The Plan

As I said in the last post, our goal here will not be to read a certain amount of Scripture, but to read the Bible consistently and to let it get into our lives. That said, we will have the opportunity this year to read almost half of the entire Bible. These are the books we plan on diving into (in no particular order):

• Psalms
• Mark
• Colossians
• Genesis
• Hebrews
• Exodus
• Proverbs
• Galatians
• Jonah
• Matthew
• Song of Songs
• Daniel
• Philippians
• Isaiah
• Ecclesiastes
• Ephesians
• Revelation

This is not necessarily the order of reading we will follow. And, I am not going to publish the entire year-long plan right now. One thing that can be intimidating about reading the Bible is looking at how much you have to read at the start of the year and thinking there is no way you'll make it. So, to prevent that, I will simply publish the plan one month at a time. I have attempted to structure the plan so that we are completing at least one book/month (to help us all feel a sense of progress and accomplishment). But again, my hope is that we will all grow in applying the Word, not simply in the amount we can read.

One thing that will hopefully help us, is every Friday we will take a day off for prayer and reflection. That will allow us the chance to catch up on the reading if we need it and again not make us feel as if this is a burden.

A few days before the New Year, I will publish our January reading schedule. Can't wait to get in the Word with you all!