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GINGER: WHAT ABOUT HOW LONG I NEED TO SPEND?

WHEN I SIT DOWN, DO I NEED TO HAVE A GOOD HOUR FREE

OR CAN I START SMALLER? WHAT SHOULD I DO?

JOYCE: WELL, I'M REALLY GLAD YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION

BECAUSE IT KIND OF HAS A TWO-FOLD ANSWER.

YOU KNOW, I THINK IN THE BEGINNING, IF SOMEBODY HAS NEVER

STUDIED, THEY PROBABLY ARE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE

SOME KIND OF DISCIPLINARY GUIDELINE.

YOU MIGHT WANT TO SAY, "I'M GONNA START WITH 15 MINUTES"

OR "I'D LIKE TO EVENTUALLY GET UP TO STUDYING AN HOUR A DAY

BUT I'VE NEVER STUDIED AT ALL SO--"

I MEAN, UNLESS THERE'S A SPECIAL GIFT OF GOD ON YOU

TO JUST START STUDYING,

THEN YOU NEED TO JUST START WITH 15 MINUTES A DAY

OR START WITH PRAYING, YOU KNOW, JUST KEEP IT SIMPLE.

START BY JUST TALKING TO GOD IN THE MORNING.

BUT EVENTUALLY WHERE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE PEOPLE GET TO

IS WHERE THEY DON'T COUNT HOW LONG THEY STUDY,

THEY DON'T COUNT HOW LONG THEY PRAY.

I DON'T COUNT HOW LONG I DO ANYTHING ANYMORE

BECAUSE AFTER A NUMBER OF YEARS,

I GOT REPRIMANDED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT FOR IT

THAT I DON'T NEED TO COUNT.

BECAUSE SOMETIMES WHEN WE COUNT,

"I STUDIED AN HOUR AND I READ THIS AND SO MANY CHAPTERS."

WE CAN ALMOST GET INTO A PRIDEFUL,

WHERE WE LIKE TO FEEL GOOD ABOUT OURSELVES

AND WE CAN GET AWAY FROM EVEN DOING IT

FOR THE RIGHT MOTIVATION.

SO I LIKE TO SAY I STUDY 'TIL I'M FULL--

JUST LIKE WHEN I SIT DOWN TO EAT A MEAL, I EAT 'TIL I'M FULL.

AND WHEN I PRAY, I PRAY 'TIL I FEEL LIKE I'M FINISHED.

AND WHEN I STUDY, I REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW TO EXPLAIN IT,

I CAN JUST TELL WHEN I'M FINISHED.

AND SO I DON'T WANT TO SOUND OVERLY SPIRITUAL.

WHAT ABOUT YOU, WHAT DO YOU DO?

GINGER: YOU KNOW, I FIND THAT IT REALLY DEPENDS

ON THE SEASON THAT I'M IN.

AND I THINK A LOT OF US WHO'VE BEEN STUDYING THE BIBLE

FOR YEARS AND YEARS,

DO SEE KIND OF EBBS AND FLOWS IN NOT ONLY THE TIME WE SPEND

WITH GOD, BUT EVEN WHAT WE GET OUT OF IT,

WHICH IS NOT GOD CHANGING, IT'S US CHANGING.

JOYCE: WE HAVE WHAT THEY CALL DRY SEASONS WHERE

YOU JUST--YOU'RE HAVING TO DO IT MORE STRICTLY JUST BY FAITH

THAN WHAT YOU'RE GETTING OUT OF IT.

GINGER, A LOT OF PEOPLE READ THE BIBLE THROUGH

EVERY YEAR AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S AWESOME

IF THAT'S THE WAY GOD LEADS A PERSON.

IT HASN'T WORKED FOR ME SIMPLY BECAUSE I'M A TEACHER

AND SO--AND I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T SAY IT LIKE THAT

BECAUSE THERE'S PROBABLY A LOT OF TEACHERS

THAT DO READ THE BIBLE THROUGH EVERY YEAR.

MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH ME, I DON'T KNOW,

BUT I GET IN HERE AND I FIND, YOU KNOW, "DON'T BE ANGRY,"

AND THEN I'M LIKE, "OH, YEAH, HOW COULD I TEACH PEOPLE

NOT TO BE ANGRY?"

SO RIGHT AWAY I'M WANTING TO DIG THAT OUT

AND I'M RUNNING ALL OVER THE PLACE

LOOKING UP THE WORD "ANGER" AND READING DEFINITIONS

AND MAKING A MESSAGE.

SO I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT SITUATION.

I JUST REALLY WANT TO RECOMMEND THAT PEOPLE FIND

WHAT'S GOOD FOR THEM.

THERE'S LOTS OF GOOD BIBLE STUDY COURSES THAT

WILL TAKE YOU THROUGH CERTAIN CHAPTERS EVERY DAY

AND THEY WANT YOU TO DO IS CERTAIN AMOUNT EVERY DAY

AND I'M NOT AGAINST THAT AT ALL.

THAT'S A GREAT PLACE TO START AND IT MAY BE A

GREAT PLACE FOR SOME PEOPLE TO FINISH,

BUT I ALSO WANT PEOPLE TO

KNOW THAT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A LEGALISTIC BONDAGE WHERE THEY

HAVE TO DO A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF SOMETHING EVERY DAY OTHERWISE

THEY GOTTA GO FEEL GUILTY.