I NEVER Felt Like Reading The Bible (How I Changed) 

Awesome, awesome, awesome! I'm old enough to be your father, almost your grandpa, and this truly ministered to me! Keep it up, you have a very strong calling on your life, my brother!

I went through being so consumed with social media, and my electronics I lost the desire to read the bible, and never gave the bible time or much attention, and it was just a check off when I did read it, nothing serious. Well, I prayed and cried out to God to give me the love and desire for his word again, and he did! Im doing the chronological bible reading and loving every bit of it, and learning a lot. I thank Jesus for giving me a love to read and know his heart through reading his word again. All glory to him. Thanks for sharing.

I'm 75 and starting to have problems remembering my name! Seriously, I always had problems memorizing things, so when I tried to memorize Scripture, I felt like a failure compared to others in my study group. But, I realized that knowing what the Scripture meant was where the value was. I no longer feel ashamed about my inability to quote chapter and verse. I do feel much closer to God through the understanding of His Word. Blessings everyone! :)

Emotions won’t drive you to read, but reading will get you emotional The Bible is a hyperlink text which means information from the others books are essentials to understand each other Memorize Bible verses to enrich your spiritual life Reading mixed with prayer will greatly improve comprehension and understanding God Thanks for the video! I'm going to use it.

Every night when I'm going to bed I always put my audio bible on, I have started to have dreams when sleeping something that I never used to have. Listening to the Audio Bible is such an awesome experience all the lusts and addictions that I had, have completely vanished. The word of God is POWERFUL.

I literally was at my wit ends in my depressive episode and literally prayed God “the Devil is trying to take me out and I need help.” I did not mean to click on your video while doomscrolling but by accident here I am. I’ve been struggling to read my Bible due to work, life, and,depression but now I know to help me to get out of this episode. I need to read the Word. Praise be to God😭🙏🏾

I woke up just now and felt the holy spirit saying you can read your bible! And I didn’t feel much desire to, though it’s early, I’m awake and have every reason. I opened my phone as I often do and prayed God would give me help to change this and this was the first video that popped up

i started reading it again too. this time i went in with the mindset of “what can i learn from this” rather than “i have to read this to gain God’s favor or else i’m sinning if i don’t” and a simple shift has helped me to appreciate it far more.

I'm proud of you Orlando. To hear a young man talk about how you love the Word of God, and what it means to you is such a blessing. Lord Bless You

...that moment when you realize that feeling of dread isn't because you HAVE to go pray, it's because you haven't prayed. 🙌 Great video. I like to find scripture for each bullet point on my prayer list too.

Great, my brother Orlando, keep it up. One time a pastor said to me, young man! This bible will keep away from sin, or sin will keep you away from this bible. Then I came across the book of Psalms, " Your Word O God, I have hidden in my heart so that I may not sin against You, My God🙏📖⚔️🔥

Started reading the Bible for the first time and just read the book of Matthew

This is the first video I've seen of you and I just gotta say it feels like I'm hearing from a friend at a bible study. So casual and honest, no frills, just truth with a touch of lounge music. Keep doing what you're doing man!

I prayed about this two nights ago and asked God for help and here we are, popped right up.

Dude, the way you communicated this so succinctly, yet so full of grace and love enough to share this with us - this is amazing. Thank you Orlando - you have a gift fr. You're helping ppl like me return to my first love.

Studying scripture is a discipline. Once you start learning it becomes more fascinating, you pray, do word studies, it all opens up to you and makes you pray for wisdom over everything else. I collect bibles and start a new one after completing my last! I love study bibles and dictionaries. I study during my commutes too! God bless.

Memorizing scripture helps me in prayer so much. When you are praying about a matter, you remember scriptures relating to the matter and are able to pray into more well equipped. It also helps, memorizing the Psalms, in worship. Tell God that you know who He is through the word is awesome.

