Catechesis

New City Catechism

Question 42

How is the Word of God to be read and heard?

Children: With diligence, preparation, and prayer; so that we may accept it with faith and practice it in our lives.

Adult: With diligence, preparation, and prayer; so that we may accept it with faith, store it in our hearts, and practice it in our lives.

2 Timothy 3:16–17 ^[1]
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. (ESV)