Bible reading plans

[Matthias]

From my X / Twitter “For you” feed this morning -

“I just finished my 55th time reading through the Bible in 13 years.

Here are 55 lessons I have learned in no specific order

What is your favorite?”

(Travis Maxey)

https://x.com/travisdeanmaxey/status/1950680588144324901?s=61

That’s remarkable.

The pastor is an absolute reading machine. You don’t have to be. Read the Bible regularly and you’ll be doing well.

 

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We can’t memorize it, fill our minds with it, know it, without regularly spending time reading and studying it.

 

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Reading the Bible is never a solo activity. Have you ever thought of it that way before?

 

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“It is better to be without bread in your houses than without Bibles, for the words of God’s mouth are and should be to you more than your necessary food. But what will it avail you to have Bibles in your houses, if you do not use them - to have the great things of God’s law and gospel written to you, if you count them as a strange thing? You have great encouragements to read the Scriptures; for notwithstanding the malicious endeavors of atheists to vilify sacred things, the knowledge of the Scriptures is still in reputation with all wise and good men. You have also a variety of excellent help to understand the Scriptures, and to improve your reading of it; so that if you or yours perish for lack of this knowledge, as you certainly will if you persist in the neglect of it, the guilt will lie at your own doors.”

(Matthew Henry, “How to be a Godly Father”)

How to be a Godly Father, by Matthew Henry

How to be a Godly Father, by Matthew Henry. "With the church that is in their house", 1 Cor 16:9. On 16th April 1704 Matthew Henry preached his famed sermon recommending family religion under the notion of the church in the house, asking that we take stock of the state of religion in our own...

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How into it am I? How into me is it? Everyone must answer those questions for themselves.

I hope you, the reader, are able to answer them well today.

But if you aren’t able, today is an opportunity for you to get on that track.

Once on, don’t step off. If you were once on but have stepped off, I encourage you to step back on today.

 

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From my X / Twitter “For you” feed this morning -

“A happy motive to read the Bible.

’Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise … for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you.’ Proverbs 22:17-18”

(John Piper)

https://x.com/johnpiper/status/1965354545254473964?s=61

Are you happily motivated to read the Bible today?

 

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Don’t just feel the need. We need the read.

Alone or together, let’s read.

 

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“Read the Bible every day. Read systematically, deliberately, slowly. Read it until it reads you.”

(Pastor Dean Miller)

https://x.com/deanmiller_frbc/status/1968349082239570100?s=61

That good advice requires a plan. What’s your plan?

 

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“Studying the Bible is non-negotiable. Don’t rely on movies, devotional books, or popular ‘Christian’ song lyrics to tell you who Jesus is. Read the Bible dialy, even if you’re tired, bored or busy.” - Doreen Virtue

If you haven’t already, why not make daily Bible reading non-negotiable in your life?

 

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[Jay Ross]

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What I would suggest is "Believe and respond to what you read in the Bible and remember, the Bible will never let you down."

 

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View the Lincoln Family Bible (U.S. National Park Service)

www.nps.gov

This is the Lincoln Family Bible. It is kept on display at the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace Historical Park in Hodgenville, Kentucky. I visited the Park last week and spent a long time peering at it through the glass enclosure case.

Looking at a Bible owned by a famous person can spark a desire to read the scriptures. May it spark that desire in the hearts of those who come across this post.

 

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From my X / Twitter “For you” feed this morning -

“You own three Bibles.

Haven’t opened one in two weeks.

Meanwhile, a man in North Korea is in a labor camp for hiding one page of Matthew under his floorboards.

Same book. Different cost.”

https://x.com/slaystupidity/status/1973702798836412860?s=61

 

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What is preventing you from applying The Rule of 100 to the discipline of reading the Bible and reaping what you sow?

 

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From my X / Twitter “For you” feed this evening -

“… When we hold our Bibles, we’re holding answered prayer.”

https://x.com/deadtosin610/status/1975306559589843356?s=61

Thank you, William Tyndale. Executed on this day in 1536.

Let’s honor his name. Not just by holding our Bible in our hands, but by reading our Bible regularly.

 

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“We already discussed how to select a good Bible, but what is the worst Bible version of all? Is it one that you personally own? Maybe. Is it a literal, dynamic, or paraphrased translation? Maybe. The worst Bible of all is …”

(B.J. Oropeza)

Before I reveal the answer, do you know where your Bible is? If you don’t, find it and see which translation you own.

The worst translation of all is …

“… the Bible that is never read!”

If you happen to own the worst Bible translation of all, get rid of it. It’s doing you no good unread. Either blow the dust off the cover and read it regularly or consider giving it to someone who doesn’t have a Bible and will read it.

Make a plan.

P.S.

It’s approaching that time of year when I decide which reading plan I want to use next year. I have something new in mind, something that I’ve never done before. If I settle on it, I’ll share it with you before the end of the year.

Don’t wait to the last minute to think about using a Bible reading plan. Why not start thinking about it today?

 

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* The best way to thank and honor them is to do what they gave their lives for. *