The start of a new year is an excellent time to begin a bible reading plan. My favorite, and the one I try to finish every year, is the well-known One Year Bible. Another excellent option is The Daily Bible, organized by F. LaGard Smith. (Having read Smith's version several times, I can promise that it feels like taking a semester-long collegiate-level course on the bible!)
But one need not commit to reading the entire bible. Indeed, one can construct an individualized bible reading plan. For example, just to make something up on the fly, one could read one chapter per day from the following five books:
- Genesis
- Luke
- John
- Romans
- Hebrews
- Psalms
That's 274 days of reading, so you've built in some cushion for the occasional missed day.
Whatever the plan, the point is for us to commit to active reading, and then to let that daily reading guide our prayers.
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