I Dare You: Transform Your Life by Reading the Bible Daily. 365

Post published:April 13, 2026
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I Dare You

When someone says, “I dare you,” they are issuing a challenge. If a challenge is accepted, it can result in either positive or negative consequences. If you are reading or listening to this, I am challenging you. If you accept my challenge, I promise the result will be positive. This is the challenge. I dare you to read the Bible every day.

This challenge is not just for churchgoers. I know that some people who read and hear my devotions are not Christians. This is for everyone. Set aside a few minutes every day and read from the Bible. Read it with a cup of coffee in the morning, or let it be the last thing you do before you lay down to sleep. Whatever works best for you. Just read the Bible. I dare you. It won’t hurt you. It will only help you.

Now, if you accept my challenge, this is what I suggest. Choose a translation of the Bible that is easy for you to understand. Get one without a lot of footnotes or commentary. You need to start with just the words of God. In fifteen minutes, you can read three chapters in the Old Testament and a chapter or two in the New Testament. Do this every day, and in one year, you will have read the whole Bible.

I found that reading the Bible every day gives me a sense of hope and optimism. This is why I start my day with coffee and the Bible. I don’t try to understand what I read; I just read to be in the presence of God. Sometimes, what I read is boring. Those are times when I just listen to the heartbeat of Jesus. I have never regretted spending time reading the Bible, and neither will you. Reading the Bible every day is good for your mind, body, and soul. So, read the Bible. I dare you.

“Oh, how I love Your law! It is my meditation all the day. You, through Your commandments, make me wiser than my enemies; For they are ever with me. I have more understanding than all my teachers, For Your testimonies are my meditation. I understand more than the ancients, Because I keep Your precepts. I have restrained my feet from every evil way, That I may keep Your word.

I have not departed from Your judgments, For You Yourself have taught me. How sweet are Your words to my taste, Sweeter than honey to my mouth! Through Your precepts I get understanding; Therefore I hate every false way.”

Psalms 119:97-104 NKJV

https://bible.com/bible/114/psa.119.103-104.NKJV

Douglas & Deborah Huff

From Down Where the Pavement Ends

www.pavementendsministry.com

Email-douglas@pavementendsministry.com

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Pavement Ends Ministry

After years of serving in a pastoral role in several churches, I retired from leading a church full time, but wanted to stay active in preaching the Gospel. I started writing brief, parable-like devotions that were shared through a radio ministry. At the end of the radio spot, I always invite people to come and see me “down where the pavement ends.” (Which comes from the fact that I literally live at the end of a paved road!)