I was the same. Didn’t feel like reading and went months without reading. Then a few months ago I just forced myself to read at least 1 chapter a day. Now it’s a morning habit reading a few chapters. The word is captivating again. I am always eager to do my morning reading and can’t imagine going a day without it now. It’s sometimes hard at first but if you keep at it even when you don’t feel like it after 2 or 3 weeks it becomes a good habit. Yahuwah bless you

The fact that i was praying to God about this . And to see that God listens to us and our cries

Reading Gods Word daily, and prayer is the only way to keep a strong faith alive. God bless you little brother! ❤

God bless you!!! I was meant to see this video and meant to see it today! God is using you to heal his people! YES! Praise the One True God !!!

I really needed this today! I was just praying a few hours before I came across this video, telling God I feel a growing aversion to reading the Bible (and I've been a Christian for 50 years), and asking Him how I can get past this feeling! I firmly believe He has answered me through your video...thank you so much for allowing God to use you to speak to others in need and to answer their prayers. God bless you!

This is a BRILLIANT video for beginners in Christianity. I am a new christian and this is exactly what I struggle with. We hear how other Christians WANT to read the Bibile - how they HEAR God and how they FEEL God so we start reading the Bible but then it gets difficult because it still feels like a chore in the beginning. This helped me realize that I have to be consistent and do it with purpose no matter what because THAT consistency will lead to something big. If I rely on my mood to decide IF I will spend time with God, then I won't. God says to 'carry your cross daily' - I have picked my hard for Jesus - I am reading my Bible consistently everyday. Excellent video - thank you!

Keep a Bible in the bathroom. Read it when you have the time, so to speak. It's surprising how much you can read at such times. Get an audio bible version and store it on your phone. Listen when driving. It's surprising how much you can go through when you do this regularly, even in the small chunks of time going to the store, work, church, errands, etc. Listen to your audio bible via phone when you're eating alone, doing chores that aren't too loud (vacuuming can be too noisy), etc. Put the audio bible on for 5 mins or so before going to sleep. Use a music player that has a sleep timer. I recommend the Psalms for this: it's so comforting and relaxing, and a great way to set yourself up for a restful falling-asleep.

Catholic here, praying with scripture, what we call “lectio divina” is something I think God is calling me to improve a lot, this video popped up at the right time. ✝️

All my life I've struggled with reading the Bible and always gave up, but this time I promised I'm not giving up. My memory isn't very good because of my age and illness but I'm starting to memorize little bits. Slowly but surely I'm starting to understand. I feel like God wanted me to listen to your video and I'm so glad I did. Thank you and God bless you. ❤

My new brother in Christ. Your content is just what I needed….May HE give you the desires of your heart ❤❤❤

I feel like I’m old so I feel like it’s hard for me to learn but through prayer and reading I learn. Because of answered prayers, I am able to remember more scripture than I thought I ever would be able to. I realize that you are young, but we feel the same. May all who hears your channel be blessed through Christ.

Wow I’ve never seen such an underrated RU-vidr in my life

i dont remember who said this but it really helped me, "remember, once there's a moment you dont feel like reading it, that is when u must read it" it has a bigger impact in my language, i dont know how to translate it right 😭 so everytime i feel lazy and lie down on my bed ready to sleep, ill remember that word and sit back up again groggily like a tired zombie and read lmao

Your sharing helps to open a new perspective on reading the word of God. Thank you.

So true! When first starting to read the Bible, I could read maybe a page at once. Now after having more understanding about The Bible, i read 1 page and I am just blown away. Absolutely amazing book and I see why its the most sold book in the world

The Bible In a Year Podcast with Fr Mike Schmitz was what got me in love with Scripture. Both the Word itself and fr's enthusiastic love for it are so attractive.

