I do a daily devotion which includes some Scripture and I have read the NT start to finish once, and the Gospels many times. AC I've been struggling with the same thing your preacher got all over you about, so maybe your post was directed at me. My life is better when I spend 30 minutes a day reading scripture and to be honest I haven't done it in a long while.

If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14