This past year I made a new year resolution to read the entire Bible in a year. Well, mission accomplished I did it! Now for some take aways.
To start, I used the Youversion Bible app it has different reading plans to choose from and it kept track of the days that I read, which was very helpful. After reading through a book of the bible I would post it on Facebook. This gave me a sense of celebration and was encouraging when my friends would send a like or comment. Facebook also has a memory feature. For years to come my posts will pop up again encouraging me to read the Bible in the future, at least however long Facebook has that memory feature. I found that if I was consistent about the time of day i read it was easier to remember to read everyday. For example, I made it a habit to read the Bible first thing after I woke up. It was hard to do sometimes. I felt like i didn't get that much out of it but i reminded myself that the plan was to continue reading the Bible throughout the year and the following year. If I missed reading in the morning than I would read smaller chuncks throughout the day.
On the more spiritual side of things, I kept coming to the thought "give us our daily bread"(Matt 6:11) throughout the year. This may not be exactly what this scripture is talking about but I was able to hear God's word everyday. Sometimes I didn't understand or remember as much as i should have. There were some mornings I could barely keep my eyes open long enough to read. I believe that even if I didn't catch everything I was reading. The act of reading became a discipline that if I just kept reading God would show me what I needed for the day. So don't get discouraged if you fall a sleep or don't remember much of that days reading. After all you don't stop eating breakfast if you can't remember what cereal you ate. I also hope it was encouraging for my Facebook friends to see the regular posts about my journey through the Bible. There were always a group who liked the posts and even encouraging comments along the way. Thanks to everyone who did that. There were 2 people who asked what Bible reading plan I was using so hopefully I was an encouragement to them.
This year my plan is to read the Bible through again. I would like to try to read it in Chronological order. I'm a History nerd so I think that will be interesting. In what ever order you read the Bible, I do hope you read the Bible this year there is a lot of good stuff in there. Happy New Year. #read2024 #BibleinaYear #landmarks
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