired by Rachel Held Evans and I'm loving it as a book about scripture!

I am going to read my bible the minute this video is done! Thank You Ashley!

AMEN!! oh my i love yalls channel soo so much!!! first again!!!! ✨ 💕y’all. Y’all are such an inspiration & i’m so thankful for y’all using your platform! 💛 many people need jesus!!

This was blunt but also very much needed. Thank you for this reminder. May God continue to bless you and strengthen you.

Big fat "Amen!" to that one 💝

so glad you did a video like this; this was so raw and honest : ). I've literarily have made it a "nightly" routine to read my bible at least each night before i go to bed. i got one of those women's devotional bibles for christmas; i asked for it and my parents gave it to me, i was so excited : ). i have been wanting one since i starting being in my young adult years and can use it for many years to come. i love how it has a day of the week for each week then a page for the weekend : ). it also especially has at the back of it has a One Year Through The Bible, a 60 Day Overview of The Bible, a 30 Day For Beginning Your Work with Christ, a 30 Days with Jesus, and so on. so far i'm making my goal and sticking to it : ). i enjoy sitting in my bed at night right before i go to bed reading that days page then looking up scriptures for those pages that show a scripture : ) i've got the NIV version of it. i grew up having an NIV version. of course it has the books of the bible combined. HAPPY READING YOUR BIBLE AND MAKE IT A FIRST PRIORITY! GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY! : )

My #1 Goal : set God as my number one priority. To grow my relationship with Him, study and LIVE His word, and spend time in His presence. To disconnect from the world and connect with Him. Fix my eyes on what is eternal and not be conformed to the patterns of this world. To let the light of Christ shine through me before others, through my actions, my words and my life style. To share the good news of Jesus. And to surrender everything to Him everyday and trust Him. To live in Him, for Him and through Him. Thank you Lord. Help me draw near to you and inspre people to do so. Help me to invest in my time and don't waste my life and my energy on temporary unfruitful things.❤

I was definitely number 3, even going to church I couldn't find anyone to really help me understand. But thankfully I was led to the Life application study Bible and it makes everything so clear to me. Study Bible's are a blessing.

I recently started reading my Bible more, and for the first time ever journaling at the same time, comparing translations and praying on what I read, and your videos really were part of what pushed me to do so, so from the bottom of my heart, thank you so so much!

That last piece of advice is the best! Just praying for God to change our desires and to love His Word! I can totally relate to some of these and I'm so thankful for a God who has helped me work through that and has changed my desires and given me a love for His Word! Thanks for being such lights ashley&taylor!

I’m literally SO late to watching this - but this popped up on my timeline just as I clicked on and thank you, so, so, much! I’ve been having struggles reading the Bible and my constant avoidance of it has made me irritated with myself. I’m going to pray for his help in pushing through :)

Thank you for shedding light on such an important topic! You inspire people around you. Move on! God is with you!!! Blessings! :)

Thanks coffee & Bible time . so true especially no.1 we tend to procrastinate but thanks for the advice. pushing through distractions , visiting bible project. Praying for passion to love the word. These will work for me as I roll down this year by the Grace of God. Happy New year & may it be full of blessings for you.

Thank you for so fearlessly standing for God's Word. I spend about half an hour in my devotional time in the morning, and if I wasn't on a specific plan, I'd read ahead of the planned reading for the day. It's hard to get up and do it in the morning, but once I start, it's so worth it.

Thank you for this! One of my new resolutions is to get closer 2 God and one of those ways is to read my Bible and study it

Hello Praise the Lord Sister! I just want to say thank you for for the video. I have recently started reading my Bible and journaling several Bible verses & I totally agree with what you say! You're a great role model to a lot of the viewers!! I'm thankful that I found this channel because it's great to see other Christians talk about their faith and express their love for Jesus😊 keep on continuing doing videos because God will continue to use you and your sister! God Bless💗🙌🙏

Great video Ashley. I love reading God's word I find so much encouragement from it. And when I'm reading the Bible I can feel God's love for me.

This is absolutely amazing! So true - my priority for this year is continue this year and just dig in!! IT IS NOT BORING and literally mini revelations EVERYDAY.

I actually started wanting to study the Bible because of reason #7! I was journaling random quotes that I could relate to (not specifically googling bible verses) and I noticed that bible verses were THE most relatable that gave my heart peace. Because of that I started looking into videos on studying the Bible and I’m ordering my first ever personal bible this Thursday! I am so excited to get into the word. I went to church this past Sunday and the experience, I felt like the message was for me. Like God was talking to me and responding to my prayers. Thank you for sharing 🙏🏼

I really needed this to help me get back into reading the Bible!!! Thank you GOD!

