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Four Bible Reading Plans for a New Year

Pat Hannon @phannon January 1, 2016 Leave a Comment

Four Bible Reading Plans for a New Year

Happy New Year!

What are your resolutions this year?
There’s a good chance you plan to read the bible more this year.
As you planed last year.

It’s a good resolution. God told Joshua that the path to prosperity and success includes daily study of God’s word.

Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. – Joshua 1:8

Someone wise said, “Those who fail to plan, plan to fail.” (It may have been Benjamin Franklin. Or Winston Churchill. Or somebody’s business prof.) You need a plan to move your intentions into actions. A bible reading plan can help you succeed in your intention to read the bible more this year.

4 Bible Reading Plans for a New Year

Here are my four favorite bible reading plans. One of these will fit your needs to lead you in reading the bible more this year. *Links updated January 2018*

The Drama of the Bible: A Six-Act Reading Plan
This plan from Biblica leads you through the big story the Bible is telling in about 60 days. This is a great plan for understanding how the different parts of scripture fit into the story of God’s plan for creation.
[ View Here ]

Book-at-a-Time Bible Reading Plan
The Book-at-a-Time Bible Reading Plan from Discipleship Journal guides you through the entire bible in one year.
[ Download Here ]

5x5x5 Bible Reading Plan
Need a plan that requires a smaller time commitment? This plan from Discipleship Journal helps you read the New Testament in 5 minutes a day, 5 days a week.
[ Download Here ]

The Bible in 90 Days
Maybe you’re ready for a reading challenge. Perhaps you want to start 2016 with a bible reading boot camp. With this plan you can read the Bible cover to cover in 90 days.
[ Download Here ]

What’s your plan for Bible reading this year? May God’s word light every step of your path throughout the year!

Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path. -Psalm 119:105

Filed Under: Spiritual Formation Tagged With: Bible, New Year, resolutions

Pat Hannon @phannon December 24, 2010 Leave a Comment

Scripture Readings for the 12 Days of Christmas

Looking for suggested Bible readings for the 12 Days of Christmas (Dec 25-Jan 5)?
Here you go!

Luke 2:1-20
John 1:1-5
John 1:9-14
Luke 2:21-35
Luke 2:36-40
Matthew 2:1-12
Matthew 2:13-18
Matthew 2:19-23
Luke 2:41-52
John 3:16-21
1 John 4:7-10
1 John 4:11-16

Also see: Family Prayer for the 12 Days of Christmas

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Pat Hannon @phannon January 6, 2010 Leave a Comment

Goal: Read the Bible

Are you trying to read the Bible more consistently this year? Perhaps the reading guide I made for my New Testament courses will be helpful for you. It is designed to lead you through the entire New Testament in 14 weeks.

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Pat Hannon @phannon January 17, 2009 Leave a Comment

Goal: Read the Bible

Are you trying to read the bible more consistently this year? Perhaps you would like to read along with my New Testament class this semester. Here is our reading guide.

New Testament Reading Guide

Check out: 4 Steps to Change Your Life

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Pat Hannon @phannon April 27, 2008 Leave a Comment

My faith, for the good of others

One of the kids is sick this morning, so I stayed home from church with the kids. We had a devotion time instead, singing worship songs, reading bible stories, and praying together. One of the stories we read was the story of Jesus healing a paralyzed man from Mark 2. God reminded me of some important things while I was reading to the kids.

In the story, four men lower bring a man to Jesus who cannot walk, believing Jesus can heal him. They are unable to get to Jesus because of the great crowd that has filled the house where Jesus is preaching.Undeterred by the crowd, they dig a hole in the roof of the house and lower the paralyzed man to Jesus.

Here’s the crazy part—Jesus praises the faith, not of the paralyzed man, but of the men who lowered him through the roof. It is because of their faith that the paralyzed man is healed.

I have some friends going through some difficult situations in their lives. I’ve found myself thinking their situations are hopeless. But perhaps God is calling me to have faith that he can intervene in their situations. Perhaps God is going to work through my faith to bring healing to them.

God, may I have faith that you can bring healing in even the most difficult situations. May you work through my faith to bring healing to others.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Bible, Faith, Lectio Divina

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