Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet
The apostle Paul instructed: Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. I Thess. 5:21
Several days ago, I began listing each scripture posted in the writings we do on the Internet that day. Then later in the day, I would go back and read the entire chapter which contained that scripture.
To me this was just one more way to help me to get more into Bible each day.
I have a regular pattern daily. I read blog. Then I do personal reading, letting God work with me through various bodies of scripture. Then I write on Internet any message that I believe God wants me to share. All this usually takes me 2-3 hrs. each morning.
I get my food daily. I have books that I read for entertainment (usually detective type mysteries).
In the evenings, I usually still have between 2-3 hrs to pass time until time before bed. Often I try TV but don't often find programs that I want to watch and usually just end up switching channels and wearing myself out.
Since I have been keeping this list of scripture, I have gone to it in evening and have begun reading those chapters from Bible. I believe this is beneficial to me. It seems to settle me and keep me from wanting to talk on phone. And a few days ago, I saw another fruit. It gave me a type of control over my tongue. I was very disturbed over a secular matter I saw on TV over which I have no control at all. (It would be like you're being disturbed over a news story you saw on TV.) Very strange when this happens but I find usually I am set on fire to tell another person this story that set me on fire. But this time, I controlled my tongue. I didn't share the story. It would not glorify God. It was just a disturbing secular story. And I remembered the following scripture: Eph. 4:29 ... Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
I felt some of this control was coming from my doing this extra Bible reading. For me, I believe it is a good thing to list these scriptures and read these chapters from Bible. Perhaps it would help you also. I don't make it a rigid rule to do this. And I might not cover every scripture listed that day. But I just start and read until I am tired. Often as I read, I will see something in a chapter to focus on. The Bible is the living word of God so even when I have read a chapter many times, I still often find something that stands out to me and strengthens me in the way of God.