I definitely love your videos! It's very cogent and it's inspired me to do so much things! Thanks for your sharing!

Thank you for your words of encouragement, truth and honesty. Thank you for using this platform wisely. Thank you for allowing God to use you and for deciding to serve him. God bless you and your family!!! I thank you but most importantly I Thank God and all the Glory and Honour and Power to him!!!

Nice, it very usefull. I seeing these good videos, these very usefull to me. I am YSR from India, I want strengthen my soul in God, i trying for that. My mother uneducated and innocent. I lost my father at age of 2years. They are Hindhu. I am struggling as christian in my community. I am searching for Good Bible Study. My ambition is become good friend of Christ and also good pastor in future. Please pray for me.

Thank you so much for your videos, you always make me feel so encouraged to continue growing in my relationship with God! I was feeling so lost today and I started reading the bible and praying, but I knew in my heart that I needed someone to mentor me. I went to your videos and felt so filled because everything you touched on was what I was feeling! Thank you for being such a blessing and a beacon for God!

Thank you LORD! Thank you girly, you are a great blessing to us! Keep on going the godly way!

I love your passion when your speak about God's word, please keep doing videos like this, God bless you and your family

Omggg thank youu sooo much most of these points I have been doing and you have really encouraged me to start reading it with a passion ❤️✨May God continue too bless you👍🏾

Great encouragement! All good advice, especially the suggestion for The Bible Project which is an outstanding resource. Keep up the good work, you're touching many lives, God bless.

I love you SO MUCH! Like I LITERALLY LOVE your humor! God bless you and your family and may God POUR out his love and mercy on you guys! 🙏🏾❤️🙌🏾🙂☝🏾❗️👏🏾😊

I love how encouraging you are and how motiviating you are! God bless you guys and your family.Thanks for doing this KZfaq channel!Its getting me closer to jesus and i'm learning lot of new good encouraging things.💕

Just wanted to say u r such a lovely person and all ur videos are just awesome...I love them....and most of all I love your Bible, the way it is..keep the gud work...God bless you

girl you sending me to read my bible right now

Great video! Most "reasons" are just excuses and/or a lack of commitment - We could all learn a lesson from this! :-)

AWESOME VID!! Love the prayer advice at the end "pray for the passion" so goood!

The Bible Project is amazing and has sparked so much interest in me for my Bible! I never thought of it as a cohesive story and missed all those connections that are made throughout.

Loved this so much! Super helpful and an encouragement to keep pushing for Gods word and meditate it daily. Thank you so much Ashley!!

I got saved very young and never grew up in a household where my family had quiet time with God and His word. I grew up thinking that it was just a Sunday read. It’s just now that I have the desire to read my Bible on my own. And I’m one of these people that feel like it’s a daunting task to just sit down and try to understand. So I just recently started using the First 5 daily devotional app and literally take the first 5 minutes of my day to read and learn from God’s word. It makes it less daunting and it gives you the direction you need instead of going into it blindly.

I loved this! God bless you sister!

So true and so helpful thank you, going to make more time for God this week, bless you and Happy New Year😊

Watching your videos have been so encouraging ! My time with the Lord has been so blessed ! I am a seasoned Christian and your videos have sparked that fire in my spirit again! Ty Ashley!❤🕊❤

I have been a Christian for a while now. And I have yet to read the Bible and all the years through. Is my goal for this year to read my Bible through. I have many friends that have read the Bible from cover to cover. each one of them said don't ask me how long it took me to read it through. although a year sounds pretty good I bet it probably take me longer. So many good points there. I absolutely right that someone says the Bible don't relate to today they haven't read it the same sin is going around it's the vicious circle from the beginning of time to the end of time. Thank you so much for your videos.

This is awesome!! We as Christians have to read our bibles!! Without it our faith will dwindle!!

Just wanted to say I’ve been LOVING your videos ❤️

Thank you , sis preacher , I will do this to connect with God and I will start reading from today I doing sins most of times , but I doesn't mean that reading Bible will change but I will think of God , to say sorry, to forgiven , because I'm in the sins and I want to experience his holy words to live with him

Very convicting! Thanks for giving everyone the motivation to get back into the bible

I really needed to hear this! Thank you and God bless you!

