Thanks to my daughter, Skye, I have a Bible reading goal for 2008. After Sunday school, my kids tend to unload all their papers and artwork in my hands before they find their way to children's church. The papers tend to get shoved into my zip-up Bible and discarded by Monday morning. On one of these "clean out the trash in my Bible " occasions, I discovered a Daily Bible reading plan. Curious, I looked at the title, "Chronological Order Reading Plan: Read the stories of the Bible in the order they happened."
Something inside me said, "This is your reading assignment for 2008!" I scanned the document to notice things like Job preceding Exodus, and Psalms and the Samuel books mixed together. I couldn't wait to begin my Bible-in-order adventure.
I was 30 years old before I read the Bible through in a year. Since then, God has helped me be very strategic in my devotional time. His word powerfully equips me for life's ups and downs.
With God's help, I want to journal more in 2008. I can't possibly convey to you how the simple act of hand-copying a scripture that God illuminates to me and then writing some simple comments and prayers about that scripture has increased my faith. Why? Because one by one, these verses in the word of God have come to pass in my life.
May God inspire you to set spiritual-growth goals for 2008. He wants to!
1 comment:
Hey Lori, Thanks for sharing your reading plan. Sounds really interesting!! Have struggled lately in knowing what to read in the Bible lately. I personally do better on reading plans. I also always wander if I am reading the right thing. I recently turned 30 and have read the N.T. through and half the O.T. but never finished. After reading your blog I think I will look into a good reading plan for reading the Bible in a year.
Michele W.
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