💯The biggest growth comes from doing things when things are peak pain, discomfort, loss and despite losing all hope. Philippians 4:13 - I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

Man, that is the most encouraging video on the Christian faith I have watched in a long time. It was from the heart and there were so many pearls of wisdom. I have been struggling with the same problem (feeling like "I should" read the bible rather than really treasuring it) and then feeling guilty I don't have the passion to read it more. The way you describe it really makes sense, and I'm going to try turning it around like you suggest and invest some more time in the word. Thank you brother.

God bless you man🙏

God bless you. Your passion alone influenced me to grab my bible before the video hadn't even finished yet ❤

“Jesus said this in mark something maybe” is insanity 😭😭

Absolutely amazing. In it's easy-to-understand presentation, this is like a GIFT to the church. No matter where one is in their walk with the Lord, this fits . . . this works. This BLESSES!! Thank you, brother!!

Awesome young man. I pray my daughter find someone like you a man of God.

I clearly see your passion for the word of God I need this passion pray for me to have it and thanks great tips

This is my first time seeing you. I prayed a few days ago, that I want to get more from the Bible reading... My brain understood hyperlink. Thank you!

God bless you brother may He put the desire for all of us to read His word and apply it in Jesus name Amen

I TOTALLY can relate to what you are saying. I'm 66 years old and I've got health issues which make me fatigued, tired, exhausted ALL the time! But even before my health issues began, I was always finding something else, anything else to do besides read the bible. It was always a difficult thing for me because I knew I wouldn't understand what I was reading. Sidenote: I did struggle in school with memorization and comprehension also, so putting the bible in front of me was like..."your kidding, right?". But as I got older, I realize that God is worth my effort and my time and my attention. So I just think about how he protects me, and feeds me, and shelters me, and I could go on and on ..., the least I can do is work on my relationship with him through his book and prayer. Thank you for giving me even more inspiration, little brother! 🥰

Love the puzzle piece analogy its so accurate!! Connecting the scripture makes bible studies go more in depth ❤

this struck a cord and caught me sobbing toward the end. Praising God for His mercy in reaching me thru this. ❤ thank you for obediently creating this inspirational content.

Bro Kang! I’m almost 60 and you blessed me with this!!!! I subbed and will be looking forward to what you have to say! Blessings to you and your family Sir! ❤

Bro you're an inspiration I literally started reading properly and you're right I get the passion AFTER I read the bible and feel so inspired like it is God speaking directly to me. thanks for the tips

I love this video. Thank you for sharing everything you shared to help me find new ways to read the word. I have been saved since 1995. I loved that part about praying and reading at the same time. That is Holy Spirit time, its awesome and brings much to revelation. God loves when we search Him out. Be blessed and please keep posting.

You speak truth… I have been hooked on reading the Holy Bible every day for the last 8 years… and now I routinely start my day with a reading…even rereading seems to be more enjoyable than I could imagine…

Really appreciate the perspective on this. From what I see, there hasn’t just been a mindset change, but a heart posture as well. Thank you for sharing this - I hope to emulate this in my daily devotionals.

You blessed me with this video! I am not a routine person, like reading & praying every day, but I am encouraged by this. I especially love the hyperlinked text…it feels like confirmation and God revealing the truth of His word to you, while you are reading. Also scripture praying can also strengthen your daily walk with God. After all is said and done, He IS the Author and Finisher of our faith. God bless you and enlarge your territory. You are doing an awesome thing to the glory of God❤

This was encouraging, thanks bro.

Oh my goodness! I literally also just discovered the connection between Psalm 22, Matt 27:46 and Mark 15:34. What is also profound is that the Psalmist composed Psalm 22 to portray the posterity of Christ. When you really examine the words of the Psalmist, it becomes quite apparent that this is a prophecy, andddddd the Psalmist could have only gained such wisdom from the Holy Spirit. You are so right! The Bible is truly living, and it’s like any other book, it does not read from the beginning to the end. Everything book is connected to each other. Also, I completely agree. Even when you don’t feel like reading, READ. If you are struggling, ask God for help. Thanks for sharing!