Good work sis, keep it up! :)

And than i startend reading mark 1. And finished it.. Thanks. God spoke to me. Trough you. So well. Thank god. Because it makes me feel so much lighter now. By knowing more and more about god. He feels really present now. And he is ofcourse ;) Bless you!

Lol I was just about to recommend a resource that you said on the Coffee and Bible time podcast 😂 but ima say it again. It’s a bit different to the topic but the app Bible Memory is so great for learning verses of the bible off by heart. Also I love your passion in this video. Yassssss girl 👏🙌🤩🤩

Love how you stand strong for the Lord

Thank you for this girl!!🙌🙌

You’re so wise for a “youngin”! Going to subscribe. Thanks!

i totally needed this!! thank you 💕

I Love How Blunt You Are!!! Yesss Go Ahead Call Me Out!!!! My Biggest Excuse Is Not Having A “Quiet Space / Or Quiet Time” I’m A Mom And My Son Is An Only Child - I Have To Remember Even If I Can’t Spend The Hour Or Two I Want - 5-10 Minutes Is Better Than Nothing! & The Second Is Failure 😞 Thank You Sooo Much For This! Exactly What I Needed. Bye Bye Excuses, Bye Bye Satan 👋🏾

I'm Christian and she's right I only quote or read for debates or projects counting homework

Amen! Such an eye-opener! This actually got me super motivated to read the Word haha 😂😍 Love your wit and clarity, girl! Keep it up! ❤

I have several Bibles and I love all of them. I read not only one but a couple of them a day. I just ordered a new KJV large print version of the Life Application Study Bible. I love comparing the way things are written in different Bibles. I understand the KJV because I grew up on it. When the pastor or someone else in Bible study at church uses another version of the Bible, I always go to the KJV to see what the scripture means. That's the original so to me it's the best. I love journaling the scriptures because I get fuller meaning from the scriptures. It's a wonderful thing! Got to look into the Bible Project! Having heard the stories all of my life and being able to read them over and over is a wonderful thing. The stories are so great. Once you start you won't be able to start!

Yesssss !!! How have I not found this video yet. I love your channel and this video is so relevant to me right now and important for all Christians to hear. :))

This was so good! Thank you for sharing!! 😊

Thank you for this encouragement.

Ugh i love this channel so much!

You are amazing !!!!! May our Lord Yeshua HaMashiach bless you and your family forever. Xxxxxx

I didn't read the Bible for past few months but this video reminded me of why I even started. Thank you! God bless ♥

Wooo giving me some conviction girl! LOVE THIS!!

Thank you so much for this... I read the bible all the time just not enough....thank you for this. God bless you

I love reading bible its my daily routine

So true! Amazing tips!♥️

Thank you Lord. Thank you Ashley. Thank you thank you thank you.❤

U just got anew subb more love from Uganda, east Africa part,,ur videos a so transforming

I absolutly loved this super motivating and helpful

I love her accent!!

This is a weird environment for an atheist and I’m kinda scared

You are such a beautiful soul 🙏 I adore this video so very much! Will be sharing this wonderful video . Thank you so very much!

I love when God Pierce's my soul in that good way. I love coming to God daily when things are hard. I hope God gives me his passion I pray for it daily

Bible project videos are really helpful. Especially with Prophetic books

I needed this so badly! Thank you!❤

Hallelujah! 🗡 1 Thessalonians 4:16 “For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:” 🙏

I red my bible when I got baptizes only one time I red n kept my bible aside for 13years now just started this year again reading my bible everyday wen I pray n ask holy spirits guidance it makes me excited n brings my inner filling so much peace.now I tell God missed so much of ur blessing long long time ago now he gave me strength to understand his words

Another good place to start is to read the proverbs or psalms. They are short little nuggets of great wisdom. That's where I started reading since I already knew the gospel on a basic level since childhood.

Brilliant video! Ive actually started reading the Bible Project Bible in a Year on You Version I’m loving 💖 it so far I love the way they explain some of the books 📚 of the Bible using illustrations it really brings the Bible to life! Reading 📖 the Bible is the best thing you can do to feed your mind, soul, and spirit. Keep up the amazing work! and stay Blessed. 🙏🏾❤️

Dear Ashley you are a wonderful encourager such a beautiful servant of the Lord. Keep up the Great ministry you have among young people. What a blessing you are even to me an older father. You have great wisdom and insight 4 daily living the Christian Life. May the Lord bless you and keep you and watch over you and give you his shalom! And your ministry.