Do You Plan to Read the Bible in 2012?
January 1, 2012 by Lillie
Do you have a plan to read the Bible during 2012? I try to read the Bible every day, following a plan for the year. Usually I try to read the entire Bible in one year, though sometimes I follow a different plan and read the New Testament in a year or read the entire Bible over more than one year.
In 2011, I read the Chronological Bible in the English Standard Version. I like to read the Chronological Bible periodically to read the Bible in the order events occurred, rather than in the order they appear in the Bible. I find it especially interesting to read the Psalms in the sequence of when they were written in relation to events that happened. Psalm 51 becomes even more meaningful when read immediately following the story of David’s adultery with Bathsheba and the murder of Uriah.
In 2010, I followed a devotional, For the Love of God, that included daily readings of several chapters each from the Old and New Testaments.
This year I plan to read the Bible from beginning to end in the American Standard Version. I’ve never read the entire Bible in this version, so I’m looking forward to it. I find I make new discoveries and come to new understandings every time I read the Bible, and varying the reading plan and version gives me new perspectives.
If you haven’t already decided on a Bible reading plan for the year, you will find a variety of plans at Bible Gateway, Bible Reading Plans, YouVersion, and Back to the Bible.
And if you are new to regular Bible reading and the thought of reading the entire Bible in one year seems overwhelming, you can read a chapter a day. Or read for ten minutes a day—however much you can read in that time.
Whatever plan you choose, I encourage you to read the Bible regularly in the coming year.
Happy New Year 2012!
January 1, 2012 by Lillie
Happy New Year!
May 2012 bring joy, peace, love, health, and happiness to you and your loved ones.
May God bless all those who love and serve Him throughout the coming year.
ALMIGHTY God, who alone gavest us the breath of life, and alone canst keep alive in us the holy desires thou dost impart; We come to You at the beginning of this year to beseech thee, for thy compassion’s sake, to sanctify all our thoughts and endeavours; that we may neither begin an action without a pure intention nor continue it without thy blessing. And grant that, having the eyes of the mind opened to behold things invisible and unseen, we may in heart be inspired by thy wisdom, and in work be upheld by thy strength, and in the end be accepted of thee as thy faithful servants; through Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen. (adapted from the 1928 Book of Common Prayer)
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