I'm reading it from the beginning....for me, it puts the pieces together as the books build and connect to one another. I'm in Ezra and it has never taken me so long to read a book but since this is THE BOOK, I'm not rushing it. I still struggle with focus and find myself re-reading certain phrases over and over again and then I move on to the next. I also read one or two chapters in Proverbs as well. My favorite so far is the Psalms where I feel God Our Father speaking to me directly and lovingly. You're an inspiration. Subbed. God bless and keep you.

Amazing! 😊 Thanks so much for doing this video! 1. Really insightful to consider that we don't read the Bible only when we feel like it, but we read the Bible in order to feel like it, for it's God who grows our desire and passion for his word as we continue in his word! As I've heard some say, pray until you pray, so too read until you read, that is, read the word until the Spirit works in you the desire to read the word! 2. Also, speaking of seeing the Bible as a hyperlinked text, which is such a great way to put it, I absolutely love biblical theology which is in essence reading the Bible as the single story of redemption that it is along with many substories or subplots. I would highly recommend books like: God's Big Picture (Vaughn Roberts), God Dwells Among Us (Greg Beale and Mitch Kim), From Eden to the New Jerusalem (T. Desmond Alexander), The God Who Is There (Don Carson), The Serpent and the Serpent Slayer (Andy Naselli), The Dawning of Redemption (Ian Vaillancourt), Short of Glory (Mitch Chase), or for those who want a much longer and fuller discussion The King in His Beauty (Tom Schreiner). Any one of these books will show you how the whole Bible fits together - like what you said about seeing Jesus quoting Psalm 22 - and much more. May people be blessed to better read their Bibles and this better grow in the grace and knowledge of the Lord by reading such books. 3. Speaking of praying the Bible, there's a good little book titled Praying the Bible (Don Whitney) that's very helpful here. 4. Finally I also love Dostoevsky's novels! In Russia, Dostoevsky is considered to have five great novels which are known as his "Pentateuch" - The Brothers Karamazov, Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, The Demons, and Notes from Underground (which is more of a novella). Of course, I think the two best and certainly my two favorites are TBK and C&P. See the Russian literature scholar Gary Morson's relatively recent book Wonder Confronts Certainty: Russian Writers on the Timeless Questions and Why Their Answers Matter. I don't think Morson is a Christian, at least not as far as I am aware, but a lot of what he says is consistent with Christianity. Morson has also written a lot online that's currently available for free to read (such as on Commentary Magazine) and done interviews like on the Al Mohler podcast, the Chasing Leviathan podcast, etc. Morson likes Tolstoy best, but he also likes Dostoevsky and other Russian writers (e.g. Chekhov, Pushkin). By the way, I think it's very important to get the right translation when it comes to reading Dostoevsky. A bad translation makes Dostoevsky a huge slog to get through when in fact I find Dostoevsky utterly riveting to read; it's as if he grabs you by the throat in his writing. The most popular translation for Dostoevesky is either Constance Garnett or Pevear and Volokhonsky. Garnett has a lovely Victorian era style, but she's quite dated since she was published in the early 1900s. Also, she is known to have skipped entire passages that she didn't know how to translate as well as smoothed out knotty passages in Dostoevsky rather than letting Dotoevsky stand as is. Regarding P&V, see articles like: "The Pevearization of Russian Literature" (Gary Morson); "The Pevear/Volokhonsky Hype Machine and How It Could Have Been Stopped or At Least Slowed Down" (Helen Andrews): "Socks" (Janet Malcolm); and "Pevear and Volokhonsky Are Indeed Overrated" (John McWhorter). Currently each of these is available to read for free online. In my opinion, the P&V translation isn't terrible, Dostoevsky still comes through sufficiently enough, like light streaming through a foggy window, but I'm afraid it isn't a soaring translation either. Overall it's mediocre. For recommended C&P translations, I'd say Michael Katz if you prefer American English or Oliver Ready if you prefer British English. Both translations are first rate. For TBK, I'd go with Michael Katz again or the significantly revised Garnett translation which has been revised by Ralph Matlaw and Susan McReynolds Oddo in the Norton Critical Edition. I've also heard Ignat Avsey is very good for TBK, as is David McDuff, though Avsey and McDuff are almost polar opposites on the translation spectrum, with Avsey more idiomatic (like the NIV or NLT) and McDuff more literal (like the NASB).

