Beginning tomorrow, Randy and I will take a year-long journey, through the Word of God, reading it chronologically. I, of course, will be using The Message translation and Randy will be reading from the NIV. I can’t wait to read the Word of God like a story!
As I read through each chapter of this life transforming story, I’ll personalize my new Bible by using different colored pencils to underline scriptures that speak to a few areas in my life; character, maturity, family, and leadership. I’ll also keep my eye out for scriptures that illustrate the character of my Heavenly Father. Color-coding and mediating on these scriptures will have a huge impact on transforming me into something that looks a little more like Jesus this next year.
If you don’t currently have a Bible Reading plan, I want to encourage you to begin one in 2010. A great resource is Discipleship Journal’s 5x5x5 Bible Reading Plan – just 5 minutes a day, 5 days a week, with 5 ideas for digging deeper. Following this plan, you’ll take about 5 minutes to read pre-determined scriptures Monday thru Friday each week and spend the weekend mediating on what you’ve learned. You’ll learn 5 ways to dig deeper into the Bible that will equip you to begin applying what the Lord is teaching you to your life.
The link to download and print the 5x5x5 Bible Reading Plan is: http://www.navpress.com/uploadedFiles/5x5x5_BRP.pdf
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