Do you study in a room with frequent interruptions? Are you frequently having to pick your head up off the floor? Drowsiness and distractions are the enemy when it comes to effective Bible Study. Unfortunately, finding a nice quiet study area can prove to be a very tricky problem to solve.
Some of us (though not many) can study successfully in any environment. For most of us, however, the choice of setting will be vital. Sometimes a library can be a nice study area, but the libraries tend not to be open very late or open early enough in the morning. A park can sometimes be an option, especially if your just reading, but only during the daytime and only during nice weather.
Ideally, you should set aside a spot in your home. You don’t need much space; a corner of a room with a bookshelf or a table to set your coffee on, a comfortable chair (but not so comfortable that you are tempted to sleep), sufficient lighting, ample ventilation, and the perfect temperature (not to hot, not to cold) will do.
Remember to keep the TV & Radio off. Unless you have commercial free mood music (as long as you can keep from singing along). As in driving a car or operating heavy machinery, it is crucial to stay alert. The most distraction free you can keep it the better. Nothing promotes reading/learning better than the right atmosphere!
Deuteronomy 11:18-20 (Holman Christian Standard Bible)18 “Impress these words of Mine on your hearts and souls, bind them as a sign on your hands, and let them be a symbol on your foreheads. 19 Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. 20 Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates,
In order to bind these words on our hearts and souls we must learn them first. Learning comes through careful and repeated study.