Thank you for sharing mythological how to read the Bible. I am using your guide to read the Bible again. You are a blessing. Shalom

That’s the thing with the Bible, you never stop learning. God Bless you and your journey Brother.

Thank you! So in other words, it starts as a discipline and then becomes a passion. I think I've been trying to approach this backwards. Thank you so much!

This video convicted my heart in changing my behavior before God's holy words. Thank you for the tips and encouragement! God bless you brother.

I know God led me to this video, I constantly feel like a failure in my walk with God. Thank you for sharing, praise God 🙏❤️

I totally agree that the verse/books are all connected. Making those connections is like honey on the tongue!🌸

🙌 A great way to memorize scripture is to start with one a week & post it up on your fridge or bathroom mirror or create a phone background. These tips are great! Thank you for creating this video & encouraging others!!!

Thank you so much for this yes I sometimes feel like I dnt want to read my Bible but the Bible is God's way of communicating to us through his word. It's our personal love letters from God. This is how I had to explain it to my two boys. And everytime we read the Bible and then do our Bible study my youngest, who is 8 years old would say, Mum did you notice ever time we read a passage in the Bible the Bible study verse is the same. And I'm like Jah that's a direct straight from God. And I'm in ore of how the Lord speaks to us through His would so thank you my brother for sharing.

You're exactly right about memorizing scripture...it has changed my life.

Amen 🙏. God helping me to read more and spend more time with him during my day 🙏❤️

Thank you for making this quick video! I’ve been stuck in a rut for years about reading my Bible and this video encouraged me to keep trying. Love it! Thanks again.

Thank you Mr. Kang!! this was an awesome video and thank you Jesus for letting our brother share this timely and appropriate message to help the body keep going, keep persevering and remain strong in you our Lord. You provided wonderful practical and such doable tips for how we may be encouraged to continue to remain in Christ. So thank you so much for sharing this video, because it is SUUUPER helpful. Keep posting/sharing your Love for the Lord, as this is surely what you were called to do.

I struggle with all of these. Great tips and information! Thank you for sharing and Glory to God Almighty!

Thank you, I really needed this. God bless you brother! :)

Amen. I just started reading my Bible and memorizing it. It's interesting. When I pray and quote the Bible evertime i feel that my prayer is just a powerful one.

Blessing me where i need

Thank you so much for this message! Action is what takes us closer to God 🙏🏼

Thank you so much for this video! This is so inspiring! I really know now (not feel) how to follow God in the context of the Scripture. It's been really hard for me to read Bible daily even though I've been with Him for more than a 6 months (I was born and raised in a Christian fam, but accepted God and Jesus Christ on the August, 13th, 2023). Hello from Russia btw! Федор Достоевский is actually a good one, but his books are a bit hard to understand. And we also have to read some of them in school

So helpful! God bless you! All praise to Him eternally 🙏🏻🤍

You have a beautiful calling in sharing the Word. You brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for your encouragement 😊

Thank you, Orlando! All these pointers speak to the importance of “relationship” …ours with God through His Word is the basis of all others. I pray I can cultivate this “heart” for His Word, to hear and feel His Spirit speak to mine through it, which you portray so beautifully through your message.

" As you uncover the TUTH and nature of our GOD and how brilliant and PERFECT HE IS....." Works for me too! The perfection of HIS prophetic scriptures is ASTOUNDING!

