An active prayer life involves continuous reading of the Bible. Pick one book in the Bible, and read it over the course of one or two weeks.
It's much easier to dedicate time to Bible reading if you always have a Bible with you. Thanks to the wide proliferation of smartphones, that is now possible. This post summarizes a few options, with emphasis on "free."
Online Bibles
If you are sitting at a computer, my two favorite sites are BibleGateway and BibleHub. Both sites have clean interfaces and allow comparison of verses across different translations.
Smartphone Apps
Lifechurch.tv offers the YouVersion Bible App, which provides access to many Bible translations, including some audio options. The App requires an internet connection, although some translations can be downloaded and used offline. BibleGateway offers a similar app.
Audio Bibles
Audio Bibles are an extremely useful method for "reading" the Bible. Listen on a phone or MP3 player while you walk, or burn to a CD for your car. The website Librivox.org offers free audiobooks for many public domain books, including Bibles. But my favorites audio Bibles come from Faith Comes by Hearing, which offers dramatized versions, complete with sounds effects! (Note: Faith Comes by Hearing has a smartphone app. Also, some files are available as free podcasts on the iTunes store.) Do yourself a favor and download an audio Bible. You won't regret it!
Ebooks
Public domain translations, such as the King James Version, can be found with a simple Google search. But for two easy-to-read free Bibles, check out the New English Translation and the English Standard Version, both of which are available for free on the Kindle store.
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