72 hours

It takes on average 72 hours to read through the Bible.  That's a lot of reading, but very doable.  Just think, Reader's Digest reported last month that the average American spends 4and1/2 hours watching TV every day.  That's almost 70 whole days of TV a year!!!  If only 1/2 of that time was spent watching TV and the other have (2 hours and 15 min) given to reading the Bible we could read the entire Bible in 32 days.  In 10 years we could read throught the Bible almost 120 times.  In 40 years we could read the Bible almost 500 times!!!!

Most of us, however, won't read the Bible for 2.25 hours a day.  But did you realize that reading the Bible every year is easier than you might think.  The Bible can be read 6 days a week 15 minutes a day and be completed in a year for the average reader, or if you would like to get through it more quickly you can read the Bible in 90 days at 12 pages per day.
Some helpful hints to Bible reading. 
1. Don't start January 1st.  For some reason were not good at completeing our new year's resolutions. 
2.Start tomorrow. 
3. You might try reading the Bible in chronological order rather than Gen-Rev.  A good help there is the One Year Bible.
4. In some of the difficult passages listen to it being read.  How many times have we read to Numbers and stopped because of the geneolgies with names that are hard to pronounce.  This method is also good for those who read very slow.  I would also reccomend having your Bible open following along.
5. Read with a partner.  Either out loud or silently, and discuss what you have read.
6. If you miss a day don't beat yourself up, read a little extra the next two days.
7. Finally, PRAY everytime before you read that God would show wonderful things from His Word!