So many fantastic truths in your presentation. Memorizing is immeasurable. A wonderfully motivating book on that subject is His Word my heart by janet pope. Memorizing long portions-not just verses does something to you. It changes you into a completely different person. And its so much more doable than christians realize. Thanks Orlando. Eph 3:20-21

Wow thank you so much for sharing these! I’ve been struggling with this myself as a Christian but I’ve tried to search for videos to help me and get nothing sticks like your video. It’s so raw , so to the point and so practical! Thank you so much!

Thank you for reminding me why the sword of Spirit is important. I struggle reading the bible a lot. Be blessed bro.

God is sovereign, his wisdom is so vast, and his love unsearchable. I ask God to teach me to love him and love his word. He is faithful to answer these genuine prayers. thank you for sharing these vulnerable emotions as a true child of God! blessings to you!

THank you soo much for sharing this. I am sharing this with my son who is probably your age. He also has had a challenge to appreciate and read God's Word. Thanks again.

This is such a powerful video. It really brings home the fact that the Bible is living and we have a direct line to God. We need to answer that call and what great tips to get all of us back into the Bible.

Thank you for getting to the point. It's extremely annoying when it takes 10mins to even start getting to the topic.. Man it drives me nuts!! Thank you I needed this. BAD!!

Stay with it brother, it gets easier and easier each day.

Wow! This is so powerful. "spending time with God will strengthen your passion and feelings" I truly appreciate this. thank you my brother... Blessings!

You're on the right path 😇

Reading the bible is something I haven’t done in a while and is something I find hard to do but I know I need to.

I thank God that you chose to share this. This blessed me. God bless you!

God bless you!!!! I didn’t appreciate the bible when I started reading, but I kept doing it because I was curious and wanted answers. Overtime I didn’t notice that I kept seeking it, that I wanted to read it and understand it more. I would become emotional and I felt more light-hearted every time I read it. People around me started to notice a shift in my perspectives and the way I communicate and act. That’s when I realised it’s God who is making my life 1,000,000 times better, and I want to keep living with Him. Then eventually I accepted the LORD as my Father, my God, my Saviour. I recommend reading the New Testament first, then moving to the Old Testament. You will realise that He is the only entity that’s all-knowing and perfect. Surrendering my life to Him, letting go of my beliefs in men and idols, is the BEST thing ever. I’m already in 1 Samuel! I can confirm that the Bible is the BEST book ever to exist. Praise God for His leading and wisdom!!!

God bless you for sharing your experience with our Father. 🙏

This is such a pure and necessary video, Brother! You will make reading the Bible so much more delightful and practical to a lot of young people especially. God bless you, keep going.

O man it’s after 3 in the morning and I came across your video I don’t just lessen to anything because I am careful but I love the way you were talking about the the heavenly father yes you get it that’s awesome keep going it’s worth it praise the Lord of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you have a blessed day

Thank you brother! This helps a lot. It is really cool seeing how scripture connects.

You are on a good path. I would add a 1st tip, before all others, and that is to actually read the Bible, and repeatedly over a relatively short period of time. I was 24 when I started to read the Bible seriously. In 6 moths I read the NT, then the OT, and then the NT again. I was so far ahead of all the people at my back-slidden southern baptist church. They believed so much crap because they had never read the Bible for themselves. And to this day, most of them are still clueless. And the same goes for the calvary chapel denomination. You can't talk to them about the bible because most of them have never seriously read it, and that includes their current leaders like Jack Hibbs.

I have 2 Bibles (excluding the Bible app on my phone) and my thought process is if I leave them in different places that I frequent, I can use it as a visual reminder to spend time reading His word. So I have one in my car and one at home. Oh and if you have fairly thin pages, using tabs works wonders.

This is inspiring to see a young man similar to me have a passion for The Word of God. May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you, my brother in Christ.

A joy to hear your joy in reading the bible truly an "encourage one another with these words" moment. Thank you for your encouragement brother.

Be ye steadfast, unmovable always abounding in the work of the Lord.