Tag: Bible Reading Plan

Bible Reading Collection

On By BrianIn Holidays, PASSION Collections

Here are helpful thoughts and plans for reading the Bible personally and as a family in 2019:

Infographic: You Have More Time for Bible Reading than You Think (Crossway)

10 Suggestions For Your Personal Devotions in 2019 – Tim Challies

Reading The Bible Fast And Slow In 2019 – Paul Carter (Challies)

How to Read Through the Bible in a Year With Kids– J. R. Briggs (ABS)

10 Ideas and 10 Tips for Family Devotions in 2019 – Tim Challies

Passion Points

On By BrianIn PASSION Points

Here are some good posts to read as we wrap up 2016 and look towards 2017:

My Top 10 Theology Stories of 2016 – Collin Hansen (TGC)

10 Ideas and 10 Tips for Family Devotions in 2017 – Tim Challies

Bible Reading Plans for 2017 – Nathan Bingham (Ligonier)

5 Bible Inputs To Grow, Grow, Grow – Colin Adams

Reading the Bible in 4 Years

On By BrianIn Bible Journey

This week our church begins a new Sunday School series with the plan to read and discuss our way through the entire Bible in four years.  Each week we will focus on 4-6 chapters.  Questions we will be asking each week include:

  • What observations do you make about this passage?
  • What do you learn about God?
  • What do you learn about people, sin, and our need of a Savior?
  • How does this passage point us to Jesus and salvation?
  • How do I need to apply this passage to my life?

In addition to those questions, we will be focusing on one theme from each week’s passage which I will post here each Monday.  And I have written two reflections for each week that I will also be posting here.

If you don’t have a Bible reading plan, I invite you to join us.  The schedule for the next four weeks:

January 4-10: Genesis 1-5
January 11-17: Genesis 6-11
January 18-24: Genesis 12-17
January 25-31: Genesis 18-23

Meditate on the Word

On By BrianIn Habit of Scripture

Last week, we talked about delighting in the Word.  If we delight in the Word, we will want to spend time in it.  We will want to read it.  We will want to meditate on it.  I have added a new page to the site with a Bible Reading Plan.  You read from different portions of the Bible six days a week.  Day seven is to catch up on a day you missed or to review ways that God has challenged you during the last six days.

There are of course a lot of reading plans out there.  This one works for me, because the review/catch-up day helps keep me from falling behind.  But whatever approach you take, the important thing is to read and meditate on the Word.  With that in mind, here are a few ideas for meditating on the Word:

  1. Pray your way through the passage as you read it.
  2. Read slowly.  Ponder what God is saying to you.
  3. Record what you are learning in a journal.
  4. Look for repeated words or ideas.
  5. Ask: What is the main idea of this passage?
  6. Write down the main points of the passage.
  7. Ask: What does this mean? And How should I respond?
  8. Use a study Bible to explain things you don’t understand.
  9. Ask more questions:
  • What does this passage teach me about God?
  • What examples do I see of God’s grace?
  • What does this passage teach me about ____? (any theme)

10. Ask more application questions:

  • Is there a truth to believe?
  • Is there a promise to claim?
  • Is there an example to follow (or not follow)?
  • Is there a command to obey?
  • Is there a sin to confess?

11. Try Luther’s contemplative method by asking three questions:

  • How does this show me something about God to praise?
  • How does this show me something about myself to confess?
  • How does this show me something I need to ask God for?

(Adoration, Confession, Supplication)