How is the Word to be read and heard that it may become effective to salvation?

That the Word may become effective to salvation, we must attend to it (Proverbs 8:34) with preparation (1 Peter 2:1-2), and prayer (Psalm 119:18), receive it with faith (Hebrews 4:2), and love (2 Thessalonians 2:10), lay it up in our hearts (Psalm 119:11), and practice it in our lives (James 1:25).